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August 23, 2012
August 23, 2012
8th Grade Language Arts
Agenda:
1. Warm-Up: QAR Questions to be handed in for a grade
2. Writing Territories Assignments:-Lit Circles (W)-Important Book (F 8/31)-Reading Log/30 minutes
(8/31)
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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
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In collecting your writing territories, consider....• memories: early, earlier, and recent• obsessions• idiosyncrasies• problems• dreams• itches• understandings• confusions• passions• sorrows• risks• accomplishments • fears• worries• fantasies• family, close and distant• friends, now and then• fads
• favorites, now and then• pets, now and then• teachers, now and then• places: school, camp, trips, times away with friends and relatives• hobbies• sports• games• music• books• poems• songs• movies• writers and artists• food• pet peeves• beloved things-objects and possessions-now and then• all the loves of your life