29 Novel Writing 1 and Debates // Due the week of April 28, 2016

Hi Everyone!

WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY:
This week, begin writing your novel! Write 4 pages:

1. Double-Spaced
2. A header at the top of (only) the first page with:
1. Your Name
2. Teacher's Name
3. Class
4. Date
3. 12 Pt. Font
4. Times New Roman
5. No extra space in between paragraphs
6. In Google Drive

Besides that, I don't care about grammar, spelling, or perfection—just that you get your ideas out! 

Remember, even if you planned to have your character traveling alone through the woods for the whole novel, if you get bored of your original plan—change it! Have him meet a beautiful princess or an evil unicorn!

Before writing, consider:

1. Which tense should it be in?
1. past
2. present
2. Which point of view should it be in?
1. First Person: "I… Me… My…"
2. Second Person: "You… Your… You're…"
3. Third Person: "He… She… Her… His…"
1. Objective: Narrator knows what's in no one's heads
2. Limited: Narrator knows what's in just the main character's head
3. Omniscient: Narrator knows what's in everyone's heads

THURSDAY:
Next week we will be having two Socratic Seminar Debates! The two topics you voted on and chose were:

1. Homeschool (Summit-Style) versus Regular Public School
2. Democracy versus Dictatorship

You should know which group you are in (email me if you don't), and I want you to find at least 5 specific pieces of evidence for each side on which you are fighting— and then post that evidence to the Google Drive group document that was created in class today.

• For example, if you are arguing pro-homeschool and pro-dictatorship, you should have 5 pieces of evidence for each.
• Your evidence should be specific facts that you had to research and that you could use in your argument.
• ie: Bad: Dictatorships are bad because Hitler was a dictator. (Everyone already knows this, and knows he was bad. Show us how he was bad!)
• ie: Good: Dictatorship are bad because Hitler was a dictator and he was able to do this, this, and this bad thing easily, due to the dictatorship that he ruled.