Monday, December 12, 2016

December 9/12

EQ: How can I improve the ending of my journal writing?

Agenda:
Print and assemble your Immigration Journal

Homework
No homework

Friday, December 9, 2016

December 6/7

EQ: How can I improve the ending of my journal writing?

Agenda:
Review of symbols and themes that ran through Letters from Rifka.
What ideas/objects/symbols did you include at the start of your character's journey?
Incorporate one of those ideas into your story ending.

Homework
Run-on sentence pre-assessment (blue sheet)

November 30/December 1

EQ: How can I add edit my writing?

Agenda:
  • Incorporate feedback into your rough drafts.   
  • Apply feedback to all your writing.  (Ex. If feedback says capitalize A in America, look for ALL instances of proper nouns that are not capitalized.)
  • Continue to incorporate descriptive language into your writing:
    • Similes
    • Metaphors
    • Sensory language
    • Ba Da Bing!
Homework
For anyone who has not completed Journal Entry #3 (Ellis Island experience), please complete it for homework.