Week 3

Creative Tuesday What does your teddy bear (or other childhood stuffed animal) dream about?

First ROUGH draft You will have until the end of class to fully answer this prompt: Think of a significant moment from your childhood. Write a story telling about that moment. Use narrative devices to develop your story. Examples of narrative devices: dialogue, plot, theme, foreshadowing etc.

Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory Or Series of Unfortunate Events

Riddle Wednesday A plane crashes and every single person dies. Who survives? The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they? Take off my skin, I won’t cry. But you will. What am I? What can go up and come down without moving?

Review Plot Diagram/Map

My New Teacher and Me by Weird Al Yankovic

Thoughtful Thursday “No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings” ~William Blake In 5-8 sentences, (1) tell what you think the author means and (2) make a connection between the quote and your life.

Application of Plot Diagram

Sample Dialogue “Enough!” Mr. Booth said. “No more of these stunts! You’ll march straight to the principal’s office at once!” “Yes, I heard about the accident,” the woman said, as everyone said how do you do. “I am Justice Strauss.” “That’s an unusual first name,” Klauss remarked. “It is my title,” she explained, “not my first name. I serve as a judge on the High Court.” “How fascinating,” Violet said. “And are you married to Count Olaf?”

Rules for Writing Dialogue A speaker's exact words (also called dialogue) must be surrounded by quotation marks. Example: "I love flowers," said Jessie. Opening quotation marks (example: ") are used to mark the beginning of the speaker's words, and closing quotation marks are used the mark the end of the speaker's words (example: ").    Commas and periods are always placed inside the closing quotation marks. Example: "I like chips," said Milly.  Jason replied, "I love pretzels." 

Use a comma to introduce a quotation after a dialogue tag Use a comma to introduce a quotation after a dialogue tag. Example: Tyler replied, "Blue is my favorite color.“ If dialogue is split or separated, use quotation marks to surround each part that is spoken. Example: "Yes," said Bobby, "I love cheese pizza  If a quotation is not split or separated, don't close the quotation until the speaker is finished. This could sometimes involve numerous sentences.Example: "Please write your name on your paper before you begin. Once you finish, bring your paper to the front of the room and place it on my desk," said the teacher. 

The Series of Unfortunate Events Reading from The Series of Unfortunate Events