A complete story, following the criteria, proofread, is due Monday, Dec. 16th.
No lates accepted so stay on track this week.
Tuesday: We are in the library to hear Richard Wagamese read from his novel Indian Horse which won last year's Canada Reads competition. It's a beautiful novel. Get yourself a copy and read it.
Thursday: Belfry Theatre. Please meet out front at noon. The bus leaves by 12:05. Please tell your teachers you will be absent on the 28th and do your best to make up the work so that teachers will support future visits to the Belfry. Thanks.
Monday: You will have time to write and also on Wednesday.
USSR: YOU MUST BRING YOUR BOOKS TO CLASS. YOU MUST READ LIKE A WRITER. PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING AND KEEP ASKING HOW IS SHE OR HE DOING THIS? How does the scene start? Where does it end? How does the writer keep my attention. What length are the sentences? Why? Do they change? Why?
Reading for fifteen minutes during class and a half an hour at home makes you a great writer. Not reading won't produce much more than a superficial plot with a cliched theme and uninteresting characters, right?
I hope you agree.
To encourage more interest in USSR, you will be marked on how promptly you begin, your commitment to read for the entire fifteen minutes, how you talk about the book you are reading, how your writing improves.
