Who's got the power?

Recap - Ways authors show power in stories!

What will your outline be like?

Be prepared to share your outline in class on the Monday we return from Spring Break

Make sure you finish your next book (the book you are reading for inspiration for your RF -social issues story) over Spring Break

Outlining and Character Building

Capturing the Heart of your piece

Lesson Recap

Weaving in our social issue to create meaningful writing

C/D and E/F class tomorrow - BOOK CLUB Summative Talks - These talks will be video taped.

See this sample from last year

Lesson Recap - Absolutes

E/F and C/D - Your book club talk should be ready for Tuesday

Remember - notebook inspections this week

All Classes

You should have collected and completed your research on your course  of study by Wed.   (This is the topic you are planning to write your realsitic fiction social issue paper  about) You must be able to talk about what you have learned about your topic and how you plan to use that information in your piece. Make sure you have a way of collecting your research

 You must have notes (for inspection) that shows your research on your social issue  topic

Example: 

Choose a social issue video to watch and begin creating your course of study. Next week you will read fiction and nonfiction text about your social issue and WRITE many short scenes realted to your fiction story. Monday will be a RESEARCH day. You need to be reading as much about your topic BEFORE you write your story.

Social Issues Topics


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