Monday, March 11, 2013

Tuesday 3/12

Do NOW:  Write one sentence that succinctly describes the plot of your story.


*Begin class with one Fiction Powerpoint.


1.  Plot Activity:   Collect Writers' plot lines...

Record class' plot descriptions on board.  **Whole Class Discussion:  Collective Evaluation

2.  Analysis:  Why are we writing what we are writing?  What can we learn about ourselves through our art?

**Look for similarities/contrast in plots/patterns of imagery/Narrators/Character Commonalities...


3.  Setting:  Various in importance --  Consider a story in which the setting was of vital importance.  Explain.  10 mins:  Share.  

Activity:  Describe the street on which you live?  What do you see?  Hear?  Smell?  Feel?  

10 mins:  Share.