Weekly Agenda: October 31- November 4

Tuesday, November 1
In-class:
Share results of Friday’s in-class prompt
- trade with a partner
- volunteers share with the class
Writing dialogue (purposes and punctuation)
- Read PFN Roles of Dialogue, pp.
- Punctuation Practice
- Dialogue Practice: One-sided Conversation Activity (see example – handout)
- (Halloween) Journal prompt: A group of five friends have gathered with a medium to perform a séance. At least one of these friends has recently lost someone close to them. Unbeknownst to everyone, another friend is responsible for that person’s death. Write 2 pages of dialogue that provide characterization, advance the plot, and allow for description of setting and atmosphere.
HW: Complete journal

Thursday, November 3
In-class:
Introduction to Conventions of Science Fiction
Read and discuss “By the Waters of Babylon”
- purpose and message?
- use of conventions?
- setting & vivid, sensory description
HW: Read “There Will Be Soft Rains” and write a half page (in your journal) explaining how and where this story employs science fiction conventions.