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Writing Workshop 9 (continued)
10 SpringBoard® Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities Grade 7
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7. Revisit the predictions you made about the title of the script “They’re Made Out of Meat.” What assumptions did you make about the pronouns and their antecedents, and were your assumptions correct?
Students’ responses will vary.
8. How did the scriptwriter use vague antecedents to engage the audience?
Possible response: Pronouns without clear antecedents can foster curiosity. Listeners/readers who don’t yet know who or what is being referenced will be curious to identify the topic of discussion, particularly if the details offered are intriguing in their own right. In “They’re Made Out of Meat,” the reader is invited to wonder who “they” are and is caught off-guard by the idea that “they” (whoever they are) are made out of meat, which is an unusual and perhaps even unsettling idea.
9. Rewrite at least one line of dialogue from the class script to include personal pronouns, and then share your proposed revision with the class.
Students’ responses will vary.
Editing
10. After presenting your revisions to the class and hearing the suggested revisions of others, it’s time to polish the final draft of the script by editing for mistakes. In addition to checking that you have followed proper script conventions, read the script out loud to a partner to make sure the lines make sense.
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