September+2,+2016+(Activity+1.8)

Activity 1.8: Language & Writer's Workshop: Revising and Editing

 * Resource:**

Complete the Hero Creation and Development Planner (Document will be scanned and uploaded later today)
 * Bellringer: **

Learning Target:
- Identify effective techniques and strategies for writing groups - Participate in collaborative discussions to revise and edit a narrative draft.

Today, we ...

 * 1) Completed the Bellringer
 * 2) Discussed the Learning Targets
 * 3) Discussed the Writing Group Roles on pages 36-37

Student groups read other student's drafts and offered constructive comments to the writers.

**Homework:**
Finish the ** CYU: Writing Prompt ** on page 35.

Finish the Road of Trials draft for Tuesday (this is a continuation of the Hero's Journey narrative that we began writing earlier this week).

Also, you should use the visual techniques we learned about in Activity 1.4 (framing, camera angles, and lighting) to create a storyboard that illustrates your hero's Road of Trials. Students can opt to create a comic book-style page with drawings and word balloons to create a visual story of their Road of Trials.