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FOURTH Six Weeks
Week of Jan. 30-Feb. 3, 2012
Turn in Draft #4 of your sports profile based on your one-on-one interview with an athlete or former athlete.
Write a sports column on the wiki blog:
1. Research a topic to write about in your sports column.
2. Save the sports column on a new page with your name such as "Donna's sports column" in the folder entitled "Sports columns" and saved inside the Fourth Six Weeks folder.
3. Write a sports column by focusing on one aspect of a game, a sporting event, or a person
4. There is no set formula for the sports column: however, you should follow Dave Kindred's four steps to writing a sports column. Kindred writes for the National Sports Journalism Center. He defines the four steps as:
a.) Preparation.
b.) Reporting.
c.) Organize your notes. (begin with a "hook" lead.)
d.) Writing. (Extract the "extraordinary" from the ordinary.)
*REMEMBER: Avoid using "I" or "me." It's understood that anything you write in column is your opinion, but your information must be factual.
Click on the link to read:
http://sportsjournalism.org/sports-media-news/how-one-sports-columnist-approaches-the-sports-column/
Week of Jan. 23-27, 2012
1. Turn in your updated version of your sports profile with corrections and added suggestions. This is Draft #3.
2. Staple your newly updated draft ON TOP of your edited draft. Place a cover sheet on top of your new draft entitled "Re-Edited draft."
3. Turn it in to your period basket in classroom D219.
(BUT do not upload it to this wiki yet.)
ALSO - due this week
A GAME STORY featuring highlights and scores from a televised game.
1. Watch Ms. Miller's presentation about "How to write a game feature."
2. Look for something unique to focus your ANGLE or hook LEAD ("lede") on for your story.
3. Include a few SPECIFIC highlights of the game, the game score, name of the opponent.
4. Get quotes from people who watched the game too. Get their DETAILED AND ELABORATIVE opinion about a player, players, or the game's highlights. Add these to your story separated by transitions. (REMEMBER TO USE ONLY FIRST NAMES AND LAST INITIALS ON THE WIKI.)
5. Add your game story to this wiki in your class folder. You will find the correct folder listed as "4TH SIX WEEKS" and "Game Stories" divided into class periods 1st and 6th.
6. Save your game story by Friday Jan. 27, 2012.
Week of Jan. 17, 2012
1. Update your sports profile. This is Draft #2.
2. Place your new updated version ON TOP of your edited version.
3. Place a cover sheet entitled "Edited draft" on top of this new version and turn it in to your period basket in D219.
(BUT do not upload it to this wiki yet.)
Week of Jan. 9, 2012
1. Write a sports profile (BUT do not upload it to this wiki yet.)
u WRITE A SPORTS PROFILE About someone you know personally and will be able to interview.
u 1st paragraph: WHY this person is unique -- or “the hook” = the LEAD
u 2nd paragraph = How or why about this person
u 3rd paragraph = Time or day this person did something or will do something
u 4th paragraph = A QUOTE from this person about WHY they did something or what they will do. (ASK for SPECIFIC AND EMOTIONAL DETAILS.)
u 5th paragraph == TRANSITION summarizing HOW they did that was remarkable or what happened to them
u 6th paragraph = Another QUOTE from this person about how they FEEL about themselves
u 7th paragraph = Another transition describing something related to their sport.
u 8th paragraph = A QUOTE either from the sports person whom you interviewed or someone else who knows this person very well.
*NOTE: We won't upload your sports profile until it has been edited and corrected FOUR different times and POLISHED to perfection!
Week of Jan. 17, 2012
1. After receiving the EDITED version of your sports profile story, make corrections and staple the new DRAFT #2 ON TOP of the old draft and turn it in to be edited again.
Week of Jan. 23, 2012
1. After receiving the RE-EDITED version of your sports profile story, make corrections and staple the new DRAFT #3 ON TOP of the old draft and turn it in to be edited again.
Week of Jan. 27, 2012
1. After receiving the RE-EDITED version of your sports profile story, make corrections and staple the new DRAFT #4 ON TOP of the old draft and turn it in to be edited again.
Week of Feb. 6, 2012
1. Upload your FINAL version of your sports profile to this wiki page in the correct period folder.
Week of Feb. 6, 2012
1. Write a PLAY-BY-PLAY FEATURE summary story of a televised SPORTING EVENT.
Week of Feb. 13, 2012
1. Write a POST GAME FEATURE summary story of a televised SPORTING EVENT.
Week of Dec. 12
Review six weeks
Week of Dec. 5
Write a personal column
1.) Keep it clean.
