1. SSR Time Writers’ notebooks! Thursday September 17, 2015

2. Window full of WORDS! Warm my Break my heart Make me feel smarter

3. Cognitive Commodity #2… pg 21 Write this sentence. What do you notice? “People talk about the courage of cancer patients, and I do not deny that courage.” -John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

4. Compound Sentences… back of pg. 13 F.A.N.B.O.Y.S. Independent Clause, _______ Independent Clause.

5. Dialogue Rules… pg. 23-24 Paste # 1-6 these into pg. 23 Paste #7-8 on back of pg. 23 Paste #9-10 on pg. 24

6. Slow Motion “Why do they sometimes show scenes in slow motion on television or in the movies? What purpose does slow motion serve?”

7. http://petapixel.com/2013/10/22/super-slow-motion- video-dogs-shaking-copious-amounts-drool-water/

8. What did you notice about that?

9. “The lunch bag sat in front of me, and my stomach growled. I wondered if Mom accidentally gave me the tuna fish sandwich. What will I do for food? I don’t have money for a hot lunch. I looked to my left. Stephen had his usual peanut butter sandwich. His mother hadn’t messed up. I looked to my right. Jack had his usual bologna sandwich because Jack doesn’t like peanut butter. What was in my bag? I unfolded the brown paper once, then twice; I leaned forward, squinting into the open sack. Beneath the napkin, I could see the tin foil that my sandwich was wrapped in. I smelled inside the sack, but it smelled like a bag with no hint of peanut butter or fish. There was only one way to know for sure. I reached in, and the paper crinkled. I could feel the sweat forming on my brow as I unwrapped that foil. And there it was, the tell-tale smudge of peanut butter on an edge of the crust. I was safe. I would not go hungry today.” Slow Motion Paragraph… pg. 17

10. Pantomime If you, as student, open the sack and examine the sandwich, how long would that take in real time? A good writer can take ten or fifteen seconds of everyday action and slow it down…turn it into a slow-motion writing moment, if you will.

11. What are some writing tools the writer used in the “slow motion paragraph”? Write this under the paragraph on pg. 17 in writer’s notebook: 1) used relevant sensory details 2) included others in the scene 3) zoomed in on interesting smaller details, like sweat and bread crust. Revisit your “slow motion paragraph”…pg. 17

12. On the back of pg. 17... Visual details: Sounds: Smells: Tastes: Feelings/textures:

13. back of pg. 17 (Now, choose 1 prompt.) …back of pg. 17 A coin has been flipped and the outcome if it comes up heads is important. When a classroom window is opened, a gust of wind blows the papers off of someone’s desk. A sports moment, like saving a goal in soccer or dropping a pop fly that is coming towards you. A romantic moment, like the first time a boy is brave enough to hold a girl’s hand. An anxious student watches the classroom clock tick down its last fifteen seconds of the school day. You have 7 min. of writing time... GO!

14. My Slow Motion Paragraph… pg. 25 Watch me first Glue in photo Glue Sensory Details Chart below

15. Photo 1: person running Photo 2: mother or child Photo 3: firefighter -1 st person perspective -Include the sensory details that we listed together