It All Comes Down to This... End of Marking Period Info

Please complete Chapter 8 and the corresponding exercises: 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, and 8.6.

Compile ALL your drafts (there should be a few). Put all the drafts into the SAME file. You can do this by opening your final draft, then copying the other drafts AFTER the FINAL draft. Some of you already have done this. Essentially, all your drafts should be in ONE file.

Chapter 8 - ALL DRAFTS for this assignment are due TO MY DROP BOX by Friday, Oct. 16 (end of the day). This will account for your portfolio grade (and writing grade). Turn in as much of this as you have done. This is a major assignment.

Also, on FRIDAY, Oct. 16, we will have a quiz on the following:

The Writing Process: brainstorming, composing (or drafting), revision, editing, and publication. (pg. 3-20 & blog)
The Hook, leads, or opening a short story (pg. 149-150 & blog)
The Types of Short Stories: (blog)
Working With Beginnings (blog)
In Media Res (blog)
First Person POV (pg. 152-154)
Establishing conflict (pg. 150-151)
Honest, Dishonest Voice (reliable or unreliable first person narrators) (pg. 154 & blog)
Dialogue punctuation (blog)
Realistic dialogue (pg. 157, pg. 160 & blog)
Speaker tags, Action tags, Thought tags (pg. 158 & blog)
Compression (as part of editing/revision) (pg. 155 & blog)
White space (pg. 164)
Essential elements of a short story (pg. 166, under Response Groups)
Craft (pg. 167)
Repetition (pg. 168)