Bellwrite # 12: Brainstorm as list of different ways dating could go wrong. Consider all the different moments in a date--from the moment you are considering asking someone out or wondering if someone will ask you out to the moment that you close the door and go inside your house after the date. Also brainstorm all the possible variations on dating which you can--different places people might be on a date, different kinds of people that might date, etc.
For our Family Future assignment, students will be writing a short story related to dating. A short story is characters stuck in a situation trying to work their way out of a problem. The author's job is to add complications for the characters and to raise the stakes (emotionally).
We will be using a method that helps students move from their personal experience to fiction. Students will begin by writing a scene from their real lives when they were dealing with a problem of significance. Later, we will fictionalize this moment and extend it to create a story.
Core
Students took their "test" of teaching 5th grade students about the French and American Revolutions.
I lectured on Napoleon and students practiced taking effective notes.
Homework:
- By Thursday, finish writing your real-life scene.
- On Thursday, bring to class a modern novel you like to read.
- By tomorrow read to page 285 of Pride and Prejudice.
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