2.) Hook the reader with your lead. Tell us something unique about your subject.
3.) Use fresh and ORIGINAL words to describe your subject.
4.) Don't use cliches.
5.) Don't write in generalities or in vague terms.
Week of Nov. 28, 2011
Write an entertainment review
Write about a movie, a CD, a video game, a concert, a play, or any other show rated "G" or "PG."
FORMAT/FORMULA:
1. First paragraph -- your "hook" -- the thing that is the most interesting about this movie, CD, video game, concert, play, or other show.
2. Second paragraph -- your "nut graph" that tells the 5Ws&H: "who, what where, when, why or how" about this thing you are reviewing.
3. Third paragraph -- a memorable or specific description about this thing you are reviewing.
4. Fourth paragraph -- more details about the thing you are reviewing.
5. Fifth paragraph -- a conclusion that provides a "payoff" visual image, sound, sense of smell or taste, or otherwise sensory experience about the thing you are reviewing.
NOTE: Remember to only use appropriate language and tasteful description for your reading audience.
Week of Nov. 14, 2011. Info about editorial writing.
Write an individual editorial on your wiki page.
CRITERIA:
1. Write a lead that presents the problem as well as provides your STANCE. (Note: Do NOT use "I believe," or "I think.")
2. Grab the reader's attention in the lead using one of the several types of leads we have studied.
3. Provide EVIDENCE or research to support your stance. (Cite your Internet source.)
4. Avoid direct quotes.
5. Use active verbs, tight, precise writing to state the problems or issues related to your topic.
6. Include OTHER viewpoints in addition to yours.
7. Provide SOLUTIONS.
8. In conclusion, recap your position. CALL FOR ACTION.
9. Be fair, impartial, and mature.
10. AVOID PREACHINESS.
Second Six Weeks
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Week of Oct. 3, 2011
1.) Click on "CREATE A NEW PAGE" above right. (10-3-11)
2.) Type your FIRST NAME AND LAST INITIAL for your new page. (10-3-11)
3.) Click on the "SAVE" button below. (10-3-11)
4.) Pick one lead out of today's newspaper (see statesman.com.) (10-3-11)
5. Deconstruct ONE lead of ONE STORY. BREAK IT THIS LEAD into the 5Ws&H: "who," "what," "where," "when," "why," and "how." Label EACH.
HERE'S THE LEAD FROM A NEWSPAPER:
Since children don't always cover their mouths after coughing or sneezing, the life-threatening H1N1 virus threatens more lives than seasonal flu, a Chicago medical group reported today.
EXAMPLE:
Who: children
What: life threatening flu reported by a medical research group
When: today
Where: Chicago
Why: H1N1 virus is spreading easier then seasonal flu
How: children don't cover their mouths after they cough or sneeze
Week of Oct. 3, 2011
6. LABEL EACH PART. (Week of 10-3-11)
7.) Type your SIX types of summary leads and LABEL EACH. (10-3-11)
8.) Click on the "SAVE" button. (10-3-11)
9.) Edit each of your SIX types of summary leads for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and AP Stylebook rules. (10-3-11)
REMEMBER
BLOGGING RULES:
1.) Use appropriate language
2.) Avoid stereotypes, labels, libel and false information in your leads.
3.) Write original leads!
4.) Leave POSITIVE comments.
FOLDERS:
Period 3 student folder
Period 8 student folder
Week of Oct. 3, 2011
Begin a NEW page with your first name and "summary leads." Save it into your class period's folder.
Write 6 Summary Leads using the 5Ws and H from ONE set of facts from a story in today's paper. LABEL EACH LEAD.
EXAMPLE:
Who: children
What: life threatening flu reported by a medical research group
When: today
Where: Chicago
Why: H1N1 virus is spreading easier then seasonal flu
How: children don't cover their mouths after they cough or sneeze
EXAMPLES of Six types of Summary Leads
A WHO LEAD:
Children in Chicago today have a life threatening flu because the H1N1 virus spreads easier than seasonal flu to kids who don't cover their mouths after coughing or sneezing.
A WHAT LEAD:
H1N1 virus, a life-threatening flu, spreads easier than seasonal flu because children do not cover their mouths after they cough or sneeze, a Chicago medical research group reported today.
