4/9 - Writing Activity / Full Circle

What we did in class:

DOL:

2.    next week us boys will visit the city of cape canaveral not far from where discovery the space shuttle was launched

 

3.    at cooper’s discount store a blue shirt was bought by lennox with a button down collar

   

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1) We discussed Full Circle by Sue Grafton. In our discussion we looked at:
     a. Setting - Temporal and Spatial
     b. Characters -
     c. Conflict -
     d. Exposition -
     e. Rising Action -
     f.  Climax -
     g. Falling Action -
     e.  Resolution -
     h. Perspective -

2) We talked about "perspective" and what it is.

      * Remember different characters can have very different perspectives concerning the same event.


3) Writing Exercise/ Classwork: 5 points
    a. The class is divided into groups of four.
    b. Each will write about a car crash. 
    c. Each student in the group will write from a different perspective of a participant in the crash.
        1. One student will write from the perspective of a casual observer who witnessed the crash.
        2. One student will write from the perspective of a police officer who arrived at the crash.
        3. One student will write from the perspective of the driver.
        4. One student will write from the perspective of the car.
    d. After each group writes about the accident from their unique perspective, they will then come together and read their writing to each other in their group.
   e. If time permits we will read some samples aloud to the larger class.


Homework:
Read Wasps' Nest by Agatha Christy p. 759