1/04

1/04

Happy New Year!

Today, you need:

>Binder>Comp Book>Pen or Pencil>Notebook paper

On a sheet of notebook paper, you have five minutes to write about the following prompt. Your title is “Christmas Day.”

On Christmas day, I ____________________________.

Be specific about your experiences, the people you were with, and any other pertinent details about your day.

Yes, this will require you to write several sentences.

Place everything at the back of the room except for the above materials.

Find your number on the back cabinet andsit in your assigned seat.

1/04 cont’d.Read what you’ve written.

Have you painted a clear picture of your day?

Is your description of Christmas Day blurry, without detail, like the first picture?

-OR-

Is your description of Christmas Day clear, precise, and detailed like the second picture?

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1/04 cont’d.

What is the purpose of binoculars?

Is the image always clear?

How does the image become clearer?

How can this apply to writing?

1/05

Don’t forget to write daily quote in

the back of your composition book.Today, you need:

>Binder>Comp Book>Pen or Pencil>Notebook paper

1. The child walked home by himself.

2. Ashton was a disgusting eater.

3. Mrs. Yarbar had a bizarre way of punishing her students.

4. My friends and I enjoyed the beautiful day.

Place everything else at the back of the room.

Find your # on the back cabinet and sit in your assigned seat.

Write two of the following blurry sentences on a sheet of notebook paper. Skip ten lines between the two sentences.

Your title is “Binocular Focus.”

Refer back to your “Binocular”

handout from 1/04 if necessary.

For EACH of the two sentences you chose, write a minimum of five sentences which bring the image into focus. You have twelve (12) minutes to complete this

assignment.

Imagine that …

You are waiting on your order at Sonic and a mystery person runs up to you. This person hands you a bag and states breathlessly, “I can’t explain now, but I need you to hold this bag for me. I will contact you later.” He looks behind himself anxiously and runs off. You take the bag and decide the mystery is too great so you remove contents. The 4 objects inside the bag are clues to who the person is, who he or she is running from, and what is going on.

Write a a 1 to 1 ½ page story about how these objects go together, who the person is, and the story behind the mysterious circumstances.

Don’t

forget

about your

BFF

On notebook paper, use your binoculars to write five sentences taking your reader into a day in the life of the drummer in the picture.

1/6/2011

Don’t forget to write daily quote in the

back of your composition book.YOU NEED:>Binder>Comp Book>Pen or Pencil>Notebook paperYour title is “Binocular Focus-

Drummer.”

01/07/2011

1. Go inside intelligence? (Use the five senses to describe it. (I do not want a dictionary definition. I want YOUR definition.)

2. How can you measure intelligence?3. Are these adequate measures of intelligence? Why or

why not?

Using notebook paper, respond to the following questions which will lead us into today’s activities.