Until the end of January your assignment will be essentially the same - check every week but you can plan on dividing your work up this way:
1. Continue to write your novel until you have finished.
2. Create one illustration for your novel EACH WEEK (4 total drawings due this week 1-16)
3. Type 1/5 MORE of your novel for class this week so that you have 4/5 typed. Edit the spelling, punctuation, and grammar as you type.*** You should work with a parent on this.
YOU WILL BEGIN TO EDIT THE STORY ITSELF AFTER WE HAVE OUR FIRST EDITORIAL ROUND TABLE.
Examples of 4/5 Words Typed | |
| IF you wrote this many words: | The first week this many words TYPED (1/5) would be due |
| 1500 | 1200 |
| 2000 | 1600 |
| 2500 | 2000 |
| 3000 | 2400 |
| 3500 | 2800 |
| 4000 | 3200 |
| 5000 | 4000 |
| 10,000 | 8000 |
Your typing/editing schedule should be as follows:
- By December 12 - Type 1/5 of your novel
- By December 15- Type 2/5 of your novel
- By January 9 - Type 3/5 of your novel
- By January 16- Type 4/5 of your novel
- By January 23- Type 5/5 of your novel
- By February 6th your entire, fully edited novel is due in typed and corrected form for publication.
***This is an ideal opportunity to see what punctuation, spelling and other mechanical challenges your student faces by looking at their written work. It is okay to publish the novel with NO editorial changes (misspellings, lack of paragraphs etc.) BUT I think you will find that your student really wants this work to be accessible to others. When I have done the editing process with my own children in the past I usually choose to work on ONE AREA EACH WEEK - for example sentences - capitalization, ending punctuation. We review the rules and then together, with me typing, we correct our first 300-500 words. If I am focusing on sentences, I just correct spelling as I go, without much comment - because we will focus on spelling later. I would be cautious about changing the story. If you have any questions please call me!
210-865-3309
This week in class we did a lesson on punctuation for dialogue - so they should be able to help with that!
