- The deadline for all late work and extra credit is December 19.
- If you haven't yet signed up for your December book -- fantasy or science fiction -- sign up as soon as possible. The project is due by January 6.
- If you did not do well on the Main Idea, Broader Idea, Narrower Idea assignment, ask for a new copy you can use to redo it. You could come to Cave Time today to complete that.
- Have you ever felt like an outsider? Tell about it. If not, tell about a time you observed someone else being treated like an outsider.
- Audience: Mainly yourself. You will not have to share out loud unless you choose to.
- Purpose: Using writing to think through something, and perhaps to share your experience and observations.
- Task: Write a paragraph (or more if you wish) with
- a topic sentence,
- supporting details,
- and a conclusion.
- (Sample conclusion: "Because I've felt like an outsider, I can understand other people who feel as if they are outsiders.")
- Write in first person -- using I, me, my -- if you are telling your own experience.
- Write in third person -- using he, she, her, his, him -- if you are telling about someone else.
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3. Your book assignment for December will ask you to find a THEME in your book.
A theme is a life lesson or message expressed in a book or story or essay.
In nonfiction, we call the biggest ideas CENTRAL IDEAS.
In fiction/literature, we call the biggest ideas THEMES.
To help you understand how to find a theme in literature, you will participate in a theme exercise:
Giving Advice to an Outsider.
4. Receive book assignment -- December Book Assignment.docx- Read a story about a situation that could happen in real life.
- Pretend you are the author of that story.
- Pretend also that you have a job as an advice columnist.
- Your task will be to answer a letter sent to your advice column.
- You will work in pairs (with your elbow partner) to answer the letter, as if you were the author of the story about Gabrielle and Jessica.
- Each of you will write your answer in your composition book.
- Write your answer as a response to Perplexed: "Dear Perplexed, . . ."
- Now, what if . . . .
What if the story had ended this way:
Jessica laughed nervously. "I guess you won't have time for me anymore not that you're a star," she said quietly.
Gabrielle says,
"I'm so sorry. We can still sit together sometimes, but today I need to sit with Heather and Katie. I'll call you though."
Lists: Fantasy and Science Fiction Novels
5. (If time -- composition book check. If not, we will complete that composition book check next time.)
