4/2-3 - The Red Wind

What we did in class:

DOL:

3. for easter our family will drive to the southeast and visit grandma and grandpa which lives in Charleston South Carolina 

The Red Wind - Audio

The Red Wind - Text

1) The class discussed similarities and differences between the written text and the audio version.

2) We discussed character development. Remember character development is more than just the physical description of a character. Character development also deals with how a character potentially changes over the arch of a story.

3) 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.

4) Students wrote about their favorite place to read.

5) Students discussed their writing.
     This piece of writing was turned in for five points.

6) Class discussed places which might make a good setting for a scene of a mystery story.

7) Students wrote about this place using temporal and spatial descriptors.

8) The work was read and discussed.

Classwork: Personal Reading Space - Spatial Setting - 5 points

Homework: For the final assignment for this unit we will be writing a mystery narrative, we will begin to think about various aspects of setting which may be used in this piece of writing. Your assignment is to brain storm how you will use both temporal and spatial setting in your paper. Keep this brainstorm since it will be turned in with your final paper.