Honors due dates:

Cycle #1
no later than 9/15: writer selected
9/15 – 10/17: read stories, read literary criticism, meet with me for support, organize your ideas
week of 10/17: outline complete for conference w/me
week of 10/24: draft complete for conference w/ me
10/31: Paper Due

Cycle#2

no later than 11/10: writer selected
11/10 – 12/5: read stories, read literary criticism, meet with me for support, organize your ideas
week of 12/5: outline complete for conference w/me
week of 12/12: draft complete for conference w/ me
12/19: Paper Due

Re-read "The Wife's Story"

Short written response:

• what effective choice(s) do you think the writer makes (ie: what makes this story work for you)
• what not so effective choice(s) do you think the writer makes (ie: what makes this story NOT work for you)
• HONORS prompt: Why do you think the author tells this in the wife's voice?  Is this an effective choice?
  

Unpack one of the Marni sentences from sheet

Read "Fiesta" from Drown by Junot Díaz

Mark it up with your observations and

Make a timeline of events in the story

Honors:  read packet

Non honors: read second chapter in packet (whole packet optional)

Written response:  what do you want from sharing work in this class?

Do Sentence Diagramming Diagnostic #3 (attached below)

FIRST PACKET DUE MONDAY, 9/22

Read chapter from The BFG

Response:  What do we know about the characters?  How does the author show us who they are?

Read "Shitty First Drafts" from Bird by Bird

Response:  based on your own experience writing, do you accept what she says?

Bring in a story you like