Tuesday, 8 October

Due to Friday being a non-school day, Food & Culture met on Tuesday not on Monday.

Mr. Zartler collected revised essays on Food and Culture from the Summer Research project.

Mr. Zartler gave a short lecture on images of food and eating as a symbol.

Mr. Zartler then presented the following procedures for having a conference. Students were put in random groups to conference on their story using food as a metaphor.

Students are to have a complete rough draft of the story by Monday, 14 October. The final copy will be submitted on Thursday, 17 October.

This is the conferencing procedure.

Your job today is to have a conference with another student about their story.  A conference is a way to help someone write their story.  It is important that the writer feel good about how the conference goes. It is also important that you attach this sheet, and your rough draft behind your final draft which is due on Monday.

Requirements for the story we are working on are:

Uses food or eating as a symbol. (If food or eating is the source of a lesson, that is ok, but not as interesting or as challenging). Just having food or eating as a prop or activity in the story is not enough. The food should stand for something beside itself.

There should be dialogue.

There should be blocking.

There should be setting description.

Follow the steps bellow in order to have a successful conference.

Rules

            “The Writer” is in charge.

            “The Conferer” can say what he/she likes.

            “The Conferer” can ask questions.

            “The Conferer” can answer questions “The Writer” asks.

            “The Conferer” will provide written answers to the questions below.

            “The Conferer” can’t do anything else.

            At the end “The Writer” thanks “The Conferer”

Highlight or check which of the following  questions or aspects of your writing you would like feedback on.

How did the conferer view food and / or eating in the story?

Is there enough dialogue to get a sense of the characters who are involved?

Do the characters move around naturally? (Blocking)

Is there enough setting description so that the characters have a space to move in, and so the reader can picture the scene?

What questions do you have after reading this piece?

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NB (Note Bene, NOTE WELL!): EVERYONE!!!!! Is required to use proper paragraphing for dialogue in this piece. AFTER you have finished the above steps, you are to trade papers, and have your conference partner(s) look at how you have paragraphed dialogue. They should put a paragraph mark (⁋) every place where a new paragraph should start because the speaker changes.

Ways for the Conferer to respond:

ü  Share initial reactions

ü  Ask about what do you want to know more about or about what puzzles you

ü  Make connections what to your life or other literature movies etc. Share what the story reminds you of.

ü  Share what you think the story is meant to explain or mean. Or what you think the author wants a reader to think or do.

ü  Respond to interesting language.

ü  Draw conclusions.

ü  Share final thoughts.