Agenda, April 16

Due Friday: Rough Draft for Packet 2 (two pages of fiction or two poems)
Due by end of class Monday: Teacher conference. Show me your rough. Talk to me about it.

Unit 2: Structure: Beginnings, endings, middles, and laying the words on the page

1. Freewrite #12: Write a letter to a person who doesn't exist OR Write a letter to an idea.
2.  "The Third-Floor Bedroom," by Kate diCamillo. Once every two pages, write a sticky note where where you make an observation or inference (and explain it), ask a question that you don't know the answer to (and attempt an answer), or make a connection to another story, movie, or personal experience (and explain it).
3. "Distant Rain," by Shaun Tan