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?