Today's agenda:
1) Independent reading
2) Open Mic!
3) Crazy Amazon Reviews--focus on creating a specific tone. 
4) Friday Fun day! Play games, relax, get to know each other. 

Today's agenda:
1) Journal Prompt
2) Watch Big Fish and complete the assignment 
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Today's agenda:
1) Independent reading--make sure you have turned in all pieces of your assignment
2) Introduce Big Fish Assignment
3) Watch Big Fish
* I will be checking journals at this time. You should have 9 journal prompts at this point. 

Today's agenda:
1) Journal Prompt:"Listen” (Music) – “Finale” from Big Fish              * Note: This track is more than eleven minutes long; it will take the whole warm-up.
2) Read through the Extra Credit Handout on Obsolete words (found in the resources page as well)
3) Writer's workshop--either finish your project or work on the Extra Credit assignment. 

Coming up: your project is due tomorrow!

Today's agenda:
1) Independent reading
2) Open Mic from last week
3) Writer's workshop--work on your project. It is now due on Wednesday

Coming up:
1) We have 2 Open Mics left, so make sure that you are preparing for them if you need to!
​2) Your project is due on Wednesday!

Today's agenda:
1) Independent reading
2) Open Mic!
3) Project Part 2: Private life and unreliable narrator
* See assignment document in the resources page. 

Coming up:
1) Project due on Monday, October 15th

Today's agenda:
1) Journal Prompt: Book of Choice Questions
2) Example story: Heading Home
3) Unreliable Narrator Powerpoint and notes
4) Practice Unreliable narrator: see activity in the Unreliable Narrator power point--FINISH FOR HOMEWORK

Coming up:
1) Finish the Unreliable Narrator practice for homework
2) Prepare for Open Mic tomorrow

Today's agenda:
1) Indepedent reading
2) Activity: What’s in a Desk? (See “What’s in a Desk?” slideshow)
3) Assignment: Non-traditional Character Project (Part 1)See “Public Life/Through Our Eyes” document
4) Writer’s Workshop: Brainstorming for Public Life/“Through Our Eyes”

Coming up:
Prepare for Open Mic on Friday

Today's agenda:
1) Journal Prompt
2) Weighing an anti-hero
3) Defining Internal Conflict
4) Writer's workshop: Work on building your anti-hero

Today's agenda: 
1) Independent Reading
2) Review Friday--write a two voice poem (see resources page)
3) INtroduce Anti-heroes (see resources page)
4) Brainstorm your own Anti-hero

Tonight: 
1) Make sure you have finished the two voice poem for your two characters
2) Brainstorm for your anti-hero