Session Date
Lesson Topic
Writing Enrichment
Lesson Outline
We began with a discussion of literary genres--fiction and nonfiction. We discussed how "true crime" stories could be either F or NF. I mentioned one of my favorite "police procedural" novelists--Ian Rankin and his hero/antihero, (Scottish) Detective Inspector John Rebus. We reviewed the elements of a short story--including crime stories--beginning, middle/muddle, and end. And then we started brainstorming Jackson's crime story: "Murder on the Subway."
Assignment
Think about the "muddle" of the story and how you want the story to end.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Jackson was attentive and, I think, got really "into" writing his story. His main character, a Chicago PD detective, is awakened by his Captain at 3 a.m. and ordered to investigate a murder that just took place on a Chicago subway. Promising start!
Session Hours
1.00
Hours Attended
1.00
Entry Status
Review Status
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