A WHEN LEAD:
Today in Chicago the H1N1 virus spreads easier than seasonal flu because children do not cover their mouths after they sneeze, a medical research group reported.
A WHERE LEAD:
In Chicago, today, a life threatening flu, the H1N1 virus, spreads faster among children who do not cover their mouths after coughing or sneezing, a medical research group reported.
A WHY LEAD:
Because children do not cover their mouths after coughing or sneezing, the H1N1 virus, threatens their lives more than seasonal flu, a medical research group reported today.
A HOW LEAD:
Since children don't always cover their mouths after coughing or sneezing, the life-threatening H1N1 virus threatens more lives than seasonal flu, a Chicago medical group reported today.
Practice writing Summary Leads:
1. Now write one example of EACH of the following summary leads ON YOUR OWN PAGE:
A "who" lead
A "what" lead
A "where" lead
A "when" lead
A "why" lead
A "how" lead
Week of Oct. 10, 2011
1.) Click on "CREATE A NEW PAGE" above right. (10-10-2011)
2.) Type your FIRST NAME AND LAST INITIAL for your new page. (10-10-2011)
3.) Click on the "SAVE" button below. (10-10-2011)
4.) Pick one lead out of today's newspaper. Deconstruct this lead into the 5Ws&H: "who," "what," "where," "when," "why," and "how." LABEL EACH PART. (10-10-2011)
5.) Type your SIX types of summary leads and LABEL EACH. (10-10-2011)
6.) Click on the "SAVE" button. (10-10-2011)
7.) Edit each of your SIX types of summary leads for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and AP Stylebook rules. (10-10-2011)
BLOGGING RULES:
1.) Use appropriate language
2.) Avoid stereotypes, labels, libel and false information in your leads.
3.) Write original leads!
LABEL EACH and type your FIVE different types of leads on your own assigned page. CREATE your own page.
WEEK OF Oct. 10, 2011
We will write grammatical news leads.
WEEK of Oct. 10, 2011
We will write GRAMMATICAL LEADS
Week of Oct. 10, 2011
1) On your NEW page labeled with your name -- AND "grammatical leads," begin writing 11 types of grammatical leads.
LABEL EACH OF YOUR LEADS. use the facts that I have provided below each type of lead.:
A) The CAUSAL LEAD -- begins with "because," "that," "how," "why," "whether,"what," or "when" and features announcements, decisions, or beliefs.
a.) EXAMPLE: Because of the recent food fights in the cafeteria, chili will no longer be served as the school has been plagued with complaints about grease stains too difficult to remove from clothing, walls, and the ceiling.
b.) EXAMPLE: Whether or not food fights in the cafeteria happen, chili won't be part of the ammunition students use to launch at one another, administrators said.
USE THE FOLLOWING FACTS IN ONE SENTENCE (1):
*Principal George Fox announced that campus would be closed next year
*Students will be restricted to campus for lunch
*Fox cited safety concerns in his decision to close campus
*In the final week of school, three students were injured in separate automobile accidents
USE THE FOLLOWING FACTS IN ONE SENTENCE (2):
* One parent complained that teachers were not dressed properly
*Board President Alton Shipley proposes a teacher dress code policy
*The policy states that teachers may not wear jeans, T-shirts, or any clothing that depicts drugs, alcohol, violence, or that makes a political statement
*The school board passed the proposal 7 to 2
B) THE CONCESSIVE LEAD -- begins with " though," or "although" and expresses difficulties overcome or unusual circumstances.
a) EXAMPLE: Although he failed to turn in a single assignment or pass a test, super jock Biff Stanley passed world history.
b. EXAMPLE: Though Rhonda Rah Rah misplaced her pom pons, hairbrush and mirror, she led cheers and met her friends at the football game.
WRITE TWO EXAMPLES OF CONCESSIVE LEADS using the same information in both
USE THE FOLLOWING FACTS IN ONE SENTENCE (3):
* The senior float was built in a garage by Senior Class Council
*The seniors started working on it two weeks prior to the homecoming parade
* The senior float won first place and a $100 prize
*The float cost only $18 to build
USE THE FOLLOWING FACTS IN ONE SENTENCE (4) :
* In pre-season polls, district coaches predicted the team would finish last in the conference
*The varsity basketball team has no returning starters
*The team won it's season opener 72-60 over state-ranked Memorial High
*Jimmy Henderson, a junior guard, led the team in scoring with 26 points.
