HW from Thursday, 1/10/19

Due on Tuesday, 1/15/19

1) Only proceed to #2 after you have made the list of at least five possibilities for each of the following categories. (This list was due in class today, so hopefully you’ve already done it!)

* What is the thing in David's pocket?

* Who or what are the "creatures"?

* What are they up to? 

* What was David's "discovery"?

* What does the letter to Cathy say?

* What will Richard do when he gets to Room 228 and David isn't there?

Put this list (which should consist of at least 30 things) safely into your notebook to turn in next Tuesday.

2) Using the list you made—in conjunction with the dreaming and scheming and brainstorming you did while completing your homework­ last night—type up a new list of those six questions above, but with the final choice you think you want to use for your story, for each question. (For example, what have you decided that the thing in David’s pocket will be, when you continue the story? Not just possibilities—tell what you have settled on.) Make a final decision for all six questions, type it up, and put this paper safely in your notebook, together with the list of 30 possibilites. These will both be turned in next Tuesday.

3) Hopefully as you’ve completed #1 and 2 above, you have developed some good idea about what you think is going on in the story and how you will continue it. You have a decision to make at this point: continue with the Cathy scenario, switch back to the David scenario, or switch back to the Richard scenario. (You may also opt to create a fourth scenario, with a new character, if you choose, but only if you have a good reason for doing so and a good idea of where you’re going with it.) 

4) Open the document that I have created and sent to your email. Save this document on your computer as Laurie Sitterding mystery story (but use your name instead of mine). Continue your mystery story with the scenario you decided in #3 above. 

NOTE: Only finish that one scenario. (Write no more than one page!)  Save and email this document to me as an attachment ASAP, before the weekend if at all possible.

5) In your Writer’s Inc book, look up “plot line” on p. 259. Make a large copy the graphic display that you see there (you may draw it by hand) and label each part carefully. Also look up each of the following terms in the “Literary Terms” section of your book and type up the definitions. You should also be prepared to turn this in next Tuesday.

* plot

* plot line

* exposition

* rising action

* climax

* falling action 

* resolution (denouement)

* protagonist

* antagonist

* foreshadowing (p. 257 and p. 125)

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The January Reading Log is due on Thursday, January 31.

+ Continue to print out each homework blog entry, check off each assignment as you complete it, and have your parent sign the completed, printed sheet. Bring it to class each day.

OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 1/15: Alan (CWA); Albie (CWB)

For Th, 1/17: Stephen (CWA); Nathaniel (CWB)

For Tu, 1/22: Hudson (CWA); Kaitlyn (CWB)

For Th, 1/24: Kristopher (CWA); Elisa (CWB)

For Tu, 1/29: Aylene (CWA); Ian (CWB)

For Th, 1/31: Natalie (CWA); Sophia (CWB)

For Tu, 2/5: Wyatt (CWA); Hunter (CWB)

For Th, 2/7: Allie (CWA); Kaitlyn (CWB)

For Tu, 2/12: Silas (CWA); Albie (CWB)

For Th, 2/14: Caroline (CWA); Nathaniel (CWB)

For Tu, 2/19: Ethan (CWA); Ian(CWB)

For Th, 2/21: Alan (CWA); Elisa (CWB)

For Tu, 2/26: Stephen (CWA); Sophia (CWB)

For Th, 2/28: Hudson (CWA); Hunter (CWB)

CWA: Stephen, Hudson, Kristopher, Aylene, Natalie, Wyatt, Allie, Silas, Caroline, Ethan, Alan

CWB: Albie, Nathaniel, Kaitlyn, Elisa, Ian, Sophia, Hunter