Wednesday, January 25, 2012

1. Self-Starter:  Pick up your notebook and folder. 
a.  Pick a prompt from the list titled "Creative Writing Prompts About Me," and write at least a half-page response in your notebook.  Give it a title and today's date.
b.  Write a response to the picture projected on the screen.  You could write a description, a commentary, a poem, a brief story, or whatever you're moved to write based on that picture.  Your response should be about a half-page or so long.  Give it a title and today's date.
Appointments? 

Topsy-Turvy

2. Mini-lesson on  leads.  Write optional leads for one of the pieces of writing in your notebook.

Leads tape-in 2012.doc  Click on the Download Tab after going to this link.

3. Me-Bags

4. If time:  Learn about a published author.  Today our spot-lighted author will be Christopher Paolini -

5. If time: Create a headline for a true story about you.