H3E_writing_prepare for test_09012018

Today's programme
  • Phones away!
  • Discussing Chalkline
  • Writing exercise

Lessongoals: practicing your writing skills
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Today's programme
  • Phones away!
  • Discussing Chalkline
  • Writing exercise

Lessongoals: practicing your writing skills

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Next week = testweek
Your test will be a writing test.
One part = an exercise based on the book Chalkline (first 5 chapters)
Second part = free writing exercise

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Chalkline

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Chalkline
What do you notice about the cover?
What are the details that predict what the book is about?

Write down at least three.

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Chalkline
Have you started reading yet?

I will give you 10 minutes to read the prologue.
What is a prologue? When does it take place?
During reading: write down WHERE you think the story takes place.
Explain why, give at least three arguments for your conclusion.
timer
10:00

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Another writing exercise
I will hand out a story called "Death by scrabble"
Read the story carefully, we will discuss it later.
timer
10:00

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Death by scrabble
- Why is the text spaced as it is , with all the gaps between the sentences?
- what happens in the story? Explain

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Death by scrabble - writing exercise
Use this story as the basis for a newspaper article you will write.
Length: 100 words minimum
During writing: think about the kind of newspaper you want to write it for
      - for the Daily Mail (very sensational)
      - for the Guardian (very serious)
Come up with a juicy caption for the article other than Death by Scrabble
I will give you a paper to write it on.

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Homework:
Keep reading Chalkline!

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