Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Learning Focus:
I can…

• review engaging openings using different techniques

Opening:

1. Review the Five Leads

2. Share your Original "Beginning", then your New "Beginning"

• Partners - what type of lead was it?  How effective was it?  Did it leave you "wanting more"?
• Writer - describe why your new lead was effective (or ineffective).  
• Could you have done better with another lead?  
• Can you revise it again?  Sure! Always!!

Work Period:

4. Copy these definitions into your journal: 

• Sensory Details
• Simile

5. Small group discussion:

• Why are these important for the MIDDLE of your personal narrative?

6. View each Image

• write a literal observation
• write a revision
• add sensory images or details.
• add thoughts or feelings (from a 1st person POV.)

7. Write a 10-minute quick write about the THIRD image…use as many similes, sensory images and details as you can.

Closing:

7. Homework: Rewrite a portion of the MIDDLE of your sample narrative.  Where do you "tell" rather than "show"?

• Add/Substitute/Rearrange
• Sensory Images
• Details
• Similes
• Add thoughts and feelings to your Revision