In our Writer’s Workshop we are continuing to work on personal narratives and will soon be completing our second one. We have also been focusing on the purposes and benefits of using dialogue, as well as how to properly punctuate dialogue.
We were planning on starting So Far From the Bamboo Grove, but we are instead taking a detour before we get there. We are going to use the writer’s workshop to focus on creating strong personal narratives before we focus our efforts on memoirs. In the end, I feel that this will be very beneficial for the students when both reading the memoir and focusing in creating their own memoir.
The sub sale fundraiser has come to its inevitable end, and all we are waiting on is delivery of the subs. The pick up day is scheduled for November 14th. I will double check on the time and update this post.
Well, we are half way home with the MEAP tests. We have been looking at autobiographical writing, specifically memoirs, and next week we will dive deeper into the subject as we begin reading the memoir So Far From the Bamboo Grove.
The Islanders’ annual sub sale fundraiser is around the corner. Keep your eyes and ears open for details.
