Miss Catherine’s Class

February 3-6, 2015

Brainstorming

Before we begin…

…please confirm that you have your white binders on your desks.

Writing Workshop

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How could this scene have been changed to produce a more interested effect by the readers?

Turn and talk to your partner and see if you can come up with a suggestion about how the dialogue in that scene could have been made more exciting.

Let’s share our ideas…

Writers…

Let’s consider how we might be able to increase the

attention and interest of our readers by considering adding some more punctuation to our stories.

Have we provided our readers with enough excitement, interest and thought provoking dialogue to keep their interest?

Can we add some punctuation to our stories to make them more interesting or exciting?

Let’s brainstorm on paper…

Writers…

Start by opening up to a blank sheet of paper in your

white binder…behind the 3rd tab, Revising. As you read your draft, consider what may be

missing…as you read each paragraph…ask yourself, “Could this be rewritten in a more exciting way?”

Then just write down words and expressions on your blank sheet that could be referred to later when you once again rewrite your revisions.

You have 15 minutes…

Writers…

When writing, remember to put all of your verbs in the past tense… With most verbs, you should be adding “ed” at the end. There are exceptions, such as took, spoke, said, made,

ate, was, knew, thought, went, etc. If you do not know…look it up!!

When using dialogue…which you should all be using, please follow the below format…“Pleased to meet you,” said the boy.“How many are there?” asked the woman. Remember the ? Mark goes inside the quotes.He screamed, “Stop or I’ll shoot!” Again, the exclamatio point goes inside the quotes.

Grammar & Conventions

Please remember to always use a noun or pronoun

when writing a sentence in English and that it must match the gender of the subject… he/him/his is for boys/men she/her/hers is for girls/womenEx. When I asked Marta to sit down, she sat on the

swing.

Ex. When I told Pepe that I was hungry, he cooked me dinner.

Ex. There were many students at the school and they were all being very quiet.

Grammar & Conventions

Capitalization, Capitalization, Capitalization!!!

Who can tell me when it is correct to use a capital letter Everyone MUST write this down!!

Before a noun that begins with a vowel (ex. a, e, i, o, u) the indefinite article “a” becomes “an” Ex. I saw an elephant today. Ex. I need an umbrella when it rains. Ex. I want a dog to keep me company.

Possession…always use ‘s… Only in Spanish do we use the expression using “of.” Leonard’s sister. John’s puppy. Sammy’s parents.

Grammar & Conventions

Another thing I found to be missing in your stories as I was reading them was a moral…

Who can tell me what a moral is? Could it be the same thing as a theme?

Who remembers having read about The Can Man last week?

What themes were explored during that story? Now turn to your revision again…silently read it from

beginning to end. Do you feel as though there is a moral? A theme that your

readers will walk away from your story thinking about? Tonite when you guys work on your revisions again…please

make note of the exact requirements for your story…

Writers…

5 Minute Break

Before we begin…

…please confirm that you have your red reading notebook on your desk.

Reading Workshop

…of fiction notice how the author shows the passage

of time. We have already discussed how authors signal the

passage of time. (Remember, when we discussed the clothesline method?)

Today we are going to look more closely at how writers use words known as temporal words to signal movement through time in their stories.

Temporal words are words that show a sequence in time in a variety of ways.

Let’s take a look at some of these words…

Great Readers…

Great Readers…

Do you notice how there are different types of temporal words and phrases?

Some move a story through minutes, days and even months or years.

Today, we are going to revisit the short story, “Don’t Be An Uncle Max” and identify the temporal words and phrases in the story. …begin with “I had

history homework…here it comes.”

The phrase, “The next morning…” takes us through the night and into the next morning.

Great Readers…

We don’t know what happens between the time the character does history homework and the next morning. Read through…”She

refused to call on me anymore.” Stress “For the next few days.”

This phrase moves through no only just one evening, but a few days.

Sort of like a “fast forward.”

Great Readers…

…Read through the bottom of p. 38. Stress,

“Then one night.” This phrase is the next

indication of time since “For the next few days.”

We know that it is now night, but we do no tknow which day.

That doesn’t seem important.

Great Readers…

Now it is your chance to give it a try. In your Reading Notebooks, write down the temporal

words and phrases that you hear as I read. …read to the end of p. 39.

Now turn and talk to your partner and share the words and phrases you heard.

Paying attention to the words and phrases that mark the passage of time is critical to understanding fiction.

As we read, let’s pay attention to temporal words as a way to help us follow the story.

Great Readers…

5 Minute Break

Before we begin…

…please confirm that you have your white binders on your desks.

Writing Workshop

…edit their

writing by using comma rules.

Writers…

Let’s see if you guys

can correct these sentences by putting the commas in the right places…

On a blank sheet of paper in the editing section of your white binder, start copying these sentences while putting the commas in the correct locations.

Writers…

5 Minute Break

Before we begin…

…please confirm that you have your red reading notebook on your desk.

Reading Workshop

…of fiction recognize the different kinds of conflict in

fiction. All stories have a conflict. The conflict is what makes the story interesting and

exciting. It keeps readers engaged and curious about what will

happen next. Readers of fiction first identify the type of conflict in a

story and then examine the conflict in order to understand how it effects the plot and characters.

Conflict is the struggle between two forces in a story. The conflict is what keeps the plot moving.

Great Readers…

Conflicts can be

external and internal. There are different

kinds of conflicts in literature: Person vs. Nature Person vs. Person Person vs. Society Person vs. self.

Let’s revisit The Can Man and examine how the conflict drives the story.

Great Readers…

Copy into

notebooks!!!

When readers

examine conflict, they can ask themselves some questions to help enhance their thinking.

Great Readers…

Let’s talk about The

Can Man. As we know, the

conflict or problem, is that Mr. Peters, has lost his job and has to collect cans on the street to collect money and support himself.

Currently, he is trying to save for a new coat before winter.

Great Readers…

What type of conflict does

this seem to be? Is Mr. Peters’ problem

himself? Is it mean people? Is it a natural disaster?

No. It is the circumstances—he has lost his job and needs money.

Since the conflict is not due to another person, the character himself, or nature, this means that the type of conflict is person vs. society.

Great Readers…

So how does the conflict

move the story along? Eventually, Tim is

changed and realizes that he can help the Can Man by giving him the money he earned from turning in his cans.

This money will help the Can Man get his much-needed winter coat.

The conflict and the resolution have affected both Tim and Mr. Peters.

Great Readers…

Now you will have

the chance to do the same type of work by examining the conflict in Promises. Remember that in the

story the narrator’s friend gives her an empty box.

Tracy says that the box is empty like the narrator’s promises.

Great Readers…

Turn and talk about

the conflict questions with your partners.

Then we will share our thinking.

Remember that the conflict here is between the narrator and her good friend, Tracy, whom she is not a good friend to (person vs. person).

Great Readers…

The narrator does

many things to Tracy that are not nice (ex., not going to her birthday party).

In the end, the conflict is not completely resolved, but it is Tracy who seems to change, as she is no longer willing to be taken advantage of by the narrator.

Great Readers…

Conflict is the driving

force in fiction stories.

It is important to identify the type of conflict and how it affects the plot and characters.

Let’s pay attention to conflict in our own independent reading.

Great Readers…