Q1. There are well over 3 revision exercises mentioned. Choose any one of the exercises, and post your results in this topic. To accompany your exercise, write a short paragraph about how the exercise will affect or change your final draft and what you have learned.(300words)
Q1-1. Respond to a peer by suggesting another revision exercise from which their story might benefit. Explain why, in terms of craft, you think their particular story might improve if the author tried that exercise. (50 words)
Q2. Post your summary of the story using the summary evaluation. (100words)
SUMMARY EVALUATION
1. Authors name + Title of the text
2. Main topic of text is paraphrased (Topic is the literal, concrete sequence of events)
3. Main purpose of text is paraphrased (Purpose is what the story’s themes are)
4. Summary is 2-4 sentences long
5. Summary is in your own words (no quotations)
6. Vivid and precise verbs & transitions are used
7. Proofread
8. An author is always referred to by their last name (Gilman) not first (Charlotte)
Q2-1. let’s compare/contrast Bernie and then zombie Bernie. To do this, analyze behaviors, thoughts, actions, dialogue, etc. What does zombie Aunt Bernie represent/how does zombie Bernie reveal the themes Saunders is interrogating? What does she want when she comes back and why? You might analyze her long soliloquy near the end before she dies (again). (100words)
Be sure to do some citing from the text if you’re going for a B or above.
