8th grade 8 23-12
- 1. my writing terretories.notebook August 23, 2012 August 23, 2012 8th Grade Language Arts Agenda: 1. Warm-Up: QAR Questions to be handed in for a grade Assig 2. Writing Territories nmen ts: -Lit Circl es (W -Imp ) ortan t Boo -Rea k (F ding 8/31 Log/ ) (8/3 30 m 1) inute s 1
- 2. my writing terretories.notebook August 23, 2012 My Writing Territories • Family Doug, Taylor, Ruby, Henry!! • Wedding on the beach in Key West!! • Ruby's obsession with the zoo, the pool, and diving on the couch • Prayers/journal • Books reviews • My mom everything that she went with cancer, information/memories to share with Taylor, Ruby, and Henry • My students what they do each day as they become better students • St. Johncurriculum, methods, letters, scripts, presentations for other teachers; Thesis paper packet • Friends how they have influenced me; toasts for weddings; letters to them • Short stories my dad, growing up • Newspaper articles for The Sower • Teaching why I love it • Australia nature, Milo, People to People • Europe culture, architecture • Mountain Dew, Snickers, and other vices of mine • Childhood memories Wilma, running into a parked car, trying to put an ad in the paper so someone could adopt my brothers • Moving Out of dads; to college; to St. Louis • Divorce essays in college; help for teenagers facing their parents divorce • Yadi • Meeting Moe Williams • Devotions • Football • Example papers for students • Letters to companies • Masters class essays St. John, lessons, research • Poetry I am from reading, growing up • Diary entries with Mrs. Durst • Journals in my scrapbook pages • Our dream to move to Key West and start a Bed and Breakfast • My obsession with Pride and Prejudice, especially the movie...no one can be Mr. Darcy • Potty training Ruby this summer • Growing up with my best friend Marygrade school, high school, college • The Grand Canyon Trip with 8th graders • Casting Crowns their music, meeting them, just the right moment 2
- 3. my writing terretories.notebook August 23, 2012 In collecting your writing territories, consider.... • memories: early, earlier, and recent • favorites, now and then • obsessions • pets, now and then • idiosyncrasies • teachers, now and then • problems • places: school, camp, trips, times • dreams away with friends and relatives • itches • hobbies • understandings • sports • confusions • games • passions • music • sorrows • books • risks • poems • accomplishments • songs • fears • movies • worries • writers and artists • fantasies • food • family, close and distant • pet peeves • friends, now and then • beloved things-objects and • fads possessions-now and then • all the loves of your life 3