1. Writing C

2. After you are finished writing, please share with a partner.
Warm Up Question
Please describe your all time favorite meal using the 5 senses. (Sight, Sound, Smell, Touch, Taste.) Please write this.
After you are finished writing, please share with a partner.

3. Announcements Importance of class attendance
Teacher Conference/Free Write time after break(8:30pm)

4. Review Multiple Paragraphs

5. 5 Paragraph Essay
Introduction
Body #1
Body #2
Body #3
Conclusion

6. Introductions & Conclusions: A Visual
General guidelines
Broad
“Hook”
History/Context
Purpose
Specific thing you are
talking about
Thesis Statement
Introduction
Specific
Restating thesis
Restating main points
Applications to reader
Applications to society
Look to the future
Conclusion sentence
Conclusion
Broad

7. Paragraph Formula Topic Sentence #1 Supporting detail / Evidence
Explanation of Supporting Detail
Supporting detail / Evidence
Explanation of Supporting Detail
Transition Sentence
(Next Paragraph) Topic Sentence #2

8. What is a paragraph?
A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic.
Learning to write good paragraphs will help you as a writer to stay on track.
Good paragraphing assists your readers in following a piece of writing.

9. Transition Sentences
Be sure to include transition sentences between body paragraphs.
DC, IC.
IC DC
Topic A + Topic B.
Topic A, Topic B.

10. Feelings and Opinions Essay
Let’s take a look at the samples on page 38
What are the main ideas? Supporting details?
What are the feelings or opinions of the author?

11. Feelings and Opinion see handout (p 41-42) Select a topic
Go through WH Questions
Share with others

12. Importance of Description and Narrative Techniques
Makes your story:
memorable
vivid
engaging
possibly persuasive

13. Basic Story Structure

14. Writing Descriptive Details
Details – be specific!
Ex: dog -> golden retriever
Sensory Details
sounds, odors, tastes, physical sensations, and sight
Objective v. Subjective:
Objective: use neutral, unbiased language removing personal opinions
Subjective: allow writer’s emotions to come through (possibly using loaded words, etc)
Vantage Point:
stationary or moving
Dominant impression
creating an overall feeling

15. Model sentence enhancing:
The car pulled into the parking space.
(soo boring)
The shiny ebony Mercedez-Benz with glorious chrome spinning rims, black leather interior, and a Swarovski crystal-studded license plate Tokyo- drifted into the very last available parking space on the 6th floor of the East Nutwood Parking Structure at Cal State Fullerton.

16. Dialogue Why add dialogue? Brings in voices other than your own
Shows rather than tells about people or places
How to add dialogue:
Spoken dialogue: (Punctuation, Indentation, Signal phrases)
I asked, “Do you think you can finish all that pizza yourself?”
“Every pizza is a personal pizza if you try hard enough,” she replied.
Internal monologue: (Italics, Signal phrases)
Every pizza is a personal pizza if you try hard enough, I thought.
Interviews: (Transcription)
Interviewer: Do you think you can finish all that pizza by yourself?
Woman: Every pizza is a personal pizza if you try hard enough.

17. Write a short dialogue
In groups, write a short dialogue about one of the following situations:
At a coffee shop, friends discuss problems.
There’s a fly in my soup, waiter.
Someone broke into the house.

18. Break

19. TOPIC
Write about what you miss or don’t miss about where you used to live(p. 61)
5 Paragraphs (One introduction, One Conclusion, Three Body)
Start with the writing process:
Brainstorm, Outline, Draft
When you are finished with each step, come up to me to get approval to move on to the next step

20. Free Write time
I will be checking in on everyone while they write. I will call people up, and then afterwards I will be available for feedback or questions.
Essay #3: Write about what you miss or don’t miss about where you used to live(p. 61) DUE TUESDAY
Essay#4: Write about one of the topics on page 41. DUE TUESDAY

21. Homework- Final day to turn in homework: TUESDAY (AUGUST 1)
Essay #3: Write about what you miss or don’t miss about where you used to live(p. 61) DUE TUESDAY
Essay#4: Write about one of the topics on page 41. DUE TUESDAY
Journals (1 ½ pages)
FINAL DAY OF THE SEMESTER IS AUGUST 3 (I will not accept late work this day).