Last Presentations...Narrative Notes and Plan...Thinking Skill Test

1.  Attendance

2.  Papers in and out...

3.  Last presentations...

4.  Check your PC stuff!

5.  Notes and Notes... Narrative... To Dos and Don'ts 

Narrative To Dos and Don'ts-

Do:  Start en media res:  In the middle of the action.
Do:  Tell a story we care about/are interested in.
Do:  Have a beginning, middle, end, and (maybe) a moral.
Do:  Be human.

Don't:  Be egotistic:  we don't care about your 8th grade wrestling championship, you do.
Don't:  Start with all the background.  Start in the middle of the story!
Don't:  Write about your kids.
Don't:  Try to make yourself sound amazing-- Be yourself.
6. Review of last class... notes...

7.  Homework x 2:  Post a photo of your Crane on your blog, be ready to tell your story...

8.  Next Class--  Grading w/ 6 traits, outline, essay assigned, model.