Since I did not require you to have your Writer's Notebooks the first week of school, I will only start checking the entries from this week onwards. They will appear here in chronological order:
9/3 Seed Sentences (2)
9/5 FE #2 She opened the first box...
9/9 FE #3 Using the idea of "Where I am From", list things to the prompts as I give them to you: (I would pause a minute or so between each) smells, tastes, sounds, speech, textures, sights.
9/15 FE #4 In the distance, s/he could see ________________.
9/17 FE#5 Brick by Brick sight
9/26 Prewrite (6min): Describe a time that you made an assumption about someone else that turned out to be wrong. What was the assumption? How did you discover you were wrong? Describe the encounter.
Describe a time that someone made an assumption about you. What was the assumption? How did it feel? Describe the encounter.
9/29 Prewrite
“Every empire seeks as its imperialistic mission not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate”
“The truth is that imperialism was never idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.”
Which of these two passages do you find to be most true? Why? Explain your thinking.
10/1 FE#6 She plaintively packed her bags, knowing there was nothing she could do to stay.
10/7 FE #7 When he saw_____________ (thing) it sent his spiraling back to ____________ (event/time).
10/9 FE #8 It was a grueling two day walk to the hospital from the remote forest. OR All that as a distraction.
10/17 Imperialist Motives: brief description, symbol of imperialist motivation and brief description of slide
12/1 FE #9 How would she remember them? OR Describe a taste, smell, sound, adventure over Thanksgiving Break.
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SECOND SEMESTER
1/7 FE #10: I am thankful for… OR In spite of the rain, we…
Set an intention/goal for this class and your participation in it this year.
1/15 FE#11: He didn't want to go...
1/28 FE #12: There were only three left
2/3 FE #13 The most important thing was that he had to catch his bus...
2/25 FE #15: Quickly her hand moved along the shelf searching for the matches.
2/27 FE #16. I gave the students the choice of two lines (based on the idea that some writers prefer to write about the present moment while others feel it requires distance and reflection):
1. All night the snow kept falling
2. Sunlight and green grass stretched into the distance.
3/13 Noun Brainstorm. First list nouns for 5min. Then chose one to use for a 7min FE
3/27 FE #17 When she smelled____________ it reminded her of_________________.
FE #19 She was surprised to find that in the silence she felt_______________ OR
When he dug his hand into the earth, he found ________________________
FE #20 Outside writing for Earth Day.
4/30th FE #21
*He tiptoed silently through the darkness.
OR
*In English my name means_______.
In ______ (another language) it means______.
9/3 Seed Sentences (2)
9/5 FE #2 She opened the first box...
9/9 FE #3 Using the idea of "Where I am From", list things to the prompts as I give them to you: (I would pause a minute or so between each) smells, tastes, sounds, speech, textures, sights.
9/15 FE #4 In the distance, s/he could see ________________.
9/17 FE#5 Brick by Brick sight
9/26 Prewrite (6min): Describe a time that you made an assumption about someone else that turned out to be wrong. What was the assumption? How did you discover you were wrong? Describe the encounter.
Describe a time that someone made an assumption about you. What was the assumption? How did it feel? Describe the encounter.
9/29 Prewrite
“Every empire seeks as its imperialistic mission not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate”
“The truth is that imperialism was never idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.”
Which of these two passages do you find to be most true? Why? Explain your thinking.
10/1 FE#6 She plaintively packed her bags, knowing there was nothing she could do to stay.
10/7 FE #7 When he saw_____________ (thing) it sent his spiraling back to ____________ (event/time).
10/9 FE #8 It was a grueling two day walk to the hospital from the remote forest. OR All that as a distraction.
10/17 Imperialist Motives: brief description, symbol of imperialist motivation and brief description of slide
12/1 FE #9 How would she remember them? OR Describe a taste, smell, sound, adventure over Thanksgiving Break.
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SECOND SEMESTER
1/7 FE #10: I am thankful for… OR In spite of the rain, we…
Set an intention/goal for this class and your participation in it this year.
1/15 FE#11: He didn't want to go...
1/28 FE #12: There were only three left
2/3 FE #13 The most important thing was that he had to catch his bus...
2/25 FE #15: Quickly her hand moved along the shelf searching for the matches.
2/27 FE #16. I gave the students the choice of two lines (based on the idea that some writers prefer to write about the present moment while others feel it requires distance and reflection):
1. All night the snow kept falling
2. Sunlight and green grass stretched into the distance.
3/13 Noun Brainstorm. First list nouns for 5min. Then chose one to use for a 7min FE
3/27 FE #17 When she smelled____________ it reminded her of_________________.
FE #19 She was surprised to find that in the silence she felt_______________ OR
When he dug his hand into the earth, he found ________________________
FE #20 Outside writing for Earth Day.
4/30th FE #21
*He tiptoed silently through the darkness.
OR
*In English my name means_______.
In ______ (another language) it means______.