Today,You learned that RF stories all contain key moments in stories that signal a) a major change, b) a revelation of c) A great twist in the story. Your RF story should have at least one of these techniques included.
Important - Read the new file on the right side of the blog. - Starting in March, if you do not meet the deadline for a piece of work - you need to complete this extra work BEFORE you can resubmit for a grade. Otherwise, the grade will NOT be changed.
Mentor Scenes
RF Scenes: Enjoy Jackson's piece. Look how well he used personification
Min Jung's piece clearly captured the meanness of the character. She moved her characters around the scene perfectly.
Next Week
- You will begin writing your final RF stories once your outlines have been approved.
- Book Club Discussion: Wed - During this book club you will need to examine a scene or short chapter using your 'word choice' protocol. - You will have to feed back to the class your 'new thinking' - This will be graded!
- Grammar: Compound-complex sentences: Big Sentence Clauses TEST coming in approx. 10 days. This old blog page contains tons of practice exercises for you to consider using over the next couple of weeks: Sentence Fluency Test Practice.
- Membean test Fri. (40 questions) - You will need to total 50mins of practice by next Friday (25 in class)
