1. Tuesday January 10, 2017 You need composition books SSR time
How are you going to make today great?
You need composition books

2. Narrative
I want you to take the setting, atmosphere, characters, conflicts that the men are experiencing in chapter 8 to write from your perspective as if you were one of the men stranded in the ocean. You need to go back and include parts of chapter 7 to fully develop your conflicts and atmosphere. I want the ending to be the rescue.

3. What’s my focus?
-Sensory Details/ Figurative Language/ Imagery
-Atmosphere (MOOD)
-Dialogue..
-Conflicts
-Character development
-Resolution
-Transition Words

4. Everyone needs a rubric!
Left for Dead Narrative Writing Rubric
Earned points
Possible points
ORGANIZATION: -Relevant beginning starting with the sinking (5 points) -Effective Ending with being rescued (5 pts.) -Transition words relevant to narrative (10pts.) -Multiple Paragraphs (5 pts.)
/ 25
DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS: -Strong character dev./dialogue/conversation (10 pts.) -Multiple Sensory Details (10 pts.) -Multiple Figurative Language (10 pts.) -Recognized Atmosphere/Mood (5 pts.) -3 Conflicts from the story are included (15 pts.) /
LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS: -Varied Sentences: compound/complex/simple (5 pts.) -Correct use of vivid verbs (5 pts.) -Correct Capitalization and punctuation (5 pts.) -Utilize relevant dialogue and punctuation (10 pts.) /
FINAL GRADE
/ 100

5. Pass it to your neighbor!

6. Now that you have your paper back…
Out to the side of the rubric (where it’s blank), and draw this:
# found in my paper
____________
Highlight figurative language/sensory language
Circle transition words FROM COMPSITION BOOK
Box your tags from the dialogue