AGENDA:
GRAMMAR: Diagnostic Test sentences
Poetry movie presentations:
Save your movies on the flash drive: Choose Save movie/Burn to DVD, turn them into windows movie files (wmv)
Present to class
Rattlebone: Go over study guides with reading groups. Share thoughts and observations about the chapters
Scholastic Art &Writing awards: Register online, check with Ms. Gamzon to upload a flash fiction, short story, or poem
RATTLEBONE WRITING ASSIGNMENT:After reading Rattlebone by Maxine Clair, write a short story (at least 4 pages, double-spaced, 12 point font) that uses setting and time in American history as background for a "coming of age" story with a young protagonist. Your story should reveal the impact this important event has on the protagonist.
Do research on your important "historical" event to provide accurate details in your story.
If you have an idea for the story, speak to Ms. Gamzon about it. If you are looking for an idea, start with your own birthday and look it up in "This Day in American History."
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