Thursday

Class Work

Things that are due:
A.  Final copy of the Object Description  - include the draft. Place the final copy on top. Did you use MLA formatting?
B. See p. 132. Select Descriptive Essay #1 or #3. Write the essay. This should be at least three paragraphs long. Create a dominate impression. Use the five senses. Share the draft today.

• What was your dominate impression?
• What senses were addressed?
• Highlight your three favorite words, phrases, or sentences. What made these memorable? 
• Read your paper to one other person. Ask them to note the BEST words, phrases, or sentences. Do the two of you agree? Explain.
• Revise and polish for HOMEWORK - final is due on Tuesday.
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1.  Now, we are going outside. See p. 131 - Small Scrawl 2. Remember, the goal is to focus on ONE thing or area and write the details. In writing, create a dominate impression. See p. 132 for sample words that create an impression. If you have a camera or a camera on your phone, take a picture of the place. Return to class and share your writing. (We will complete this in class on Thursday...weather permitting. We will stay inside if there is rain. The activity remains the same.)
 2. Save for Tuesday . . .Now, let's add some dialogue! Look on Google or in your own pictures. Select a picture of a person. Create a mini-life for that person- fiction, please:

• Name
• Age
• Height
• Occupation
• Family
• Voice/accents
• Scars/tattoos/piercings
• Favorites ( 3)
• Type of car
• Type of home
• Education
• Income
• A special experience from the past
• A dream for the future

3. Meet with another student and introduce your "character". Listen as the student introduces his or her character.
4. Select one of your locations from #1 to use as a place for the two characters to have a conversation.

• What would the two characters discuss?
• What brought them to the location?

In short, you are creating a story with dialogue. Describe the place. Explain why they are there. Write out the conversation.

Now it is time for some punctuation... See pp. 456, 457, 525, and 526.  Let's practice together.

Now, with your partner, go back to your narrative. Add the correct punctuation to the conversation.

Today - submit your place description along with the correctly punctuated partner-conversation. Put everything together as a packet. This includes both descriptions of location even though you two only used one.

Homework

***Work on the description of the "place" you found on campus. Describe it in such a way that when I read it, I would be able to recognize it when passing by.

1. Read pp. 136-142 - "Show, Don't Tell"
Answer questions 1, 2, and 3 on pp. 139-140.
Answer questions 1, 2, and 3 on pp. 141-142.

2. Select from Narrative Essay Topic 1, 2, 3, or 4 on p. 144. Follow the directions. Bring the draft to class on Tuesday. (Typed paper copy. We are short on computers.)

3. Don't forget, the final draft of the dominate impression paper is due on Tuesday. See B under "Things That Are Due."