September 16

Secret word points?

Writer's Notebook response: Recall a favorite piece of writing that you have done in the past. Jot down a brief description of the kind of writing this was (a poem, a personal-experience essay, a piece of workplace writing, a research paper, a newspaper story, a persuasive argument). Where would you put this piece of writing on the closed-to-open continuum? Explore why you liked this piece of writing. Are you at your best in closed-form writing that calls for an explicit thesis statement and logical support? Or are you at your best in more open and personal forms?

Lego Instructions Critique: Follow instructions to build Lego creations. Provide feedback to the creators and me about your experience building. Write compliments and suggestions on the creator's instructions. Indicate which parts of the instructions are helpful and which parts are confusing.

Glass Castle:
1. Go over and turn in Frost questions homework.
2. Write three Glass Castle questions. Take quiz and discuss.
3. WN sharing--

Obama Gun Toters: read article and respond in WN.

HOMEWORK:
1. Glass Castle reading and WN.