Twenty-Sixth Class: Short Story Submission & Process Journal Entry

Devotional Text: Colossians 1:13 Students wrote a one-page, single-spaced reflection on the process of writing their short stories. Mr. Stone directed students to describe what worked well for them and what gave them difficulty. He suggested organizing their ideas following the five stages of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and presenting. Students reviewed Chapter 24 of The House on Mango Street, "Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water." Mr. Stone summarized the lecture he just heard at the Huntington Library about how seventeenth century English decided which stories of witches were fact and fiction. He noted how laws relating to witches have been repealed as a believe in witches has waned. The class discussed the clues in "Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water" that Esperanza does not ultimately believe in palm reading. Homework: Read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (357-352) or use link to the left.