Thursday, April 09, 2009

English 70 Spring 09 Lesson Plan Day 8

Bonus Points: Tonight at Kendall and Tomorrow at Writing Center—7pm for both—one full page of notes due the next day.

Generating Ideas
Listing

Freewriting
Animals/Objects
Pick one from the list and go for 10 minutes

Five Senses

Questioning
Five W's + How
Animals
Objects

Discussion
At your tables

The Next Step in the writing process:
Plan
Story map

4 Questions to ask of your topic

  • Does it interest me?
  • Can I say something about it?
  • Is it specific?
    AND—
  • What is the main point?

    Homework:

    Plus: A theme sentence for an animal essay and a theme statement for an object essay—what is the moral of the story?