April 25

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (Well, at least we know the fire alarms work.)
• Research Report Draft
• Short Story

April 11

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?)
• Research Report Draft
• Begin writing your short story

Happy Easter!

April 4

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Freewriting (While you are on the subway you scratch your ear, accidentally signaling to a member of a secret society that you are one of them.)
• Research Report draft (if necessary)
• Story
• Continue to develop your character
• Once you are comfortable with your character begin sketching out the general idea for your plot---what happens.