Post 1: We are two weeks, five stories, and three literary elements into our short story unit. In this post, you can respond to a story, note trends or patterns across the stories, or let me know what you do / don't understand and what has / has not been helpful in our work with these stories in class. This is not an invitation to just complain about (or praise) stories, so be mindful of your rhetorical situation.
Report your reading times for the week at the end of this post, including time you spent reading short stories. If you spent additional time on your own story outside of class (not the post below or making up class time spent), you can count it, too.
Post 2: Spend 15 minutes working on mapping out the plot of your short story. Consider (and identify) the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Will you use any plot devices or structures we discussed (like parallel plots, subplots, episodes, frame narratives, etc.)? You can type this or use a story board template to draw and write your plot structure, and then take and post a picture of it (please don't use your computer's webcam for this, as it will reverse the image and writing).
FYI: We are about two weeks from the end of the quarter, so this is a good time to begin getting organized. In the next week, I will ask for your comment logs and ideabooks. See here to make sure you have everything in there that should be in your ideabook so far, and get your blog comment log up to date. (Remember, guidelines for these assignments are in the "Routines" document). We will also be reflecting on our personal questions in our ideabooks this week. Make sure you have a personal question that goes with your current reading and that you bring your ideabook to class each day.
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