Plotting Your Story

Today you're going to plan the plot
for your OWN story!

Today's Goal:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3.A
organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.

The Plan:

1. Read! (10 minutes)
2. Finish your last station and make sure all slides are complete. If you are missing some work, visit the stations you need to visit in order to complete the work (40 minutes)
3. Plot YOUR narrative story. (30 minutes)
4. Social Contract Reflection of the week (10 minutes)

Finishing your Stations

I'm not assigning your movements today. You have 20 minutes to finish your last station, and 10-ish minutes to finish up what you have not completed. Work with whoever you need to to make that happen.

Plotting Your Story

Today I will ask you to plot out your own story. I will give you a plot diagram on paper.

What happens in the beginning? The middle? the end? 

If you aren't sure, that's okay! I will help!

HERE ARE SOME PROMPTS IF YOU NEED IDEAS.

You will turn your plot diagram in today before you leave so that I can give you some feedback and questions to help guide you. If you are absent, please print one or come get one from me and turn it in as soon as possible.

IF you need more time to fill out your plot diagram, that's fine, but you need to turn it in to me today or tomorrow (not next class. Tomorrow. I promise I don't disappear on days when you don't have Language Arts. I'm still here!)

Social Contract Reflection

Over the past week, you have been working in groups. You set at goal at the beginning of this, and it was related to our class social contract. Today is the day to reflect on your successes and struggles. Honesty is the most important! I will give you back your sheet and you'll turn it in before you leave. 

Reminders/Homework:

• Bring back your plot diagram ASAP if you didn't finish. Like today or at RAM tomorrow.
• Your Narrative Story Rubric Requirements is linked here
• Review the following ideas. You will be assessed on these in a short, multiple choice quiz on Thursday/Monday. It will be on the Q1 report card.
• point of view (1st, 3rd limited and omniscient)
• examples of sensory details
• subject and predicate and fragment
• mood
• compound sentences
• characterization
• On Thursday/Monday, I will ALSO ask you to do some writing about the independent reading books you have been reading. Please be prepared for this. If you do not remember which books you read, talk to me or start investigating or both.
• Here is a link to all the books you have submitted on the "I FINISHED A BOOK!" form. If you finished a book and it's not here, you should fill out the form.