Grading, Garden...

1.  Journal-

Watch the video, then.....Be a reporter.  Describe what you hear in the song...  (Descriptive Practice)

2.  Grading-  Wesley Duke.

3.  Questions to trade....

4.  Garden and plans... Incentives.

5.  HW-  Narrative Drafts due WED!  Typed....

Thinking Skills, Writing Notes, Narrative Tips...

1.  No Journal-  We have a lot to do.

2.  6-Traits:

Voice:  The personality of the author.
Ideas:  The topic and how it's presented.
Organization:  The plan and how it's implemented.
SF:  The pattern of sentences and their repetition.
WC:  Choosing the perfect language.
Conventions:  The grammar and punctuation.

3.  Writing Process:

Invent.  Creating ideas.  I/C
Organize.  Planning ideas.  I/C, Org
Draft.  Getting it all down.  Org/Voice
Revise:  To see again and fix SF, WC, Voice
Edit:  To fix grammar-  Conventions.
Publish:  It's perfect.  No mistakes allowed.

4.  TAP

5.  Narrative Tips...

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.
Do:  Pick a 30 second period of time to describe.

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.  Grading "Mother Nature."  Teams and Grades.

7.  HW-  Read...  "A Hanging,"  Create 10 TS questions for another to answer about the story.

Thinking Skills Cont.

1.  Journal: 

Do you jump to conclusions?  When's a time you assumed something and were wrong?

2.  Inferring Quiz... Here.

3.  Groups and questions... Fish Cheeks...

4.  Groups and storytelling.

5.  HW-  Questions... Fish Cheeks.

6.  HW-  6-Traits... What are they?

7.  HW-  Writing Process... What is it?

8.  HW-  Narrative Essay Drafts due Sept. 2nd.


Inference Test:  From:  www.cwu.edu/.../Com451/AssessmentTools/INFERENCE%20TEST.doc

Babe Smith has been killed. Police have rounded up six suspects, all of whom are known gangsters. All of them are known to have been near the scene of the killing at the approximate time that it occurred. All had substantial motives for wanting Smith killed. However, one of these suspected gangsters, Slinky Sam, has positively been cleared of guilt.

Statement's About Story B

T  F  ?  1.                  Slinky Sam is known to have been near the scene of the killing of Babe Smith.

T  F  ?  2.                  All six of the rounded-up gangsters were known to have been near the scene of the murder.

T  F  ?  3.                  Only Slinky Sam has been cleared of guilt.

T  F  ?  4.                  All six of the rounded-up suspects were near the scene of Smith's killing at the approximate time that it took place.

T  F  ?  5.                  S. The police do not know who killed Smith.

T  F  ?  6.                  All six suspects are known to have been near the scene of foul deed.

T  F  ?  7.                  Smith's murderer did not confess of his own free will.

T  F  ?  8.                  Slinky Sam was not cleared of guilt.

T  F  ?  9.                  It is known that the six suspects were in the vicinity of the cold-blooded assassination.

Thnking Skills, Cont.

 1. Journal--

What does it mean when one says go slow to go fast?  How can you apply that to writing?


2.  Groups and Questions....

3.  Mother Tongue... Narrative and Discussion.  What's a Narrative?

4.  My Narrative:  Embarassing Moment.

5.  HW----  Read "Fish Cheeks" and create 10 TS questions for another to answer.

6. HW-  Come with a plan and be ready to tell your story.

Thinking Skills

1.  Attendance!

2.  Please turn in your homework assignment to the front desk.

2.5  Set--  Abbot and Costello--------  "Who's on First?"

3. Journal:

Have you ever thought something, believed something to be absolutely true, and then discovered you were wrong?  What happened?  How did you figure out you were wrong?  What lesson did you learn from this experience?

4..  Thinking Skills quiz...

5.  Video, Here.

6.  Reading and Thinking skill questions... 

Welcome!

Welcome to Class!

1.  Class procedures...  Attendance


2.  Journal: (We start with one every class.  At least 1/2 a page, please.)

When you're taking a new class, it's a good idea to think about what you want out of that class.  What do you want out of this one?

3.  Syllabus and books...  (legal stuff)  


3.5.  Food Day and Projects....


4.  Diagnostic Essay... "The Art of Authorship" by  Mark Twain  

      Please read the following essay and respond to these questions:

1.  What is Mark Twain claiming about writing or his writing process?
2.  Do you agree or disagree and why?

  Please be sure to write an essay in response that offers your potential reader a beginning, middle and end.

5.  Homework-  Return with your typed essay in MLA format.

6.   Homework... Follow this link and complete the "Improving Information Literacy Skills" tutorial provided by our excellent library.  Please print out your final score and bring it to class.

7.  Homework:   Please return with the last page of the syllabus signed.