What we did in class:
1)Discussed and reviewed setting.
Temporal/Spatial (time & space)
2) Discussed how to write "Show not tell"
example : tell - The room was large and dark.
show - As I entered the room, the sound of my feet echoed as I walked across the floor of the room; with out light to guide my way I had no idea how far the expanse would reach.
3) Students wrote about their favorite place to read.
4) Students discussed their writing.
5) Class discussed places which might make a good setting for a scene of a mystery story.
6) Students wrote about this place using temporal and spatial descriptors.
7) work was read and discussed.
Homework:
Read Hound of the Baskervilles
Have a good springbreak.
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