Day 4. Mon. 9/18. Beginnings!

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Today’s awesome literature theme: Beginnings!
Today was the first day of our writing workshop and, quite literally, we started at the “beginning.”

AM class
1. Shared and turned in Grand Tour and Outsider Encounter assignments
2. 4-Corners activity about beginnings
3. Reviewed Beginnings Handout – 3 types of beginnings and what a good beginning should accomplish (noted how these are tied to characters and setting)
4. I read some examples of good beginnings - one from a travel book and perhaps my favorite beginning: from the novel Fahrenheit 541 by Ray Bradbury
5. In class, in journals, students wrote one example of each of the three beginnings

PM class
1. Shared and turned in Grand Tour and Outsider Encounter assignments
2. 4-Corners activity about beginnings
3. Reviewed Beginnings Handout – 3 types of beginnings and what a good beginning should accomplish (noted how these are tied to characters and setting)
4. Students shared their travel book beginnings with a partner and then with the class; we discussed what each of the beginnings accomplished and what type they were
5. In class, in journals, students wrote one example of each of the three beginnings

HOMEWORK
Literature - “Taking the Leap” Beginnings practice – Due Wed. 9/20
Projects - Travel Books – Bring to class Wed. 9/20