October 11

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting ("I wouldn't do that if I was you. Dwarfs don't like McDonald's.)
• Write summary of "The Elves and the Shoemaker."  We completed the following outline in class.  (Remember to mark your strong verb, subject opener, and prepositional openers in each paragraph!)

The Elves and the Shoemaker

I.  

   1. long ago / shoemaker's shop/ shoemaker

   2. make / shoes / poor

   3.  cuts / last / leather / sleep

   4.  wakes / shoes / made

   5. sells / shoes / $

II.

    1.  $ / buys / leather

    2.  cuts / leather / table / sleep

    3.  wakes / shoes / made

    4.  continue / Christmas / shoemaker / wealthy

    5.  shoemaker / wife / curious

III.

    1.  hide / midnight / elves / clothes

    2.  wife / makes / clothes

    3.  watch / night / elves / clothes / sing

    4.  elves / leave / seen again

    5.  shoemaker / wife / happily ever after