Week 22 Homework
This week, please complete Week 22, Days 2, 3 & 4.
Module 18 Writers Questions through Module 18.10
Module 18 Writers Questions through Module 18.10
Note: We are not revising our first draft of our autobiography this week,
and we have a fairly light week for Writing 1 homework.
Most of this week's work is just reading, thinking about, and getting ideas for, your final draft.
But, not actually writing your final draft.
If possible, use your "extra" time this week to catch up on any late Writing 1 homework,
or to write a Second Draft (not Final) of your autobiography.
Module 18.1 Read
Module 18.2 Read
Module 18.3
When you start on your final draft, change general nouns to specific nouns.
See the excellent example on pg. 366.
In the boxes, rewrite all 4 sentences to change general nouns to specific nouns.
Module 18.4 Extra Credit
Module 18.5 Read
When you start on your final draft, use descriptive language and action words, or other clues, to show, but don't tell where each event takes place.
Module 18.6
It is the writer's job to create an emotional experience for the reader. Do this by building the reader's curiosity and sense of suspense. When you start on your final draft, be sure not to tell the most exciting part of your story until the end. Make them want to keep reading to find out how your story will end.
Fill out the definition for the noun and verb definition of the work "arc."
Module 18.7
Fill out the boxes.
Surprising details about your life.
Look at the 3 expert models in 17.3 and write down which opening to the 3 stories you like best.
Write 4 different ways that you can begin your final draft of your autobiography.
Module 18.8 Read
Suspense is part of the emotional experience writers create. Suspense is created by uncertainty. Once all of the reader's questions are answered, the reader will stop reading. So, expert writers make us wait until the end to find out the dramatic ending.
When you start writing your final draft, try to find questions that your readers would ask, and leave them unanswered until later in the paragraph or later in your entire story.
Module 18.9 Read
When you start writing the final draft of your autobiography, be sure to create an emotional experience for the readers by telling:
Module 18.10 Read
When you start writing your final draft, be sure to answer all of your readers' questions.
Extra Credit
Since nearly our entire assignment this week involves simply reading and thinking about the final draft, if you'd like to turn in a Second Draft of your autobiography in class this week, it will be considered extra credit. It will NOT be considered the final draft! Taking this extra step of writing a 2nd draft will give you another opportunity for tutor feedback, and will probably help make your Final Draft totally amazing!
Module 18.2 Read
Module 18.3
When you start on your final draft, change general nouns to specific nouns.
See the excellent example on pg. 366.
In the boxes, rewrite all 4 sentences to change general nouns to specific nouns.
Module 18.4 Extra Credit
Module 18.5 Read
When you start on your final draft, use descriptive language and action words, or other clues, to show, but don't tell where each event takes place.
- What did you see?
- What did you smell?
- What did you hear?
- What did you feel (physically or emotionally)?
Module 18.6
It is the writer's job to create an emotional experience for the reader. Do this by building the reader's curiosity and sense of suspense. When you start on your final draft, be sure not to tell the most exciting part of your story until the end. Make them want to keep reading to find out how your story will end.
Fill out the definition for the noun and verb definition of the work "arc."
Module 18.7
Fill out the boxes.
Surprising details about your life.
Look at the 3 expert models in 17.3 and write down which opening to the 3 stories you like best.
Write 4 different ways that you can begin your final draft of your autobiography.
Module 18.8 Read
Suspense is part of the emotional experience writers create. Suspense is created by uncertainty. Once all of the reader's questions are answered, the reader will stop reading. So, expert writers make us wait until the end to find out the dramatic ending.
When you start writing your final draft, try to find questions that your readers would ask, and leave them unanswered until later in the paragraph or later in your entire story.
Module 18.9 Read
When you start writing the final draft of your autobiography, be sure to create an emotional experience for the readers by telling:
- What were you thinking?
- What were you feeling?
- Add the questions in your story that your readers are wondering.
Module 18.10 Read
When you start writing your final draft, be sure to answer all of your readers' questions.
Extra Credit
Since nearly our entire assignment this week involves simply reading and thinking about the final draft, if you'd like to turn in a Second Draft of your autobiography in class this week, it will be considered extra credit. It will NOT be considered the final draft! Taking this extra step of writing a 2nd draft will give you another opportunity for tutor feedback, and will probably help make your Final Draft totally amazing!