Autobiographical Narrative Week 10 November 3 rd, 2013

The plan…. Objectives Review – Outline – 1 st Draft Narrative Autobiography Prewriting Homework – Complete Revision & Proofreading

Objectives Student will be able to make complete sentences from fragments and ideas Students will be able to produce cohesive and coherent written texts by organizing ideas, using effective transitions, and choosing precise wording Students will be able to select and use voice and style appropriate to audience and purpose

Review

Brainstorming Give some examples.

Outline What’s this?

Drafting What’s this?

Revise How do you do this?

Proofread How do you do this?

Revising: Overall Structure Making sure the details in your story are connected to the central conflict or tension Don’t forget your conflict or tension Is it relevant to the conflict or tension? – Provide information necessary to understand – Show events that made the conflict worse – Show how it is resolved or explain the insight Strategy – Write your topic on a card/post it/top of the page – Read the topic then each paragraph – Is the paragraph related to the topic you read first??

Revising: Paragraphs Making sure the details in your story are connected to the central conflict or tension Paragraphs contain sentences that are related to each other and connected to the main idea – In my elephant killing story, is it important to know that I did not go to school? – On your outline the A, B & C should all connect to each other and the event you are writing about, the II or Roman numerals Strategy – Write the main idea of the paragraph – Read the phrase then a sentence – Do this with each sentence – Does each sentence support or relate to the main idea? Is it necessary and relevant??

Revising: Sentences Making sure the details in your story are connected to the central conflict or tension Sentences must be arranged in proper order in order to understand Are the events told in an order that is understandable? Is there anything confusing about the sequence of events? There are transition words to help you: SequenceCause & Effect Compare & Contrast Conclusions first, next, then, finally, before, after, soon since, because, if like, also, similarly, although, however, despite, but, on the other hand therefore, thus, so, consequently, as a result

Revising: Words Making sure the details in your story are connected to the central conflict or tension Word choice is important The reader should clearly understand what the writer has written about – All of the reader’s questions should be answered Strategy – Use precise nouns to clarify – These nouns answer “what kind?” The weather is nice. What kind of weather is nice? I like sun, you like snow !! O_o

Let’s Practice! On your 2 nd worksheet – Please read your paper to yourself – Ask Are these paragraphs related? Do these sentences make sense? Are they needed here? Is this word precise? Or is it vague? Would Becca Teacher understand this? Would I know this about her? Would she know this about me? – Use a pen of a different color to mark your paper Re-write on the revision worksheet Whatever you don’t finish is homework

Homework Any unfinished classwork is homework – Revise and mark your first draft – Re-write correctly on the Revision worksheet Due on Monday, November 4 th, 2013