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Sponge #9 “Show me the writing!”

Sponge #9 “Show me the writing!”. Begin your 20 minutes of reading. While you read find one good example of the author showing not telling. Copy the passage into your journal and then explain what the author was showing. Sponge # 10.

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Sponge #9 “Show me the writing!”

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  1. Sponge #9 “Show me the writing!” • Begin your 20 minutes of reading. While you read find one good example of the author showing not telling. • Copy the passage into your journal and then explain what the author was showing.

  2. Sponge # 10 • Who is your protagonist, and what does he or she want? Brain storm Ideas for your short story

  3. Sponge # 10 • Appearance.  Gives your reader a visual understanding of the character. • Action.  Show the reader what kind of person your character is, by describing actions rather than simply listing adjectives. • Speech. Develop the character as a person -- don't merely have your character announce important plot details. • Thought.  Bring the reader into your character's mind, to show them your character's unexpressed memories, fears, and hopes.

  4. Sponge 11 NonExample: • Kelli said, "I want my band shirt back right now. You didn't have permission to borrow it." "No," said Paul, "but you didn't have permission to take my CD either, and I can see it on your desk." The dialogue above should be written in the form of two paragraphs, as shown below:

  5. Kelli said, "I want my band shirt back right now. You didn't have permission to borrow it." "No," said Paul, "but you didn't have permission to take my CD either, and I can see it on your desk." Continue this dialogue for four more lines of dialogue

  6. In this mini-lesson, you will check the dialogues in your story for character clashes. • 1. Count the speaking characters in your story. • 2. Choose a highlighter or marker of a different color for each speaker (or if you're working on a computer, use different color fonts for each speaker). • 3. With the first highlighter or marker, highlight the speech of the first character throughout your narrative. • 4. Continue through your writing again for every additional speaker, using a different color for each one. • 5. Now that you have color-coded each character's remarks, can you guess what you have if you see two or more colors in the same paragraph? That's right—a character clash! • 6. Revise any character clashes by starting a new paragraph whenever the speaker changes.

  7. Sponge 12 • Compare and contrast the short story “Pedestrian” and the novel The Giver. Thank you

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