This Week in Review/Preview

Tuesday: We wrote a bit about our eggs and then got involved in good writing--we had a lesson on SHOWING, NOT TELLING as we write.Showing Character Lesson

Wednesday: We wrote for a bit in our journals about a new birth: The title is, "It's a ...." We also thought about how our egg would survive in a spoon, fit in a spoon, make it from one spoon to another, etc. THEN we got into character, stiuation and desires and obstacles: we are completing a lesson/worksheet intitled, "Writing the Short Story" and then we will do just that--
Thursday: Complete the worksheet on "Writing the Short Story" and then begin a hand-written draft of your story-- Don't forget about amazing opening lines, showing instead of telling about characters, noticing details, using metaphor, and all the other great stuff we've been working on since the start of the semester.
Friday: We are off the the middle computer lab in the library to type up a draft of our:
Monday: We type again
  Short Story:
5-7 pages 
DOUBLE-spaced 
Times New Roman 
one-inch margins. 
Can be about anything, but must have at least one clearly written major character with a clear goal/desire and at least one major obstacle to obtaining said goal.  Of course-- friends/enemies, internal and external conflicts, extraordinary powers, long-lost wizard uncles, purple irises and fangs are fun, and multiple belly-buttons and evil twins are fine, as are ice/lava/tornadoes/meteor showers and singing dwarfs and talking bananas-- but remember that you can't go over seven pages. At all. Period. Thank you and have fun!
Complete, Typed Draft Due Tuesday, Feb. 26th.