Be sure to follow the correct format in your Writer's Notebook:

1. All pages must be numbered on the top outside corner.

2. All pages must be labeled with CW (Classwork) or HW (Homework).

3. All entries must be dated.

4. All entries must have a title.

5. All entries must be at least a full page.

6. All entries must be written on the left side of the notebook. Leave the right side of the notebook BLANK for future revision.

 

We are now drafting our fiction stories. Please remember the following:
 Tell your story step by step using a story tellers voice.
 Remember each dot on your story mountain represents a scene/small moment.
 "Show Don't Tell"
 Each scene should also have: A beginning, middle, and end
                                                   A setting
                                                   Characters who want things
                                                   Characters who feel and think
                                                   Obstacles that get in the way of what characters want
                                                   Action
                                                   Dialogue
Strong writers check their work. Do each of your sentences contain a subject, verb, and contain a complete thought? Strong writers also make sure their sentences do not run on and on.