10.21.13

Objective:

I can write a narrative using real experiences, using effective rhetorical devices, and well-structured event sequences.

1.  Launch:
    1a.  What's your character? Response Form
    1b.  List of 24 character traits


2.  Presentation:
   2a.  Unit 1 Conflict Assignment
   2b.  What is conflict?  Character? Theme?
   2c.   What does it mean to walk through the fire?  Buzz about conflicts we have faced, challenges we have overcome.
   2d.  Recall Ms. G's examples.  Consider what are the things that you desire out of life, and what gets in your way?

3.  Practice:
   3a.  Q2 EA1 Scaffold
   3b.  Directions:  Using your homework from the weekend, identify the conflict about which you will write.
   3c.  If you are struggling to think of something, answer the question:  "What is a defining moment that has made me the young wo/man I am today?  If this event hadn't happened, I wouldn't be me."

4.  Create a Google Doc
   4a.  Title it Q2 EA1 First Lastname
   4b.  Start composing your first body paragraph.  Describe the event in as much detail as possible.
   4c.  Answer who, what, when, where, why
   4d.  Then, move on to the response, why does it matter?

Exit Ticket: Accountability for work time