English 12

Thursday We spent a good portion of the class reviewing terms and devices related to short stories. Tomorrow is the day for the presentation of the micro-fiction stories! Wednesday Today you wrote your editing quiz based on errors I noted in the synthesis piece about The Bastard. After the quiz, we returned to working on the micro-fictions. In the links section of this blog there are a variety of web sites you can check for examples of micro-fiction and twisters/tweets. Several students showed me their works in progress today. I can tell you are working hard on the twist at the end of the story based on conversations I am overhearing in class and based on what you have shown me. I am impressed by the thought and cleverness shown in the stories I have seen so far. Looking forward to reading more tomorrow. Homework for tomorrow is to have at least two stories completed so that we can do some peer editing. Don't forget about due dates on the horizon. Friday is the LAST day for you

Friday Following silent reading, we had a rousing review of short story terms and pictionary combined. Afterwards we returned to discussing micro-fiction and I showed two more short Vimeo films which really demonstrate micro-storytelling effectively. Next week you will be writing your own micro-fiction. Thursday We spent time today doing a 12 minute write about one of the stories you have on your Listmania list that worked with one of the old exam prompts. Next I asked you to come up with 4 stories from your Listmania lists that you could write about if were faced with the 3 exam prompts that I had on the board. The idea behind this is that you practice coming up with a story that can, in some way, address the prompt. I spoke briefly about micro-fiction at the end of class and by way of an example, we viewed a short film on Vimeo called The Other Side of the Game  . Wednesday After we marked the Apostrophe quiz from last Friday, we again looked at the 25 exam prompts. We added an

Friday My instructions to the TOC 1. Read for first 10-15 minutes 2. Quiz: the apostrophe; terms & devices ( I know you will be bitterly disappointed that yet again I have not completed making the multiple choice quiz on The Bastard, Faking It and Who I'm Not!) 3. Work on the synthesis piece featuring The Bastard. 4. Christmas Poet-Tree decorations! Thursday Don't forget about the quizzes Friday: the apostrophe and terms and devices. I am going to have to postpone the multiple choice a little longer. Today you had class time to create a t-chart plan (worth marks!) for the synthesis piece on The Bastard and work on you first draft. Wednesday I returned the paragraphs you wrote about A.A. Gill's (note the apostrophe please!). If you are satisfied with your grade, you can leave it as is. If you would like to apply my feedback and do a second draft, I will take it in an look it over again and change your grade accordingly. Those who have not yet handed-in a draft