Agenda, September 18

Due Every Day: Bring a personal choice reading book.
Due Now: Rough draft of two poems or a two page story.

Due Thursday: All Freewrites and Pre-Writes
Due Friday at the end of class: Final draft of two poems or two page story.

Due Friday: Be sure you know the terms in The Writer's Toolbox 
 
Unit 1: Word Choice, Figurative Language, and Setting

Today's Learning Targets:

I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
I can work with a peer to improve my writing.
I can read a peer's work closely and offer useful suggestions.

1. Collect drafts
2. Has everybody played Red Rover?
3. Freewrite #11: "People have to realize ..." OR "My favorite time of day ..."
4. Figurative Language Practice #6: Onomatopoeia like the big kids do it.
5. What work time looks like
6. Peer review / Drafting / Revising time