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Tiger Tales

Tiger Tales. Middle School Literary Magazine. What is a literary magazine?. Let me show you some samples What do you see in the Table of Contents? What is inside the publication?. Audience. Every student in Middle School gets a copy the last week of school Parents Administration

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Tiger Tales

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  1. Tiger Tales Middle School Literary Magazine

  2. What is a literary magazine? • Let me show you some samples • What do you see in the Table of Contents? • What is inside the publication?

  3. Audience • Every student in Middle School gets a copy the last week of school • Parents • Administration • Your peers • People you don’t know • Other teachers on campus • A copy stays in the library . . .

  4. Selection Process • One piece per student • School-appropriate • Topic • Subject • Dependent upon approval of committee of RLA teachers

  5. Which One to Pick? • Only ONE piece may be submitted • Polished writing from RLA writing unit • Polished writing from your Writer’s Notebook • That seed idea you’ve been dying to try out and have a few weeks to play with in your spare time. . .

  6. What to Choose? Ask your RLA teacher for feedback Run the ideas by friends and parents

  7. Now what do I submit?????

  8. Submission Types FULL ENTRY  Poetry FULL ENTRY WITHEXCERPT • Personal Narratives • Personal Essays • Persuasive Writing • Short Stories • Historical fiction • Realistic fiction • Myths

  9. Imagine… • 300 sixth graders • 300 seventh graders • 300 eighth graders… All with Writer’s Notebooks filled with amazing writing….it would be beautiful, but . . . .

  10. 900 full, complete works wouldn’t fit in one publication! • What Excerpts Do: • Show your talent as a writer • Show that one part that you are extremely proud of • Cause us as writers to really focus in on details we love about a specific piece of writing • Really reflect the CRAFT we’re proud of rather than the overall effect of a piece

  11. More on Excerpts: Introducing Excerpts to Your Readers To help your reader know a bit more about your excerpt, begin with something like this: Excerpt from "The End of Something" This excerpt from the beginning of my historical fiction story introduces my character up close to the action. [Excerpt would follow here…] Excerpt from "Worlds Upon Worlds" This excerpt comes from the middle of my fantasy story. It shows how I've made up a magical place where my story exists. [Excerpt would follow here…]

  12. Your Submission: Format • Word document • Single spaced • Times New Roman 12-point font • Title of piece • Your full name as you want it published • Your grade • Your RLA teacher’s name • Complete submission

  13. Sample Student Word Doc Heading: name, grade, teacher, genre Jenny Smith Grade 8 Mrs. Clark Poem The Flood Do you expect a confession? For me to beat my head against the wall? My bitter words could shatter the stained glass; the long hall of portraits no longer shows the girl I was; The chair at the end, once the perfect hiding place, empty yet surrounded by the whispers of apologies whirling faster and louder by the minute. title Polished writing

  14. Sample Student Word Doc with Excerpt Heading: name, grade, teacher, genre Robert Smith Grade 8 Mrs. Clark Historical Fiction The Wound Dresser This excerpt from “The Wound Dresser” brings my reader right into the inner thinking of my main character. Was it just yesterday that I saw his eyes close in the cloud of dust years before his children would grow old enough to see his laugh lines? I can trace them perfectly on my rough blanket and only wish I could press charcoal to paper in this moment. My memory will have to suffice. In the last day, I have questioned every thought: is what I imagine a memory or am I predicting my future on the battlefield? These wounds, in the midst of this uncertainty, are surely a permanent scar of memory, so if I lose myself again in the next hours, I will just look down. I can't imagine having the strength to pull these sheets back but I pray that somehow his courage will be borne through what is left of my body in honor of his memory. *** Excerpt Introduction title EXCERPT FULL PIECE FOLLOWS

  15. Important Dates • Submission deadline: April 1 (not a joke!) • Author Celebration: May 27

  16. SharepointDrop Folder: All Student Shares/MS Literary Magazine/Genre Folder

  17. Remember the deadline… • April 1st! • Questions? • 1. Your RLA teacher • 2. Mrs. Clark (M332) or • Ms. Van der Hiel (M213)

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