Agenda, September 4

Due Friday: Freewrites 1-3. Don't lose them.

Due Friday: Bring a personal choice reading book.

Today's Learning Targets:

I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
I can participate in small group discussions.
I can work with a group to review familiar definitions.
I can express my thoughts about a story or poem clearly and thoroughly, using evidence from the text to support my opinion.
I can put my chair up at the end of class. 

1. Freewrite #2: "That's four times now ..." or "When you've been away ..."
2. Book talk
3. The Writer's Toolbox
4. Group Poems
5. Literary analysis