Please continue working on your draft of your Elementary writing project. Please note that your first draft may not need pictures just yet. We'll get into that soon. The first draft will be due Friday at the end of class, so please continue writing it.
By the end of today, you should be nearing or planning an "ending" to your project. Remember that it is possible to add more to ANY story simply by considering what happens next with a character. (Even a character who dies has consequences or can help continue a story, although this is not the norm.)
If you need a break or are "finished" with your draft, either continue reading "Speak" or in your journal do any of the following exercises (not to be turned in...do them in your journal).
1. Name some adults in your life. Replace their real names and identities with nicknames.
2. Recall the last verbal fight or argument you had with your friend(s). What was the issue? Who was ultimately right? Try recreating the conversation in dialogue.
3. Make a list of some things that you would change about your life if you were given the chance.
4. Make a list of the different "clans" or "cliques" in our school. How would you lump together and name particular groups? Which groups do you feel you belong to? Which groups are you most opposed to? Why might these groups form?
5. Make a top 10 list of lies that (adults, school administration/teachers, parents, religious leaders, doctors, teenagers, etc.) tell you.
HOMEWORK: Please complete Marking Period 2 in "Speak." As you read, please notice how the author is complicating the situation established in part one of the book. Authors need to establish character, setting, tone, and character in the beginning of any story or novel. How does Anderson do this effectively? Please respond in a paragraph or two about what you notice about how the author establishes and moves the plot along or develops character from part one through part two. (Due Friday).
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