Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Learning Focus: 

I can…

• invent characters
• describe setting
• write a conversation
• practice beginning a story

Opening:

1. Review expectations

• Reader's Notebooks (Find October Entries)
• Label the beginning of the 2nd Nine Weeks
• You should have 6-9 October Entries
• Mark the Beginning of the 2nd Nine Weeks*
• 2-3 entries using stems EVERY WEEK
• Independent Reading Log: Should contain a SAMPLE..
• Take one entry and extend your thinking.  Be reflective and responsive.
• Class Notebook/Journal (Find Last Entry From 1st Nine Weeks)
• Label the beginning of the 2nd Nine Weeks
• Immediate Grade for having TWO notebooks marked and ready to go for 2nd Nine Weeks.
• Grades for 2nd Nine Weeks: Averaging the Semester Grade
• SLANT

2. Review the details about the character you created on Friday.

3. With a randomly chosen partner, share your descriptions and pictures.  

• #3: List information about the "other" character (your partner's character) on 125

Work Period:

4. Consider possible settings with your partner.

• #4: Brainstorm a list of locations where these two characters might randomly encounter one another

5. Together, choose a location and describe the setting (Time and Place) using sensory details

• Write details for #5

6. Discuss a possible CONFLICT that would arise between the two characters.  Or, describe a conflict that would bring these two character together in some way.

• Take notes for #6 on page 126 - work together to sort through the Narrative Structure Diagram on page 126.  

Closing:

7.  Discuss with your partner the direction of the narrative you have been considering:

• What might the two characters say to each other?  
• Role-Play: Try out different conflicts
• Role-Play: Feel Free to stop and start over