Monday, September 23, 2019

September 20, 2019

Periods 1 and 2:
Today, we worked on Anglo Saxon Research Projects. Everyone has their topics!

Periods 3 and 4:
Read, the epilogue of The Alchemist.
Everyone had time to work on symbols projects. Due: Wednesday, 9/25/2019.

Period 6
Working with Memoir drafts: 

  • Most of you have a draft. 
  • All of you need more time to develop your draft. 
  • But first, you need a lesson about slowing down time. 
  • Let's read THIS passage of a moment described in detail. 


Step 1: 
Divide your draft into three sections: before / during / after

Step 2: 
Add more details to the middle/during the section of your draft.
Suggested things to add include:

  • What you were wondering at that moment
  • What you thought was going to happen
  • What you worried was going to happen
  • Something someone (or you) said in that moment
  • Sensory details, about what things smelled like or looked like
  • The look on someone's face
  • Add a simile or a metaphor, or a lot of adjectives 

Need more help? 
Here are a few more examples.

Need more help? 
Click here to access the descriptive language module for revising your memoir. 

Reminders: 
Complete your memoir draft by 7:30 am TUESDAY before school. (I'm looking them over during 1st period.) (If you need more time for your draft let me know that today.)
  1. Keep reading. INDEPENDENT READING PROJECT due 10/7/2019.

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