Reflection on the Read Like Writers, Write Like Readers lesson

Reflection on the Read Like Writers, Write Like Readers lesson 

These are the prompts we were given and the example piece of writing that I completed from them. 

Imagine a quiet place (Remote setting - is it in the woods/church/wharf/graveyard

The time of day - quiet - (Is it midnight, is it dawn breaking, sun setting)

What sounds can you hear (Is it owls hooting / bird song / traffic)

There is something in the air (Is it smoke/ something rustling in the trees)

We can just make out someone in the middle of the setting (Name the person)

There is this thing there as well (Is it a bench / playground / water fountain / dim street light)

What is the person doing (How are they interacting with the thing?)

What is a question that the person is wondering or thinking?

Model

The graveyard was silent that crisp autumn morning. The sun was peeking its way through the trees and the only sound that could be heard was the crunching of the Graveyard Janitor piling dirt up from another hastily dug grave. There were 22 all up now!! The shovel had become heavy like an anchor weighing down the janitor with every shovel stroke. Now and again there was the odd rustle of bushes or trees as if someone else was moving through them …..watching. A few minutes later the dim lighting provided by the street lamps went out and day was upon us. The ambulances would be coming soon! How many would there be? Who would be in them? Would they be one of his relatives?

Reflection: 

I really liked the level of the detail in the scaffolding for this piece of writing. It followed a good logical flow and allowed for lots of creativity.