Shhhh…. It’s SILENT reading time! The best 10 minutes of the day. Get out your: Silent Reading Books Writing Comp book

Homework Read 20 minutes Monday-Thursday and get signature Monday after reading:  Find 4 lines of dialogue in your choice book and copy it down. If your author doesn’t use dialogue, find it in a different book. Tues-Wed as you’re reading :  Take notice all week as you read (or look at other sources) and study what rules the author(s) followed in regards to punctuation and format. Thursday after reading :  After you read tonight and you’ve spent time looking at dialogue all week, make a list of what you think the rules are for punctuating dialogue and formatting dialogue.

Make this chart in your WRITING COMP BK—RESPONSE SECTION DateTITLEPage #sTotal Time Read Adult Signature 12/12 12/13 12/14 12/15 Copy 4 or more lines of dialogue: Make a list of punctuation and formatting rules:

In your WRITING COMP BOOK--- LESSON Section…. Go to the first available page and use the following heading…  Date  Bedroom Anecdote  Rough Draft

Write an ANECDOTE (In your LESSON section) Write for 4-5 minutes describing a memory from your bedroom. Put yourself in this anecdote (meaning use FIRST PERSON narrator----I pronoun). PLEASE DOUBLE SPACE!! Example: (just a start…) I was sitting in a chair in my bedroom looking around I remembered the time when…….

HOW DO WE USE AN ELABORATED ANECDOTE IN OUR WRITING? WRITING WITH ELABORATION

In your WRITING COMP BOOK--- LESSON Section…. Go to the first available page and use the following heading…  Anecdote Notes  Date

Do YOU have STDs? S napshot T houghtshots D ialogue

Take a look at the STD handout

S napshot Remember…we worked on snapshots with  our nature write/field trip  In Steinbeck’s writing  In our choice books Let’s read the definition Let’s read the example Underline the snapshot details in the example In the LESSON section of your writing comp books answer the question: In your own words write the definition of SNAPSHOT details and explain why writers use them?

Now it’s your turn… Write a snapshot for the picture in the space provided on the back side of your handout.

Take a look at the STD handout

T houghtshots Let’s read the definition Let’s read the example Underline the thoughtshot details in the example In the LESSON section of your writing comp books answer the question: In your own words write the definition of THOUGHTSHOT details and explain why writers use them?

Now it’s your turn… Write a thoughtshot for the picture in the space provided on the back side of your handout.

Take a look at the STD handout

D ialogue You already know something about dialogue…Steinbeck uses a great deal of dialogue in Of Mice and Men. Let’s read the definition Let’s read the example Circle the dialogue in the example In the LESSON section of your writing comp books answer the question: In your own words write the definition of DIALOGUE and explain why writers use it ?

Now it’s your turn… Write dialogue for the picture in the space provided on the back side of your handout.

Model Paragraph Let’s look at how Steinbeck wrote the bunk house scene….did he have STDs? (see handout) Read the text and….  Label any snapshot details (imagery) with a S in the margin  Label any thoughtshot details with a T in the margin  Label any dialogue with a D in the margin

It’s time to REVISE your bedroom anecdote… This is practice before you do your Elaboration-STD assessment on your own…so ask questions along the way

Revision Step 1: Snapshot Details Reread your bedroom anecdote If you have any snapshot details (imagery)…..label them Do you have at least one snapshot detail for each of the five senses? If not, NOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO ADD TO YOUR PARAGRAPH TO CREATE A SNAPSHOT.

Revision Step 1: Snapshot Details Add SNAPSHOT details in your bedroom anecdote using imagery (all five senses). Be sure you have at least one snapshot detail for each of the five senses. (You may add them in the margins with arrows and/or write them in-between lines).

Revision Step 2: Thoughshot Details Reread your anecdote If you have any thoughtshot details …label them DO YOU HAVE AT LEAST THREE THOUGHTSHOTS? IF NOT, NOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO ADD TO YOUR PARAGRAPH TO LET YOUR READER IN ON YOUR THOUGHTS.

Revision Step 2: Thoughtshot Details Add THOUGHTSHOT details in your bedroom anecdote. Be sure to include at least three thoughtshots for you, or another person, in the anecdote. (You may add them in the margins with arrows and/or write them in-between lines).

Revision Step 3: Dialogue Reread your bedroom anecdote If you have any Dialogue…label it DO YOU HAVE AT LEAST THREE LINES OF DIALOGUE? IF NOT, NOW YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO ADD TO YOUR PARAGRAPH TO LET YOUR READER HEAR YOUR VOICE.

Revision Step 3: Dialogue Add DIALOGUE in your bedroom anecdote. Be sure to include at least three lines of dialogue. (You may add them in the margins with arrows and/or write them in-between lines).

Final Draft of Anecdote Put a heading on the next available page in your writing comp book---LESSON section  Date  Bedroom Anecdote Final

Rewrite your Final Draft of Your Anecdote Using your additions of STDs, rewrite your anecdote into your comp book We will be using each other’s final draft as learning models by  Peer Scoring  Using some of them on doc camera

Do these student examples of the bedroom anecdote have STDs? Let’s look at the rubric first (pass it out)rubric Now let’s look at a few student examples of the final draft

Peer Score Now it’s time to have our peers help us and give us feedback. This step is important. It will help us prepare for the assessment.

Assessment Show a model essay Show a model anecdote The assessment IS NOT writing an entire essay with an introduction, body paragraphs and a conclusion. You’re ONLY writing one body paragraph.

Anecdote w/STDs Assessment Prompt We can all relate to the character Lennie, in the book Of Mice and Men. Write an anecdote (approx. 1 page) about a memory when you’ve been like Lennie. (Choose one or think of your own way you’ve had a time like Lennie: confused, hopeful, scared, overjoyed, rejected, dependent) **After you’re done label your STDs by circling/highlighting and drawing a line out to the margin..labeling S or T or D.