Portfolio Fiction

Good morning, everyone! Here's the plan for today!.

AGENDA:

1. 10 minute warm up

2. Epistolary fiction

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_lACb7hKJhqcTBNdkZTMFN2c2s/edit?usp=sharing

3. Writing time.

Portfolio Fiction

Good morning, everyone!! Welcome back and I hope everyone had a wonderful break! Today we are starting a new mini-unit!

AGENDA:

1. In this mini-unit, you will be writing several pieces of fiction that will ultimately go into your portfolio. We will be exploring discussing and exploring different genres of popular fiction. You will be turning in some form of writing by the end of every class. For the as a whole, you will be required to write and turn in at least one of the following:

• Warm-ups (5 total, 3 required): 5 pts each
• Creative non-fiction: 10 pts
• Mystery/crime: 10 pts
• Romance: 10 pts
• Micro-fiction
• 300 words or less: 10-15 pts
• 6 sentences: 20 pts
• 6 words: 30 pts
• Poetry: 10 pts
• Partner story: 20 pts
• Epistolary story: 20 pts

2. Warm-up: 10-15 minutes

3. Discuss creative non-fiction, mystery/crime, romance genres.

4. Writing time. For the rest of the block, you may EITHER:

• Continue working with your warm up, turning it into a non-fiction, mystery, or romance short story or poem.
• Begin a new work using any of the prompts from The Pocket Muse by Monica Wood
• Non-fiction: pg. 122 & 45
• Mystery or Romance: pg. 147 & 203

The Snow Child

Good morning, everyone! Happy Valentine's Day!!

AGENDA:

1. Ending of The Snow Child

2. Blog post: Discussion Guide we gave you on Wednesday

• What portions of Ivey's writing did you find most artful?
• How does each character see himself or herself before Faina's appearance? How do they see themselves differently after?
• How do the elements of magical realism function in the novel?
• Is Faina's story ultimately tragic? Why?

3. Work time to finish your story! We need a draft in by the end of class today!!

The Snow Child/Workshopping

Good morning everyone!!

AGENDA:

1. Reading check and discussion of chapters 36-45

2. Work on your stories/plays. A first draft needs to be in by Friday!!

HOMEWORK:

Finish the book!! There may be a quiz!

Workshopping

Good morning, everyone!! Happy Monday!!

AGENDA:

1. Take the entire class today to workshop your adaptation. Feel free to have myself and Ms. Gamzon come over and read what you have right so far!

HOMEWORK:

Read chapters 36-45 in The Snow Child

The Snow Child

Good morning, everyone!!

AGENDA:

1. Read "The Path to The Snow Child" as a class.

2. Whoever hasn't taken the quiz from Tuesday, will take it after we discuss.

3. Time to work on your fairy tale/folk tale adaptations.
           **IF YOU HAVEN'T PICKED WHICH FOLK TALE/FAIRY TALE YOU WANT TO ADAPT, WE NEED THAT BY TODAY**

Homework: Finish part 2

The Snow Child Discussion Questions

Some discussion questions to consider as you read The Snow Child:

Discussion Questions
1. When Mabel first arrives in Alaska, it seems a bleak and lonely place to her. Does her sense of the land change over time? If so, how?

2. Why are Jack and Mabel emotionally estranged from each other in the beginning of the novel, and how are they able to overcome that?

3. How do Esther Benson and Mabel differ in temperament, and how does their friendship change Mabel?

4. The first time Garrett sees Faina in person is when he spies her killing a wild swan. What is the significance of this scene?

5. In what ways does Faina represent the Alaska wilderness?

6. Jack and Mabel?s only child is stillborn. How does this affect Mabel?s relationship with Faina?

7. When Jack is injured, Esther and Garret move to their farm to help them. How does this alter Jack and Mabel?s relationship?

8. Much of Jack and Mabel?s sorrow comes from not having a family of their own, and yet they leave their extended family behind to move to Alaska. By the end of the novel, has their sense of family changed? Who would they consider a part of their family?

9. Death comes in many forms in The Snow Child, including Mabel giving birth to a stillborn infant, Jack shooting a moose, Faina slaying a swan, the fox killing a wild bird, Jack and Mabel slaughtering their chickens, and Garrett shooting the fox. Why is this one of the themes of the book and what is the author trying to say about death?

10. What do you believe happened to Faina in the end? Who was she?
(Questions issued by publisher.)

The Snow Child

Good morning, everyone!! Here is the plan for today.

AGENDA:

1. For those of you that want to retake the quiz from Friday or were not here on Friday to take it, I will give you about 10 minutes to do so. If you are unsure about retaking it, come talk to me and I will tell you what you got on Friday and you can decide the.

2. After that, split into groups of 2-3 (seven groups total). Each group will be assigned one of the chapters that was supposed to be read for today. In your groups, provide a summary of the chapter and 3 key points from the chapter.

• Focus on developments between the characters, the different writing techniques that Ivey uses, and the different elements of magical realism that we have discussed.

Your groups will them share and discuss your summaries and key points with the class.

3. With the time left in class, finalize your choice of folktale/fairytale if you haven't already. Ms. Gamzon and I need to know what your choice is by the end of class today!