Workshop, Day 2; Revision

1. 5 minute cram session for the test on Tone, Diction, POV, theme, writing process, etc.
2. Quiz on these terms
3. Read the article "Imagery" by Mary Oliver silently while you are waiting for others to finish the quiz.
4. Gather in your workshop groups. 
5. Go to the lab and revise or edit (craft) your work!

Workshop Groups:

ONE: Olivia, Jahde, Reyenne, Hetep, Amanda
TWO: Cameron, Alannah, Jasmina, Janelys
THREE: Avana, Kami, Rosalia, Frieda, Grace
FOUR: Aslin, Kierra, Leilanis, Nandi, Kadeja
FIVE: Justice, Rashid, Robert, Joshua

What to do in your workshop group:

• Today, you may share anything you wrote so far this year from your portfolio. When deciding on what piece(s) of writing you want feedback on, consider the pieces that you don't know what to do with next, pieces that are incomplete, or pieces you care about. It is usually a waste of workshop time to workshop a piece that you do not plan to revise. 
• Get feedback by giving your group members access to your file. I suggest using Google Docs or Google Drive and SHARING your work with the others in your writing group. You may also, if you prefer, print out copies of your work and have your partners write their evaluation on the copy. 
• If you are using Google or a Word Processor, INSERT COMMENTS to help your peer writers. 
• Writers should collect the drafts their members wrote on or commented on, and turn these in for participation credit.
• Try to keep comments helpful and specific!
• After getting feedback from your workshop group, you should:
• Revise any previously written piece. Craft your writing!
• lengthen your stories
• lengthen your poems
• Edit/cut your stories or poems
• Add/cut details
• Consider setting, diction, tone, denotation & connotation, POV, speaker, persona, characterization, etc. Improve weak spots in your work!

Period 8: Complete and revise work for your portfolio. Make sure you label your second or third drafts. Keep ALL drafts in your portfolio!

HOMEWORK: Please read and take notes on the chapter on "Imagery". Pay close attention to these terms: imagery, figurative language, particular & specific language use (diction), simile, metaphor, personification, allusion, symbol.