Content Objective: Students will be able to effectively apply narrative techniques in their own writing. 
Language Objective: Students will finish writing and reviewing their personal narrative. 

Agenda: 
Today we will be in the writing lab to finish your personal narratives. Your concluding paragraphs should include your exposition, or in short answer the following question: So, what? 

• Reflect on what this event means to you and how it changes your life. How do you do or view things differently now that this happened to you? 
• This should also reflect on the "bigger picture" and engage your readers so that they care.
• Is there a conclusion to this event or is it still something that you are dealing with? Make sure to address this in your conclusion.

Before you print your final draft, make sure to find at least 1-2 other students to read over what you wrote. Have them consider the following in their feedback: 

• What did they like? 
• What was confusing and needed to be explained more? 
• What would they like to see more of? 

Before you print out your paper and turn it in, make sure you read it through one more time and fix the following: 

• Make sure you are consistent in your tenses (don't randomly switch back and forth between past and present tense) 
• Check your spelling. Spell Check is sneaky and lies or doesn't pic up on everything.

Assignments: 
Print off your finished narrative and turn it in at the end of class. 
Make sure to work on your IR Project (see "Independent Reading Project" tab on this site) over winter break. 

Content Objective: Students will be able to effectively use narrative structure and techniques in their own writing. 

Language Objective: Students will write and review the main body paragraphs of their personal narratives. 

Agenda: We will spend all period in H-201 working on the narrative. Here are some things you should keep in mind when structuring your narratives: 

Paragraph 1: start where the action is; get your reader hooked (make sure you're not giving away everything in your first paragraph, just enough for your readers to want to read more.) 
Paragraph 2: This is where your flashback starts - What happened first to lead up to your event? 
Make sure to use at least two sensory details per paragraph, this means you have to write in a way that shows your reader what is going on and paints a vivid picture of your story.
Paragraph 3: What happened after paragraph 2? Again, include at least two sensory details. 
Paragraph 4, 5, 6... (however many you planned in your outline): lead up to your event, which will be the climax of your narrative. 

• Be vivid and detailed (at least two sensory details per paragraph)
• Avoid cliches. 
• Include the most interesting aspects of your story, anything that ads surprise or may not be expected
• If you are using dialogue, make sure to punctuate correctly and write "natural" dialogue; you don't want to sound "fake" or stilted
• Pace yourself. Slow down when readers need all the details, speed up when they don't. 

 After this climactic event, you will write your exposition paragraphs (how did this event affect you and why should your readers care?) as the conclusion of your narrative. 

During the last 15-20 minutes of class find someone else to read over your narrative and get their feedback: 

• What works? What do they really like? 
• Where do they have any question? Anything that confuses them? 
• What do they want to see more of? 

Revise your narrative based on this feedback and be ready to move into your exposition (the "So, what Aspect") of your narrative next period. 

Assignments: Remember to save your work and bring it to class with you. You should finish the main body of your narrative during this period. 

On your own time, remember to work on your independent reading project, which is due on January 10! Email Ms. F with any questions. 

Content Objective: Students will be able to effectively apply narrative techniques in their own writing.
Language Objective: Students will write the opening paragraphs of their personal narratives. 

Agenda: 

1. Bell Work: Read the book for your independent reading projects for 15 minutes. 
2. Reminder: Due dates for this quarter's work: Personal Narrative due 12/19/13 and 1/6/14; Independent Reading Project and Extra Credit/Make Up Work: 1/10/14
3. Personal Narrative Rubric; Narrative needs to be typed, between 700 to 900 words long
4. Computer Lab: Write the opening paragraphs of your narrative

• Opening Paragraph: Start where the action is
• opening must show action and the results of your main event
• Paragraph 2: Start your flashback here; move back in time to what happened first to lead up to your climactic event
• Paragraph 3, 4 etc. build up to your climactic event in chronological order
• Use at least two examples of sensory detail per paragraph

     5.   Revise opening paragraphs bases on Ms. F's feedback


Assignments: 

• save your writing to a usb drive, GoogleDrive or SkyDrive - you have to have it with you during the next three class periods
• Check the website for Extra Credit opportunities!

Content Objective: Students will be able to write flashbacks and expositions in narratives.
Language Objective: Students will finish outlining their narratives and pre-write flashbacks and expositions for their personal narratives.

Agenda: 
1. Bell Work: Read for 15 minutes; Is the opening of your book effective? How does the author draw you into the book? How do you think this opening could be improved? 
2. Find a partner and tell them about the event that you did not expect to change your life. You have two minutes to tell them as much as possible about what happened and how it affected you. Answer any questions your partner might have. Then it's your partner's turn to tell their story to you. Ask them about anything that you have questions on or that is unclear. 
3. Finish outlining your narrative. Once you are done, it should look like this. 
4. In "Just Another Soldier", Hartley starts by introducing us to the results of the attack on his  convoy first, then he talks about what happened to lead up to this in chronological order. What kind of effect does a flashback like this have? Is it effective. 
5. In your outline, decide which event shows the results or end of your event. Mark it to start your narrative with this event, then write a flashback detailing what happened to lead up to this. Spend 10 minutes pre-writing your introduction and flashback. 
6. At the end of "Just Another Soldier", Hartley reflects on the overall significance of what happened to him and makes us as the audience infer meaning to his narrative. 

