STATION ONE:
PERSONIFICATION
• ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
• HOW CAN I USE
PERSONIFICATION TO
IMPROVE THE
IMAGERY IN MY
PAPER?
PERSONIFICATION
• AS A GROUP:
– Go to Mrs. Li’s Blog for Sept. 13 & 14.
– Open and View the Powerpoint for
Personification.
• INDIVIDUALLY:
– Write your answers on your own paper.
– Go back to your paper to look for a good
opportunity to include personification.
STATION TWO: ONOMATOPOEIA
• ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
• HOW CAN I USE
ONOMATOPOEIA TO
PROVIDE
DESCRIPTION IN MY
STORY.
STATION TWO:ONOMATOPOEIA
• EXAMINING THE COMIC STRIPS AT THIS
STATION TO FIND EXAMPLES OF
ONOMATOPOEIA.
• REALIZE THAT YOU ARE NOT WRITING A
COMIC STRIP, SO YOUR USE OF
ONOMATOPOEIA SHOULD BE MORE
SUBTLE.
• GO BACK TO YOUR PAPER TO FIND
OPORTUNITIES TO USE ONOMATOPOEIA IN
A NATURAL, MEANINGFUL WAY.
STATION THREE: METAPHOR
AND SIMILE
• ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
• HOW CAN I USE
METAPHOR AND
SIMILE TO IMPROVE
THE IMAGERY IN MY
PAPER?
METAPHOR AND SIMILE
• AS A GROUP:
– Go to Mrs. Li’s Blog for Sept. 13 & 14.
– Open and View the Powerpoint for
METAPHOR AND SIMILE.
• INDIVIDUALLY:
– Write your answers on your own paper.
– Go back to your paper to look for a good
opportunity to include metaphor and simile to
improve the imagery.
STATION :FOUR PEER EDITING
• EXCHANGE PAPERS WITH YOUR PARTNER
• READ EACH OTHER’S PAPER AND CHECK
EACH POINT ON THE “PN WRITING GUIDE AND
SELF ASSESSMENT RUBRIC.”
• USE A STICKY NOTE TO SUGGEST
IMPROVEMENTS.
• AFTER YOU FINISH, RETURN THE PAPER.
• MAKE SURE THAT YOU READ THE STICKY
NOTES AND MAKE THE CHANGES THAT YOU
FEEL ARE HELPFUL.
STATION FIVE: USING
DIALOGUE
• ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
• HOW CAN I USE
DIALOGUE TO
DEVELOP MY
CHARACTERS AND
ADVANCE MY PLOT?
SPECIAL TAGS
• GO TO MRS. LI’S BLOG. CLICK ON THE LINK
FOR “DON’T USE SAID”.
• USE A RED PENCIL TO CIRCLE EACH
“BORING” TAG (SAID, ASKED) IN YOUR
ESSAY.
•
• USE THE LIST OF “SPECIAL TAGS” TO
FIND A TAG THAT BETTER DESCRIBES
HOW THE WORDS WERE SPOKEN.
STATION SIX: SUBJECT/VERB
AGREEMENT
• ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
• HOW CAN I MAKE MY
SUBJECTS AND
VERBS AGREE?
SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT
• AS A GROUP:
– Go to Mrs. Li’s Blog for Sept. 13 & 14.
– Open and View the Subject/Verb Agreement Powerpoint
•
•
THEN
• INDIVIDUALLY
– On your own paper, complete the Subject-Verb Agreement
Worksheet.
– After you finish, check your answers with the answer key
inside the folder.
STATION SEVEN: HOOKS TO
ENGAGE THE READER
• ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
• HOW CAN I BEGIN MY
STORY TO ENGAGE
MY READER?
ENGAGE THE READER 1
• EXAMINE THESE FIVE COMMON TYPES OF HOOKS:
• MYSTERY STATEMENT:
Joey knew that his parents had planned something big for his
birthday, but he had never expected this!
• DIALOGUE:
“Harley Anderson, you get back in this house this instant!”
Ma screeched from the front door.
“But, Ma,” I whined, “I’m on my way to school.”
• ONOMATOPOEIA:
Ppssss…the air whistled as it left my front tire. Great, I thought,
now I’ll have to push my bike all the way up the hill.
• RHETORICAL QUESTION:
Shouldn’t every kid be allowed to have a dog?
• ACTION:
The car careened around the corner and screeched to halt just in
front of the bank.
ENGAGE THE READER 2
• EXAMINE THE FIRST PARAGRAPHS OF EACH
OF THE NOVELS AT THIS STATION.
• DETERMINE WHICH COMMON TYPE OF
HOOK EACH REPRESENTS AND MARK YOUR
OPINION ON THE TALLEY SHEET.
• CHOOSE ONE OF THE HOOK TYPES AND
REVISE THE HOOK FOR YOUR ESSAY TO
BETTER ENGAGE THE READER
STATION EIGHT: PLOTLINE
• ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
• HOW CAN I MAKE MY
STORY FOLLOW A
STANDARD
PLOTLINE?
PLOTLINE
• IN THE ENVELOPE YOU WILL FIND A SHORT
STORY CUT INTO SECTIONS.
• READ EACH PAPER STRIP AND PLACE IT ON
THE PYRAMID WHERE YOU THINK IT
BELONGS.
• OPEN THE FOLDER TO CHECK YOUR
ANSWERS.
• IF YOU MISSED ANY PARTS, READ THE
WHOLE STORY AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY
WRITTEN.