CW Monday Oct. 9
Objectives/Essential Question: Can You…
W.3- Construct a narrative using imagery, engaging details and language, and dialogue.
•RL.5- Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses
Agenda:
Update Table of Contents
•Calendar/Objectives - page 19
•Write into the room (below calendar)- 6 min:
Describe your favorite main characters in two or three words. Repeat with your favorite antagonists and any secondary characters that are memorable to you from the works you love.
Book Talk: Three Days in April? Focus on Character:
What do you notice about this passage from Three Days in April?
•Descriptive writing:Focus on what our favorite characters are via the sticky note station
•Write an obituary for your favorite fictional character (literary, television, etc.), including how the death occurred, relatives, accomplishments, work history, etc. (Glue pg. 17)
Sample Obituary
The first sentence starts with the full name of the deceased, the city in which they resided, the date they died, where they died and sometimes cause of death.
The next sentence often tells when and where the deceased was born, and the names of parents.
Then the obituary can go on to give accomplishments and a chronological account of the person's life and education.
A list of surviving family usually is at the end, but can also be included right after the first sentence announcing the death.
The obituary closes with the funeral, burial, wake, or memorial details and a foundation where memorial gifts can be donated.
Ariel Johnstone, of Lake Ridge, Alaska died Saturday, September 27, 2008 in Sunnybrook Health Center after a short fight against heart disease.
Born in Tallwood, Minnesota, February 4, 1936, to Baxter and Thelma Parks, Ariel was an excellent student and a talented artist; she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1965 from the New York University.
She went on to create art and her works were shown in art galleries and museums around the world. Ariel took a position teaching art in 1992 at the Alaska Community College where she taught until she retired in 2005.
She was an avid outdoor adventurer and enjoyed living in Alaska's rugged environment. She chose to live out her days in Alaska because she loved the people, the land and the animals.
Ariel is survived by her husband, Jake, her daughter Shelby and her son Christopher; her sister Alana and her husband Jonathan and their two children Alison and Aspen; her Aunt Betty Oliver; cousins, Joshua, Gerald, and Chrystal; and her Uncle Ted Parks, his wife Suzanne and cousins Georgina, Eric, and Shirley.
The funeral service will be held at 2:00 September 30, 2008 at Lake Ridge Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the National Heart and Stroke Foundation.
•Short story analysis writing- Begin looking at story and discuss what works: Read “All Summer in a Day” short story. Using the graphic organizer below, evaluate the story for: Setting, plot, character, conflict, POV, theme, language/writing (glue in page 15)
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Character
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Plot complications
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Plot
Climaxes
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Plot
resolutions,
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Conflict
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P.O.V.
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•Brainstorming for your story (you will be sharing your beginning idea for your story, so have some kind of plan.
•Homework:
Brainstorming for your own story