• What is the overall significance of your event? 
• Why should others care about this? How could they relate to what happened to you? 
• How can you make them relate? 

Add the outcome and overall significance of what happened to you to your outline, then spend 10 minutes writing this exposition and conclusion to your narrative. 
7. Complete this exit slip and submit it with your bell work

Assignments:
Turn in Bell Work and Exit Slip
Finish Narrative Outline
Pre-write your flashback and exposition

Content Objective: Students will identify and analyze main ideas and sequencing in a narrative. 
Language Objective: Students will read and discuss "Just Another Soldier" and apply its sequencing structure in their own personal narratives. 

Agenda: 

1. Bell Work: Read for 15 minutes, then answer the following questions here.
2. Discuss "Just Another Soldier" main ideas (your text should be annotated with one main idea per paragraph)
3. Go over Sequencing Handout; we will mostly focus on chronological sequence for your personal narrative. 
4. Highlight/underline any sequencing signal words (see handout) used in "Just Another Soldier" 
5. Discuss overall structure of "Just Another Soldier" 
6. Use the same kind of structure and sequencing to chronologically outline your personal narrative: 

•  Determine the main events in your narrative. 
• Outline these events chronologically. 
  
• List some of the applicable sequencing signal words and sentence frames under each main event to help you link them.
  
• Add at least two significant details that your reader has to know about or that help you explain the situation better to each of your events.

    7.    Exit Slip: Main Idea and Sequencing

Assignments:
Turn in your bell work and exit slip
Keep your "Just Another Soldier" text and the outline for your narrative since we will continue working on it next time in class.

Content Objective: Students will identify and analyze main ideas and sequencing in a narrative. 
Language Objective: Students will read and discuss "Just Another Soldier" and apply its sequencing structure in their own personal narratives. 

Agenda: 

1. Bell Work: Read for 15 minutes. Why do you think the author of your book is writing it? Write  for five minutes on what you think the author of your book wants their readers to get out of the book and about who their intended target audience might be. 
2. Read "Just Another Soldier" by Jason Hartley: Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3
3. Answer the following questions on "Just Another Soldier" (Submit these with your bell work): 

                    1.) Briefly summarize what happens in “Just Another Soldier”.
                    2.) Who is the narrator of this story and what part does he take in the story?
                    3.) What circumstances lead up to the family getting killed?
                    4.) What is the tragic irony the narrator mentions (see bottom of p.93)?
                    5.) Why do you think the narrator is writing this story?
     4.   Second draft reading: read the story again. This time, identify one main idea for                   each paragraph. Annotate your text with your main ideas. 
     5.   View Sequencing Handout. In your groups, highlight which sequencing words are                used through the story in your text. 
    6.     Exit Slip: What is an event that you did NOT expect to change your life. Write for                five minutes about this event, the details you recall before, during and after the                    event and how it changed your life. Submit this with your bell work

Assignments:
Turn in your bell work, questions on Just Another Soldier and exit slip on an event that you did not expect to change your life. This will be the topic for the personal narrative you will be writing this quarter. 

Reminder: If you missed the satire video or want to turn in assignments for extra credit, check the Make-Up/Extra Credit tab on this site. 

Content Objective: 
Students will be able to effectively apply the elements of satire to their own work.

Language Objective: 
Students will critique and reflect on each other's videos and complete an exit assessment on the elements of satire. 


Agenda: 
1. Bell Work: Read for 15 minutes. 

• Write down one sentence from your book that you really like. Why do you like it? How does it fit into the rest of your book? 
• Find one sentence in the book you are reading without any sensory detail. Write it down. Then, rewrite that sentence to add sensory detail. 

2. Watch and give feedback on satire videos; what worked well and what could be improved? 
3. Submit your Youtube Permission Form to Ms. Floch to publish your video on Youtube. 
4. Write a brief reflection on your satire video:

• Briefly describe your project 
• Describe your process: Which steps did you take to complete this project? 
• What are some difficulties or obstacles you faced and how did you overcome them? 
• What skills did you learn from this project? 
• What would you do differently next time?

5. Exit Slip: Answer the following questions on the same paper as your bell work

• Which of the following is an example for irony? 

                           a) you slip on ice on your way to school
                           b) When your parents ask you how your day at school was, you reply:
                                “It was the best day ever!”
                           c) a good example of irony are movies like “The Princess Bride”
                           d) You saved up all of your money for a new car only for someone to
                                total it on your first day of driving.

• What is the purpose of satire? 
• Write an example of sarcasm. 
  

Assignments: 
Turn in bell work and exit slip - Remember, you can type your answers and copy/paste them into the "Contact Me!" tab on this website. 
Turn in Youtube Permission Slip

Content Objective: Students will be able to use iMovie to film satirical news segments.

Language Objective: Students will film and act out satirical news segments.


Agenda: 
1.) Read and return signed Youtube Disclosure after sharing it with your parent/legal guardian.
2.) Finish filming iMovie videos
3.) Upload movies to Ms. Floch's youtube channel
4.) Watch and critique videos in class 

• What was effective? 
• What needs improvement? 
• Is it satirical?

Assignments: 
Upload videos to Ms. Floch's English Channel 
Sign and return youtube disclosure