#5 – Cranes Comprehension Questions (9.15-9.16)

Discuss these questions with your peers and add to your notes. This will help make sure you understand the story, and understanding the story will make it easier to interpret and analyze. Good interpretation and analysis will ensure that you have things to say when it is time to write about the story.

Who are the characters in the story?
What are the important things that we learn about each of the characters?
What are the big events in the story and in what order do they happen?

#6 – Fluency: Showing, Not Telling 4^th (9.16)

Revise one of the following tell sentences into a show paragraph:

It was the worst thing that ever happened to me.

or

The movie was amazing.

Directions for Fluency Exercises:

Write as much as you can during the time given. The focus in on getting ideas and details down on the paper, rather than on getting the grammar and punctuation perfect. Keep writing instead of editing what you have written.
Pay attention to organization, but not so much that it limits your writing. Stream of consciousness is better than a blank page.
If you are struggling to get started, try changing the prompt a little. Change “he” to “she”; “cat” to “dog”; “worst” to “best” and see if it helps.

Remember to chart the word count in the back of your notebook!