Agenda, October 8

Reminder: Keep all your work, including graded  freewrites,  pre-writes, and published drafts. We'll need them to revise.
Due Now: Freewrites 13-23 and Pre-writes 8-23
Due Now: Rough draft of two poems or two pages of fiction.   Due BEFORE the beginning of class on Wednesday: You must come to me for a teacher conference (during work time, lunch, or after school)   Due Wednesday at the end of class: Final Draft of Packet 2
 
Unit 2: Structure
Today's Learning Targets: I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.    I can work with my peers to develop ideas to a final draft.   I can write a killer first line. I can write using active verbs.
I can analyze the structure of a poem by an important American poet.
I can employ an innovative structure in my writing.

1. Freewrite #24: "I started listening when ..." OR "His/her face reminds me of ..."
2. Pre-write #24: Five different words for ...
3. Pre-write #25: Who was Dorothy Parker?
4. Drafting Time / Peer Review Time. You need to both GET and GIVE a good peer review.