Journal-  What's your favorite food? Why?  What special way do you like it?

Names-

HW quiz

Narrative Notes


Writing Notes

T- topic-                  What it's about
A- audience-           Who it's for
P- purpose-             Why you are writing it.


6 Traits-

Voice-  Personality
Ideas-   Topic-  Interesting. Death. Your kids, how awesome you are.
Conventions-  Grammar
Word Choice-  Using the best word.
Sentence Fluency- Flow mix of long and short sent.
Organization-  The shape- what's first middle and last.  


Writing Process

Invent-  create an idea
Organize- Plan your work, work  your plan... Outline, list, etc
Draft-  Practice Version-  Get done fast.
Revise- Fix for voice, ideas wc, sf, org,
Edit-  Grammar.
Publish-  Star- perfect.



Common Errors-

Fragment
Pronoun antecedent agreement
Comma Splice
Run on
Parallelism
Verb Tense agreement
Tense Shift

HW-  Definition you understand and an example of the mistake.

Narrative notes-

Start in the middle
1 minute story.
No violence
No Drugs/drinking


HW- Think of your story and plan it out.

Event
Description
5 senses
End event.

Getting Started

1.  Collecting Homework.

2.  Journal-  Tell a story about something that embarrassed you.  1/2 page.

3.  Syllabus and Class overview.

4.  Names

5.  HW-  Reading:  This and This-  These are narrative essays.

Welcome To Class

Today we're taking home a diagnostic test.  I need to see where you are as a writer before we start-


Should college be free?  Why or why not?

For Homework, write a 5 pp essay that has a thesis that picks a side and provides support for what you think.

See you Thursday.