In Class:
Welcome!
Reviewed syllabus, goals, and class expectations. Set up notebooks for the class.
Journal-- Recount the story of a mistake you've made.
Lecture and discussion of the writing process: the reiterative strategies, techniques, and methods a writer uses to improve a piece.
As a class, read selections of "Reading is Fundamental" from The Writer's Idea Book by Jack Heffron, discussing that reading is crucial in the writing process because it supplies ideas, informs language choices, helps you understand what good writing sounds like, feels like, looks like, etc.
First assignment: choose a book to read! I will ask you to use this book for assignments in class, so you must find one.
Exit ticket: If there is one thing I do to be successful this block, it will be...
Homework:
Finish syllabus goals and agreement.
Find a book to read.
Read "I Want to Write Something So Simply" by Mary Oliver and write a 3+ sentence reaction.
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