Wednesday - Period 2 & Friday - Period 4

Script Writing (continued).

Ensure that your script has sufficiently developed your characters, is limited in the number of settings you use, employs stage directions effectively, and is satisfactorily resolved by its end.  When your draft is complete, have another student read it, obtain their feedback, proofread and edit.

When complete submit your file to the 'Submit' folder on the school network.

Wednesday - Period 3 & Thursday - Period 1

Last Friday's lesson lost to Walkathon.

Today you will compose a short story that will then be converted into a play script.  If you require inspiration for a story, visit http://www.bonnieneubauer.com/ssonline.shtml and use the online 'Story Spinner', or try http://www.distractionbeast.com/brainstormer.swf for some more obscure story ideas.

Tuesday - Period 2

Review of 'The Lonely Grave' to be completed and submitted for marking.  When complete you are to plan and begin composing a short drama script of your own.

Wednesday - Period 4 & Thursday - Period 1

Review - using a review scaffold you will today draft a review of 'The Lonely Grave'.  On Thursday's lesson you will proofread and edit this draft before typing and submitting a published copy.  Remember to look at the report criteria for writing a review to gauge your level of response.

Wednesday - Period 4

Activities:

1.  Slake's Limbo - Study of how Slake's world has changed because of his situation.

Half of lesson lost to Fire Drill.
Homework: 
Writing Task: Description of the experience of sleeping on the streets (3 paragraphs in total). Due - Thursday, 4/3/10.

Friday - Period 4

Activities:

1.  Paragraph Writing
2.  Slake's Limbo - Study of how Slake's world has changed because of his situation.

Homework: 
1.  Read Chapters 14-15 by Wednesday, 3/3/10.  This will finish the novel and it is expected that this reading is complete.
2.  Writing Task:  Description of the experience of sleeping on the streets (3 paragraphs in total).  Due - Thursday, 4/3/10.

Thursday - Period 1

Activities:

1.  Character analysis (continued)
2.  Found poem using Chapter 11.

Homework:  Gather images that represent the ideas you have included in your 'found poem'.  Bring these with you to class on a USB on Friday, 19/2/10.  Alternatively, you can email them to yourself so that you can retrieve them online.

Wednesday - Period 4

Activities:

1.  Compose a paragraph summary of Chapters 1-10.
2.  Character analysis - Chapter 8

Homework:  Any work not completed in class is to be finished for homework.