Please use period 3 to complete your brochures. Refresh your memory about the expectations of a particular genre. What do readers expect from this kind of genre?
If you are done with your brochure, you have free time, but please do not bother students who are not done with their work. During 4th period, please go to our classroom next door.
In the next room, please come together in the following groups:
ROMANCE/REALISTIC FICTION:
If you are done with your brochure, you have free time, but please do not bother students who are not done with their work. During 4th period, please go to our classroom next door.
In the next room, please come together in the following groups:
ROMANCE/REALISTIC FICTION:
- Serita
- Yanira
- Liana
- Carina
- Ellie
- Dan'nae
SCI-FI/FANTASY/HISTORICAL FICTION:
- Kyra
- Alexander
- Frank
- Jocelyn
MYSTERY/THRILLERS:
- Isiah
- Tamaron
- Karina
LITERARY FICTION/GENERAL FICTION:
- Emily
- Samuel
- Alexis
- Azana
FANTASY/SCI-FI/REALISTIC FICTION/MEMOIR:
- Sara
- Isabella
- Nasmere
In your group, talk to each other. Complete the questions on the group handout. Decide on a group name, and then read the article "Time Frames" by Nancy Lamb. Discuss this article. What advice does the author give to us as young writers? As you begin and complete your homework (see below), apply the wisdom in this article to the stories you are reading.
HOMEWORK: Read the short story packet assigned for your group. Rate each story on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being Wow! and 1 being Yuck! Be prepared to discuss these stories with your reading group on Monday.
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