Agenda, September 9

Due Every Day: Bring a personal choice reading book.   

Due last Friday: 

- Typed final draft

- Rough draft with notes from your revision partner

- FW 1, 2, and 3

Coming Wednesday: Small group sharing 

Unit 1: Word Choice, Figurative Language, and Setting

Today's Learning Targets:

I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
I can use figurative language to affect the mood of the reader.
I can "notice" sensory details to add depth to my writing.

1. Freewrite #4: "Before the sun rose ..." or "His / her laughter sounded like ..."
2. Figurative Language Practice #1: Similes (Choose a mood. Write three similes that create that mood.)
3. Pre-writing #1: "Noticing"
4. Pre-writing #2: Cliche' Busting