Weekly Syllabus
Monday
Objective I can use precise words, details, and sensory language to create a vivid picture, setting, and characters
I can use revision strategies; I can use editing strategies; I can focus on addressing what is most significant for purpose and audience. |
ActivitiesEntrance Activity: Run/Ons Fragments, Take out Rough Draft
Individual Work: 1) Revise for Word Choice, highlight "snooze" words, then improve your diction by choosing vivid and precise words 2) Conferences with teacher |
HomeworkNone
Absent? Watch this video to understand the concepts taught in class today. Other resources: Active Verbs Sensory Words |
Tuesday
Objective I can use multiple strategies to organize information; I can use narrative techniques to develop experiences, events, and/or characters; I can create a smooth progression of experiences and events; I can sequence events building on a variety of techniques to create a coherent whole
I can use revision strategies; I can use editing strategies; I can focus on addressing what is most significant for purpose and audience. |
ActivitiesEntrance Activity:
Sherlock Holmes clip; How does the director slow this scene down? Group Work: Slowing down the moment, exploding the moment: thought shots and snapshots Individual Work: 1) Add paragraphs to your narrative 2) Understand and use pacing techniques in your narrative snapshot 3) Conferences with teacher |
HomeworkPlease type and share your draft, so I can give some comments throughout the week if I can't make a conference happen in class
Absent? Watch this video to understand the concepts discussed in class today. |
Wednesday
ObjectiveI can use multiple strategies to organize information; I can use narrative techniques to develop experiences, events, and/or characters; I can create a smooth progression of experiences and events; I can sequence events building on a variety of techniques to create a coherent whole
I can use revision strategies; I can use editing strategies; I can focus on addressing what is most significant for purpose and audience. |
ActivitiesClass Work: Painting with Participles Individual Work: 1) Continue revising your paragraphs for sentence structure. 2) Use at least three participial phrases in your draft |
HomeworkHW: Edit your sentence structure, add participial phrases
Remember: Long sentences=slow down; short sentences= speed up content |
THURSDAY
ObjectiveI can use revision strategies; I can use editing strategies; I can focus on addressing what is most significant for purpose and audience.
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ActivitiesEntrance Activity: SOW: Dialogue rules
Individual Work: 1) Writer's Workshop and Conference Day a) revise conventions (capitalization, commonly confused words, fragments, run-ons, comma splices). |
HomeworkFinal Narrative draft due Monday
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Friday
ObjectiveI can use revision strategies; I can use editing strategies; I can focus on addressing what is most significant for purpose and audience.
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ActivitiesIndividual Work:
1) Writer's Workshop and Conference Day a) revise conventions (capitalization, commonly confused words, fragments, run-ons, comma splices). |
HomeworkFinal Narrative draft due Monday
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