Creative Writing Period 1: Audio Version of Cisneros' "A House on Mango Street" and Narrative Writing

A House on Mango Street-Audio Version


After the reading and the class discussion, please follow the guidelines below for writing your posts and commenting on your classmates' postings:

Guidelines for completing your Blogs:

You may use the same text chosen when they were exposed to Cisneros text or a new idea that is generated from your group or class discussion. You will follow the following steps for the posting of your blogs:

1. What idea from “The House of Mango Street” I would like to include in my narrative. You must directly site the idea using direct speech or you  may paraphrase it using in-text citation.
2. How does this idea relate to what I want to say? You must use 2-3 original sentences to say how the text applies to the idea that you want to build for your own narrative.

You must write your name at the bottom of the post and then send the post.

To complete your blog session, you must find one other posting from someone in the class (preferably someone who is NOT in your group).

1. You must read this person’s POST in its entirety and THEN make a 1-2 sentence comment on the person’s post where you either ask a question of the person for further clarity or you give the person another angle or idea that they may consider to improve or strengthen their original idea

Be respectful. Be considerate. Use Standard American English at ALL times!

When you are finished blogging, return to your tables for completion of the Summary EXIT Ticket or a Posting for the class’s Parking Lot.

See the rubric for posting comments to guide the successful completion of this activity.

Google Form on "Elements and Techniques of Fiction." Please click on the link and complete then submit

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1REXOE72paexMRidOmQpJDAX3mI_9J9ALTKgnNXtJD-A/viewform

Period 2: Discussion Questions for the "Elements of Fiction" Google Form

Small Group Activity:Accountable Talk Session

-Products 2-4 of your discussion must be recorded on your CEI Work documents provided for share out 

• What are some of the highlights of the data? 

• What claim does the data of the survey reveal about the specific focus on the Element of Fiction assigned to your group?

• How might this claim be proven using the results of the data? Evidence

• As a team, what interpretations/decisions might you take to address (teach, re-teach, strengthen the shortcomings of this element of Fiction? Think about what you might do to successfully teach the concept in your groups to your classmates.Be Specific!