3.) WRITE a Temporal Lead
Use "when," "while," "before," or "since," or "as soon as," or "after" to begin your sentence.
EXAMPLE:
While two out of three students surveyed said they believed the Student Council was ineffective, only one in four admitted that they had voted in the council election or even knew what the Student Council was supposed to do.
Week of Oct. 10, 2011
Write PREPOSITION leads:
Use a PREPOSITION to begin your lead that begins with a location, a place or event, or a state of being.
Weak EXAMPLE: In room D219 30 students study journalism.
BETTER EXAMPLE: Down the road just a mile south from this campus, Aikens High School enrolls more than 2,500 students in Southwest Austin.
A LIST OF PREPOSITIONS to use:
about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, in front of, inside, inside of, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, ontop of, out of, ouside, over, past, since, through, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within, without.
Write an Infinitive phrase lead:
Begin with "to" plus the verb. It tells the "why" something is done, or provides a purpose, dramatic action, or a note of suspense.
Infinitive as an adverb modifier:
EXAMPLE: To allow more time for testing, administrators delayed the bell schedule on Tuesday when they administered the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills.
Infinitive as a noun modifier:
EXAMPLE: To cash in on her brother's fame, Janet Jackson released This is It, the video about Michael Jackson's dress rehersal for his world tour.
Week of Oct. 10, 2011
Write a Conditional clause lead
Begins with "if," or "unless," or "provided that" and expresses speculative interest or a condition.
EXAMPLE: Unless the Jeffersonville Bobcats come with a plan to replace their leaky defense, stagnant offense, and uninspired coaching, they stand a good chance of remaining the district's doormat for decades to come.
EXAMPLE:
If the prom were held tonight, students would have nothing to eat and would dance to whatever music they could generate with a boom box. With just over two weeks until the prom, Student Council officers admitted that they have neither selected a menu nor contracted a band to play at the annual end of school year event.
Write a Causal lead -- begins with "that," "how," "why," "whether,"what," or "when" and features announcements, decisions, or beliefs.
a.) EXAMPLE: Because of the recent food fights in the cafeteria, chili will no longer be served as the school has been plagued with complaints about grease stains too difficult to remove from clothing, walls, and the ceiling.
b.) EXAMPLE: Whether or not food fights in the cafeteria happen, chili won't be part of the ammunition students use to launch at one another, administrators said.
PRACTICE
USE THE FOLLOWING FACTS IN ONE SENTENCE (1):
*Principal George Fox announced that campus would be closed next year
*Students will be restricted to campus for lunch
*Fox cited safety concerns in his decision to close campus
*In the final week of school, three students were injured in separate automobile accidents
PRACTICE:
USE THE FOLLOWING FACTS IN ONE SENTENCE (2):
* One parent complained that teachers were not dressed properly
*Board President Alton Shipley proposes a teacher dress code policy
*The policy states that teachers may not wear jeans, T-shirts, or any clothing that depicts drugs, alcohol, violence, or that makes a political statement
*The school board passed the proposal 7 to 2
B) A Concessive lead -- begins with " though," or "although" and expresses difficulties overcome or unusual circumstances.
a) EXAMPLE: Although he failed to turn in a single assignment or pass a test, super jock Biff Stanley passed World History.
b. EXAMPLE: Though Rhonda Rah Rah misplaced her pom pons, hairbrush and mirror, she led cheers and met her friends at the football game.
USE THE FOLLOWING FACTS IN ONE SENTENCE (3):
* The senior float was built in a garage by Senior Class Council
*The seniors started working on it two weeks prior to the homecoming parade
* The senior float won first place and a $100 prize
*The float cost only $18 to build
USE THE FOLLOWING FACTS IN ONE SENTENCE (4) :
* In pre-season polls, district coaches predicted the team would finish last in the conference
*The varsity basketball team has no returning starters
*The team won it's season opener 72-60 over state-ranked Memorial High
*Jimmy Henderson, a junior guard, led the team in scoring with 26 points.
Write two GERUND LEADS:
A GERUND LEAD is a sentence that begins with an "ing" form of a verb used as the subject of the sentence.
EXAMPLE: Dancing is fun.
EXAMPLE: Dancing with the Stars is a good TV show.
EXAMPLE: Bicycling became Lance Armstrong's cure for cancer and allowed him to win the Tour de France six times.
