3/10/14 - MO

* * * * SUB DAY.  MR. HILBERG TEACHING FOR THE DAY * * * *

I.  SHORT STORY INTRODUCTION
- elements of a short story (discussion)
- Beginning * Middle * End
-  setting, main characters, problem/conflict, tone/mood, peak, resolution
- ideas about what makes a short story

II.  GALLERY WALK 
- view five different images and predict HOW they fit into a short story
- who are the people/person or what is the setting?
- what do you see?  what do you observe?
- write questions, comments, or predictions/guesses on poster paper

III.  HARRIS BURDICK MYSTERY PICTURE
- view picture with all images together as they appear in the original picture
- title of the picture is "The Seven Chairs"
- subtitle is: "The fifth chair wound up in Paris"

- begin to brainstorm possible scenarios
* This is a school-wide writing activity, with each class using a different picture from Chris Van Allsburg's The Mysteries of Harris Burdick. 

IV.  WRITE ROUGH DRAFT
- quickly brainstorm or web out a  few idea
- begin writing (35-45 minutes)

* complete/finish at home Monday HW;
* we'll return to talk more about short story on Wednesday

* * * 
HOMEWORK - no VOCAB or CW or ATLAS this week
* * *
___  continue to preview NON-FICTION HOME READING BOOK (book report pckt Wed)
        take note of key/domain specific vocabulary-type words...

___  continue/finish/or begin rewriting HARRIS BURDICK SHORT STORY (due by next WED)
        TYPED (use computers here at school or find resources outside school)
        SINGLE - 1.5-SPACING, with margins
        THREE-MINUTES IN LENGTH (read out loud to yourself to see how long it is)
                     * imagine you read your story for a radio.  It should be 3 minutes long.
                     * minimum of 2 minutes long (talk to me if you are going over 3 min., though)