October 30

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting
• 2nd Draft of Richard I (You may want to type this out, or have someone type it for you.  It will make your final draft much easier!)
• Create an outline for your summary of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.

Remember!

Here’s what belongs in each section!
I. Setting & Characters

~ Who is in the story (internal & external

                  characteristics)?

~ When does the story happen?

~ Where does the story take place?

~ What is the problem that needs to be solved?

II. Plot & Conflict

~ What happens next?

~ What do they think?

~ What do they say and do?

III. Climax & Resolution

~ How is the problem solved?

~ What happens after?

~ What is learned?

 
So our outline for The Shoemaker and the Elves looked something like this.
I. 

1.  Shoemaker’s/ house/night/near/Christmas
2.  Shoemaker/poor/ not his fault
3.  wife / kind
4.  cut /last/ shoes/ night
5.  morning / shoes/ fixed / mystery

II.

1.  man / buys/ shoes / $
2.  2 / shoes/ fixed / morning
3.  sells / $/ becomes/ rich
4.  Shoemaker / wife/ curious
5.  spy/ night

III.

1.  see/ elves/ making/ shoes
2.  wife/ makes/ clothes
3.  elves/ take/ clothes/ dance/ sing
4.  elves/ never/ return
5.  Shoemaker / wife/ wealthy