REMEMBER: Use an article in the newspaper to write your lead and change the verb to the "ing" form as the subject.
Week of Oct. 10, 2011
Write two EACH of the following types of leads using actual data taken from the daily newspaper.
1. The Infinitive phrase lead:
Begins with "to" plus the verb. It tells the "why" something is done, or provides a purpose, dramatic action, or a note of suspense.
A. As an adverb modifier:
EXAMPLE: To allow more time for testing, administrators delayed the bell schedule on Tuesday when they administered the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills.
B. As an noun modifier:
EXAMPLE: To cash in on her brother's fame, Janet Jackson released This is It, the video about Michael Jackson's dress rehersal for his world tour.
2. Write a conditional clause lead
Begins with "if," or "unless," or "provided that" and expresses speculative interest or a condition.
EXAMPLE: Unless the Jeffersonville Bobcats come with a plan to replace their leaky defense, stagnant offense, and uninspired coaching, they stand a good chance of remaining the district's doormat for decades to come.
EXAMPLE:
If the prom were held tonight, students would have nothing to eat and would dance to whatever music they could generate with a boom box. With just over two weeks until the prom, Student Council officers admitted that they have neither selected a menu nor contracted a band to play at the annual end-of-school year event.
Week of Oct. 10, 2011
Write ONE EACH of the following types of leads using data from the daily newspaper.
1.) Write a participle lead
Use the "ing" or "ed" ending of a verb with its modifying phrase to describe your subject.
EXAMPLE: (present tense)
Cashing in on dreamy pout, droopy blue eyes, and cute behind, Billy Cacophony pursued his dream of rock and roll stardom, despite the fact that he couldn't sing or play a note.
2. EXAMPLE: (Past tense)
Stunned by the descration of his beloved 1968 Mustang convertible, Principal Seymour Skinner ordered the immediate suspension of Bart Simpson.
2. Temporal Lead
Use "when," "while," "before," or "since," or "as soon as," or "after" to begin your sentence.
EXAMPLE:
While two out of three students surveyed said they believed the Student Council was ineffective, only one in four admitted that they had voted in the election or even knew what the organization was supposed to do on campus.
Write GERUND LEADS:
A GERUND LEAD is a sentence that begins with an "ing" form of a verb used as the subject of the sentence.
EXAMPLE: Dancing with the Stars is a TV show that features celebrities who are not normally dancers who must train and perform a choreographed series of steps to music each week in front of a live audience.
EXAMPLE: Bicycling became Lance Armstrong's cure for cancer and allowed him to win the Tour de France six times.
REMEMBER: Use an article in the newspaper to write your lead and change the verb to the "ing" form as the subject.
Write the Participle phrase lead
Use the "ing" or "ed" ending of a verb with its modifying phrase to DESCRIBE your subject.
EXAMPLE: (present tense)
Cashing in on dreamy pout, droopy blue eyes, and funny personality, Billy Cacophony pursued his dream of rock and roll stardom, despite the fact that he couldn't sing or play a note.
2. EXAMPLE: (Past tense)
Stunned by the descration of his beloved 1968 Mustang convertible, Principal Seymour Skinner ordered the immediate suspension of Bart Simpson.
WEEK of Nov. 7, 2011
Write NEWS FEATURE leads using the following formats:
1. Write a LITERARY ALLUSION LEAD: begin with a literary phrase to arouse the reader’s curiosity. Allusion leads should be obvious so that the reader recognizes the reference being made.
EXAMPLE:
Neither sleet, nor snow, nor hail, nor sectional postponement could hold the girls’ soccers team back as it captured third place in the Lake Suburban Conference and ended the season with a 12–4 record.
EXAMPLE:
Do unto others as you would have done unto you. These words ran through Tyler Sophs mind as he served time in detention for starting a fist fight in the cafeteria line.
2. Write a HISTORICAL ALLUSION LEAD: begin by identifying a PERSON and/or an event in history. Relate that historical person/event to a PRESENT DAY person/event that is SIMILAR in some way.
EXAMPLE:
Napoleon had his Waterloo. George Custer had his Little Big Horn. Fortunately, Napoleon and Custer faced defeat only once. For Bjorn Borg, the finals of the U.S. Tennis Open have become a stumbling block of titanic proportions.
EXAMPLE:
Washington's trip across the Delaware served as child's play compared with Dave Jason's span of the Big Lick River. Astride a six-foot log, he chopped his way across the ice-bogged river yesterday.
