Agenda:
Monday, October 23
- work day – be prepared to show the skeleton of your essay, which you will be adding the ‘muscle’ to
- basically, I want to see evidence that you have started writing and have moved beyond the Graphic Organizer
Tuesday, October 24
- MLA citation will be reviewed today – all materials for this are on the short story tab of the blog
- work block on the essay
Wednesday, October 25
- we will begin the Narrative writing/personal essay/ creative non-fiction unit – reading exemplars and answering questions
- What is a narrative essay? What does Show not Tell mean?
- Coca Cola commercial Padlet activity – work in a group of two or three
- if time, we will look at the first essay, The Prom
- we will start looking at more rhetorical writing strategies; parallel structure and other devices
Thursday and Friday, October 26, 27
- the ‘good’ draft copy in PAPER is due; EVERYONE must have a 99% finished paper copy of the essay; print it at home or at school!!!
- you will get an editor to use the checklist to review your essay (or you or someone else you are comfortable with), and you will do theirs
- we will continue with the narrative writing unit
Friday, Oct 27
- the essay will be turned into TEAMS at the end of the day, but…
- you must have an edited (inked up copy) and the Synthesis editing sheet stapled together and turned in to Ms. Shong before you leave class
-
The Prom questions are due on Monday, Oct 30