Editing and Good Copy of Big Fish Tale

GOOD COPY OF YOUR STORY IS DUE TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22

Editing
-Read the work out loud or have someone else read the work out loud
-Does the story make sense and have a clear beginning, middle, and end?
-Are all four figures of speech present?

Grammar and Spelling
-Are there any spelling mistakes?
-Are there capitals and periods?
-Have number one-ten been written and 11-1,000,000,000,000 written like this example?
-Are the commas and apostrophes used correctly?
-Was the correct homonym used? Examples are where, were, wear, or through, threw, knew, new

For the good copy of the Big Fish Tale I've asked students to:
-Type/Handwrite/Print Good copy
-Double Space their work
-Identify with highlighter the four figures of speech

Term 1 Book Forms Due DECEMBER 8

We are quickly approaching the end of the term. All six Book Forms are due December 8. Please see my previous posting for the expectations and sheets if students need to print them out to complete them at home. Book forms count as 10% of every students LA mark.

Editing and Writing

Students will work on editing and improving their Big Fish tales by working in partners and going through their own writing. I'm attaching some handouts on similes, personification, alliteration and onomatopoeia, and capitalization that they will be receiving in class today. Students will begin receiving small writing pieces to edit for marks this week. The editing pieces come from the Education World Website.

Grammar and Figures of Speech handouts
Everyday Edits

"Big Fish" Tale

Students were to have their rough copy of their Big Fish Tale written for today. They are now to go back into their story and add the following:

Figures of Speech:
1 Simile- a direct comparison using like or as
1 Personification- giving human characteristics to inanimate objects or animals
1 Onomatopoeia- a word resembling a sound
1 Hyperbole- an extreme exaggeration

This rough copy is due tomorrow. The story should be no more that two pages in length double-spaced. They should highlight the four figures of speech they used.

Homework update 8-22

Today in 8-22 Language Arts class students began writing their "Big Fish" tales. They are to write an exaggerated tale of something that has happened to them in their real lives. The assignment rough copy should be completed according to these guidelines and is due tomorrow at the beginning of class.

First Draft of Big Fish tale
- Double spaced
- Who is the story about?
- Where did it happen?
- When did it happen?
- what events occurred?
- Why did this event happen?
- Should be between one-two pages in length

If the student has a lot of writing to do tonight it is an indicator of what they were or were not doing in class today. Students will be calling home tomorrow to explain to you if they are not finished their homework.

"Big Fish" Tale

Last week we watched the movie "Big Fish". Following the movie students have been asked to fill in a comparison chart on the exaggeration of characters and the reality of them. They have begun exaggerating events that have happened in their own lives but are based on reality. following their brainstorming they will be writing their exaggerate "Big Fish" Tales this week in class.

Here is a link what the students have been working on:
Big Fish