HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Question: Do I have to do homework over winter break?

Answer #1: Do you have any missing assignments? If yes, then YES...get those done! The end of the quarter is the 15th of January - I need them ASAP!

Answer #2: Are your Prologue and Lead typed? If not, then YES...get those typed!

Answer #3: If you're bored...then yes, go ahead and start typing your story! Get as much done as you can!

12/16/15 Homework

Students must write a LEAD to their story (a beginning) that either begins describing:

• Setting
• Action
• Dialogue

Open a few books in your house - read the beginning. What makes it interesting? Is it funny? Clever? Sarcastic? Frightening? Does it begin describing the surroundings? Is it right in the middle of some action? Does it start with someone talking?

Dystopian Presentation

12/15/15 Homework

DUE: TOMORROW!

You need a couple (or more) paragraphs describing the backstory of your dystopia. 

HOW did it come to be?
WHO was involved in making it that way?
WHAT happened?
WHEN did it happen?
WHERE did it happen? WHERE are they  now? HOW did they get there?
WHY did it happen?

DYSTOPIAN PRESENTATION

Storyboard Grade Increase of 5%-20%

If you received less than an A on your Storyboard, please think about doing the following Extra Credit Assignment to improve NOT JUST YOUR GRADE, but your story as well.

ASSIGNMENT: DUE FRIDAY, 12/18/15

1. 1 Full Page (or more)
2. Choose 5 Comments from Mrs. Albers/Mrs. Wilson, or Student Comments (or a combination) that you can improve upon
3. Write each of those questions on your paper, and respond underneath with WHAT YOU WILL DO TO FIX/IMPROVE that issue.
4. The more detailed you are, the higher percentage of Extra Credit you will receive.

EXAMPLE:

1.  People didn't understand the purpose of my characters. 

I need to detail my characters more. Here is more information that I need to include in my story. I plan to.... (fill in information.)

Joe -smart, handsome, joins the Underground Movement against President Smith by gathering supporters and sneaking into the Capitol Building

Sarah - in love with Joe but the daughter of President Smith; torn between the two sides of the country

President J. Smith - divided the country by race and religion; lives in a bunker beneath the Capitol Building

MOBY MAX AND DEAR LOG

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Homework 12/2/15

Answer the following questions about the SETTING in your story.

• What is the time of day, year, and geographic location
• What do you see, smell, taste, hear?
• Feelings: touch as well as internal feelings related to the scene
• Technology: environmental details within the scene