Friday, November 15

Objectives: Today I will draft my realistic fiction story!

Homework: Work on your story! Completed draft due Tuesday

Agenda: 

• Warm-up: Visual Dictionary: Draw pictures to represent dialogue, dialogue tags, and quotation/quotes
• Transition Words:​
  • Review the list of transition words in your packet.
  • Where have you used transition words in your draft so far?
  • Share one example with your table group.
• Grammar: Run-ons & Comma Splices
  • Run-ons
    • What is a run-on sentence?
    • How can we fix it?
    • Label subjects & verbs.
    • Tell me where the periods should go in the sentences.
  • Comma Splices
    • What is a comma splice?
    • How can we fix it?
    • Tell me where to add conjunctions (FANBOYS).
• Drafting
  • ​Independent Writing Time! Work on your draft!
  • Remember, you need a completed draft by Tuesday

Daily Agenda Slideshow