#3 (due Tues, March 29th): revision comments

1. Revise your stories, based on all peer feedback.  Finals due in class next time.
2. Blog #3: like before, post a piece of feedback that your partner gave you, either praise or criticism about the setting, and explain how it helped you to revise your piece.

TUESDAY CLASSWORK

Conferencing for drafts, in new groups of 3 (only show your group members the story draft, so that they have to read it without any informational support, explanation or outlines).

PUT ON BLOG: Focus first on praise (what, specifically, the author did well), and then on constructive criticism.  Here are some guidelines for what to constructively criticise:

1. can you follow the story?  Some ambiguity is fine, but if the plot of the story is difficult to understand, or there are major plot holes, what can the author do, to clarify or fill in the holes?
2. does the narrator have a clear 1st or 2nd person voice?  Does that narration help you to get to know and/or connect with the character?  Does the narrative voice have a specific effect on the story-telling?  If not, what can the author adjust, in the narration, to make the voice clearer?  Remember the voice development tools we discussed last time.
3. how do you feel about the beginning and/or ending of the story?  

HOMEWORK:

1. Revise your work, based on peer comments, and bring in final for story-time!  We’ll be reading them aloud in groups and, hopefully, for the full class, so practice that narrative voice out loud (if yours ended up being especially long, excerpt one page to share).  If you would like my feedback on your story, print it out for me (totally optional).
2. Blog #2: post one or more comments, that you received from your peers during conferencing, that you thought were especially helpful (praise or criticism), and what you changed about your story, based on those comments.

#2 (due Thurs, March 18th): revision comments

1. Revise your work, based on peer comments, and bring in final for story-time!  We’ll be reading them aloud in groups and, hopefully, for the full class, so practice that narrative voice out loud (if yours ended up being especially long, excerpt one page to share).  If you would like my feedback on your story, print it out for me (totally optional).
2. Blog #2: post one or more comments, that you received from your peers during conferencing, that you thought were especially helpful (praise or criticism), and what you changed about your story, based on those comments.