Hi all,
Students in this course have finished their short stories unit and are now working away at their original compositions. For this unit, students are asked to write four stories:
The first is an injury story. Students shared their various injuries and then put them to paper. Three areas of focus are climax, setting and character development, as well as grammar.
The second story is a conflict story. Areas of focus are establishing characters and setting, climax, and quotations.
The third and fourth story are student choice. Students are asked to vary perspective, point of view, and attempting a flashback.
All student MUST have a peer edit and provide feedback for their work. Feedback includes favourite line, where should there be more description, what changes would you make, and what additions would you add to your work. All edits also include basic grammar and sentence structure.
Final assessment for this project is twofold: Completion of four stories in a timely manner and a self-evaluation. Self evaluation sheets include work habits, reflective questions, and perceived letter grades for each story.
Good luck and enjoy the writing process.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Monday, March 9, 2015
English-Short Stories
Happy Monday,
For this week, students will be nearing the end their short stories Unit. Continue to familiarize yourselves with the "elements of a short story." All terms and definitions can be found both online and in their handouts on literary terms.
After finishing the movie freedom writers, students will be asked to write a short reflective piece on the theme of change. While watching, students were asked to follow a character from start to finish. They will then write a one page response to their chosen character. Please include the following elements in your writing:
An introduction with setting and context (say what you are going to say).
A transition statement between the introduction and the character you are following.
Clear examples of how the character changed. Use embedded quotes to provide support for your examples (say it)
A concluding statement which re-states your main premise or idea (say what you said).
This will be marked out of 6 using our writing rubric and doubled for a total of 12.
For this week, students will be nearing the end their short stories Unit. Continue to familiarize yourselves with the "elements of a short story." All terms and definitions can be found both online and in their handouts on literary terms.
After finishing the movie freedom writers, students will be asked to write a short reflective piece on the theme of change. While watching, students were asked to follow a character from start to finish. They will then write a one page response to their chosen character. Please include the following elements in your writing:
An introduction with setting and context (say what you are going to say).
A transition statement between the introduction and the character you are following.
Clear examples of how the character changed. Use embedded quotes to provide support for your examples (say it)
A concluding statement which re-states your main premise or idea (say what you said).
This will be marked out of 6 using our writing rubric and doubled for a total of 12.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
English 10-Short Stories
Theme of the week: CHOICE
Reading and Comprehension:
Read and answer questions on the story "Choices" by Susan Kerslake.
Writing Activity:
Have you ever had to make a difficult choice? What was it and would you make the same choice again?
Write 2/3 paragraphs for a total of 6 marks.
Discussion:
Watch the and discuss the TED talk The Paradox of Choice
http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice?language=en
Reading and Comprehension:
Read and answer questions on the story "Choices" by Susan Kerslake.
Writing Activity:
Have you ever had to make a difficult choice? What was it and would you make the same choice again?
Write 2/3 paragraphs for a total of 6 marks.
Discussion:
Watch the and discuss the TED talk The Paradox of Choice
http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice?language=en
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