Tuesday, November 17
Trade journals with partner, share feedback (based on conventions of fantasy)
Volunteers share their writing
Collect journals
Introduction to Mystery Writing Conventions – Focus: Cozy mysteries
Read “The Adventure of the Crooked Man” (handout)
- Discuss conventions
HW: Finish reading & writing about “Crooked Man” if you did not finish in class
Thursday, November 19
Discuss homework reading
Plotting a mystery: Planning the end and planting the evidence
- outline evidence in “The Adventure of the Crooked Man”
Journal prompt: Creating an amateur detective: Person & Place
Introduction to Story Assignment #2
Genre Sign-up
Review conventions of your chosen genre
In-class writing time: Setting, atmosphere and character development
HW: Be sure to have your setting and protagonist outlined and ready to go for next week. We will have a peer review of synopses by genre on 11/23.
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