Workshop/Literary magazine/ Graduation poem

AGENDA:

Workshop for MP4--two new stories and 20 pages from last marking period for a final portfolio grade.

Literary magazine---see Craddock's Google classroom---include brief bio with awards and plans for the future

Graduation poem

Rehearse for Coffeehouse Readings

AGENDA:

Rehearse for Coffeehouse Readings tonight at 7 pm.

Used Book Sale

AGENDA:

Setup used book sale

Work on Coffeehouse Readings for Wednesday

Workshop short stories?

Coffeehouse/Literary Magazine

AGENDA:

Work on Coffeehouse Readings for next Wednesday, 5/22.  Remember you are all featured readers and can read for several minutes!

Work on pieces for literary magazine to submit to Mr. Craddock--well edited and revised!

Work on fiction for this marking period.

Workshop

AGENDA:

Workshop Mariangelis, Asher, Faduma, James, Tyler

Margaret Atwood/Workshop

AGENDA:

Read "Death by Landscape":  Flashback story.  Post a comment: What do you think happens to Lucy?
What textual support do you have for your answer?  Quote from the text.

http://thereycenter.org/uploads/3/4/3/2/3432754/deathbylandscape_atwood.pdf

Scribner pg. 34

https://prezi.com/vacqb9jftzci/death-by-landscape-margaret-atwood/


Atwood on writing fiction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX8xzaW75AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHfLmwf0V4w

Workshop stories, work on stories

Workshop + Reading

AGENDA:

Scribner: Read Toni Cade Bambara "Raymond's Run" and Jamaica Kincaid "Girl"

http://www.saginaw-twp.k12.mi.us/view/8490.pdf

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZnJpc2NvaXNkLm9yZ3xpbGE4fGd4OjFjZWYxN2ZjN2UyNjM3ODg

Workshop in small groups and continue working on editing and revising your work

Post response to these questions:

"Girl"

1. How would you read "Girl" differently if it were titled "Mom?"
2. What would the text look like if Girl did most of the talking?
3. If the girl in "Girl" were a boy, what would Mom be telling him? What if Dad were talking instead?
4. The girl in "Girl" seems caught up in a complicated culture that keeps going on from generation to generation. Is there any way for girl to break that cycle?
5. Why is Mom so obsessed with her daughter's sexuality? Can you see parallels in today’s world?
6. Are there any benefits to the lessons Mom is teaching Girl?
7. What kind of upbringing do you think Mom had? Is she speaking from her own experience, or are these rules that her own Mom taught her?

Short quiz on Raymond's Run:

https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=raymonds-run

Workshop

AGENDA:

Small workshop groups:
Work on packet stories.  Use peer editing sheets.

Finish questions from "White Angel"

If you did not submit work for packet, work on a story to submit.