Friday, March 28, 2014

At the FCCLA State Conference:
Rylee Bateman, Shayla Hendricks, and Emily Farnsworth competed in Food Innovations, Junior Category and received a Gold Medal. They also ranked 2nd in their category and qualified for Nationals in San Antonio, TX. 

Congratulations, Shayla!

1. Heart's Desire  -- Finish writing this.
Challenge #3
Make a list of all the things you want. It can be anything from wanting a particular bully to leave you alone, to wanting riding lessons, to wanting your best friend to move back from Japan. Now pick from the list the thing you want the most, and think of all the ways you could attain that thing, from the realistic to the ridiculous. Write a short scene in which you try out one of those ideas, and see what happens.

2. Sharing a scene from a novel:  One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
Watch how the author develops the character of the store clerk.  Also see what you find out about the main character.


How do you get your ideas for stories? (Class members shared these ideas.)
just sitting there -- pops in your head
other stories that I read -- especially a story I like
ideas come up from looking at an object-- and sometimes I think,"That's a dumb idea."   sometimes,  "That's a good idea!"
little incidents that don't mean anything -- I exaggerate them to create a story.
stuff I think would be cool -- like if Bigfoot were real
What if. . . . .

3. Where to get story ideas from Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook. p. 33+

Life experience

Overheard conversations

The things you read

Idea Catching

Write it down!

Malls

Dreams 

Brainstorming

4. Write something: a first or second draft -- Pick one of the following and write as much of it as you can before the bell rings. Turn it in to the top basket.

• Your scene about a heart's desire (second draft)
• A scene featuring the character for whom you filled out the questionnaire
• A scene for one of the ideas you just came up with