Week of Nov. 7, 2011
Write NEWS FEATURE LEADS using the following formats:
1. Write a CONTRAST lead: It compares extremes -- the big with the little, the comedy with the tragedy, age with youth, rich with poor -- if such comparisons are applicable to the news event.
EXAMPLE:
His wealth is estimated at $600 million. He controls a handful of corporations, operating in more than 20 nations. Yet John Mackey carries his lunch to work in a brown paper bag and wears the latest fashions from Sears and Roebuck's bargain basement.
2. Write a PARODY lead: It mimics a well-known proverb, quotation, phrase, or nursery rhyme.
EXAMPLE:
Whiskey, whiskey everywhere, but not a drop to drink.
Such was the case at the City Police Station yesterday when officers poured 100 gallons of bootleg moonshine into the sewer.
(HINT: Try using the nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill" and replacing it with Governor Rick Perry and Mitt Romney who go to the Republican primaries in March 2012.)
3. Write a CAPSULE or PUNCH lead: It uses a blunt, or explosive statement to attract the reader's eye.
EXAMPLE:
The dream ends here. President John F. Kennedy is dead.
EXAMPLE:
Awesome. That's the best term to describe the Rattler girls' basketball team, which notched its 15th consecutive win Friday night.
Writing Descriptive Leads
Feature lead writing: Use as many of the FIVE senses as you can: touch, sight, smell, hearing, and taste
Week of Oct. 31, 2011
1.Write a descriptive lead about an OBJECT. Begin with the description in one sentence without naming the object until the end of your sentence. (Use at least three clues -- using one each of your five senses.)
EXAMPLE#1:
Slowly it rounds the corner, the black bra stretched tight and seductively across the front, candy apple red hot, its polish gleaming in the noon-day sun, with enough speed to enter any race, running on eight cylinders and charged by a six horsepower engine. (A car.)
EXAMPLE 2:
It smells like freshly cut wood painted yellow, as long as a foot, hard and cold to the touch, leaded in the center, with cyndrical layers and sounds like children playing in a school yard. (A pencil.)
Week of Oct. 31, 2011
We will write descriptive leads
1. Write a descriptive lead about a PERSON. Begin with the description and don't tell where this person is located until the end of your sentence.
EXAMPLE:
Dressed in dirty dungarees and a Grateful Dead concert T-shirt, wearing women’s house slippers on his feet, he rolls a grocery cart filled with non-recyclable trash as it begins to sleet; traffic stalls at the light on the roadway and the old man holds out one hand, palm turned upwards. (A homeless man.)
She stands ironing again in front of the TV, watching an old soap opera, wearing a flowered house coat with pearl snaps down the front. In the July warmth of a December afternoon, the room smells of spray starch and her perspiration. (Mom.)
Week of Oct. 31, 2011
2. Write a descriptive lead about an EVENT. Begin with the description associated with the event.
EXAMPLE
For seven days Dottie Malakai lay in her hospital bed with a raging 103-degree fever, a cold compress on her forehead, pumped up full of anti viral medications, with her mother and sister rubbing her chest with Vic's Vapor Rub and tending to her every want. The doctors told them that she had Swine Flu, but her family believes prayers provided the miracle that saved her. (Swine Flu illness.)
EXAMPLE:
The parade plays loudly on the TV, the smell of the bird wafts from the oven, the vegetables simmer on the stove top, Grandma's bakes an extra pumpkin pie, and the sounds of silverware and dishes come from the dinning room where sister sets the table. (Thanksgiving.)
3. Write a descriptive lead about an EMOTION or IDEA. Begin with the descriptive words. End with the word that identifies the emotion or idea in parentheses.
EXAMPLE:
Sounds from the darkness outside dulled within me like the squishy, squashy innards of a pumpkin listening to the grind of a harvest tractor warming up its engine. (Fear)
WEEK of Oct. 31, 2011.
We will write descriptive leads.
We will ALSO write STORIES from our BEAT assignments, using one of the types of leads we have studied.
Create a NEW page and title it with your name and the word "story"
Save it inside the folder entitled "First Semester Stories."
1. Type your edited draft
2. Include a total of 4 quotable quotes
3. Place indirect quotes or summary statements as transitions between the paragraphs where your quotes appear. Attribute your transitions.
4. Edit your story: spell check, grammar check.
THIRD Six Weeks
See the page entitled "Third Six Weeks."
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