Please choose one of the stories from your short story collection and complete either "Story Map #1" or "Story Map #2" for that story. Turn in your analysis by the end of class today.
When you have completed this task, please work on preparing your portfolio:
What goes into a portfolio? Pretty much everything you write.
The purpose of the portfolio is to collect your writing in various stages of completion. A first draft is always a good start, and the more you write, the stronger your writing should be if you are applying the concepts and skills we have been working on in class. As such, I should see anywhere from 3-8 short stories. Some of these will have a second or third draft attached to them, others may still be first drafts. Some stories will be short, others longer. I will be grading your work on a rubric (see above by end of class). Portfolios should include a short reflection about how you're doing in the class. This is where you can explain your progress to me. If there are issues that are harming your progress, please let me know what they are.
On Thursday, there will be a test on the following:
HOMEWORK: Study for the unit exam.
When you have completed this task, please work on preparing your portfolio:
What goes into a portfolio? Pretty much everything you write.
The purpose of the portfolio is to collect your writing in various stages of completion. A first draft is always a good start, and the more you write, the stronger your writing should be if you are applying the concepts and skills we have been working on in class. As such, I should see anywhere from 3-8 short stories. Some of these will have a second or third draft attached to them, others may still be first drafts. Some stories will be short, others longer. I will be grading your work on a rubric (see above by end of class). Portfolios should include a short reflection about how you're doing in the class. This is where you can explain your progress to me. If there are issues that are harming your progress, please let me know what they are.
Your portfolio is due at the end of class today.
On Thursday, there will be a test on the following:
Plot; plot structure: exposition, inciting incident, rising action, crisis or turning point, climax, denouement or resolution, etc.; conflict; the different types of conflict; linear versus non-linear plots; setting; setting (artificial or manufactured and natural); exterior versus interior settings; locale; functions of setting; regional writers; POV; the different types of point of view; omniscience; multiple-viewpoint; skeptical POV; objective 3rd person POV; choosing a point of view; hamartia; round versus flat characters; characterization; character types; portraying a character; persona; description (particularly using description to characterize a character); character key terms; ways to develop a character; structuring a story and techniques to structure a story (Nov 1 post); ideas for fiction; genres; reader's expectations of any of the following genres: science fiction, romance, literary fiction, historical fiction, mystery/thrillers, fantasy, realistic fiction, etc.; types of readers: fantacists, realists, pragmatists, etc.To review, please go back starting from Oct. 22 (the beginning of the second marking period) and read the blog posts. Take notes as appropriate and note everything on these posts. Additionally, read the handouts on: genres (brochures), POV, character, characterization, description, setting, plot, etc.
HOMEWORK: Study for the unit exam.
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