1. English I: 7 September 2015
Please take out your writing camp workbook, writer’s journal, and a pen.
Watch the following Youtube video clip.
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Then respond in your journal. Write today’s date as the title, and answer this question:
Do you agree that words are powerful? How can your words encourage or destroy?

2. Voice Turn to page 5 in your packet
If you have not finished the bottom part (Now Try Your Own), finish it
Remember your current event (Tom Brady and Deflatagate) and write how three of the five different famous characters would talk about it.
What would their word choice be?
What would be the rhythm of their speaking be?

3. Choosing Your Words Carefully
How do men and women communicate differently?
When you’re reading someone’s writing, can you usually tell if it’s a boy or a girl? How can you tell?

4. From “Friends”
Let’s look at an example of a first kiss and then the conversations that follow as each of the two involved tell their close friends.
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5. He said… She said… Imagine this situation with me.
While at a school dance, Amy returns from the bathroom to discover her date, her boyfriend of ten months, dancing with another girl. She’s not just any other girl though; she’s Amy’s worst enemy and has been since their huge fight about a year ago. Amy immediately storms out of the dance, and her date is left dancing with her enemy.
The next day, both Amy and her date are telling a close friend about what went down.
If you are a girl, write a likely explanation from the guy’s perspective in the “He Said…” section. If you are a boy, write a likely explanation that Amy’s friend might hear in the “She Said…” section
* You MUST include dialogue; this means you will have quotation marks in your paragraph!

6. Let’s Share!

7. Bell Work: 8 September 2015 Go back to your original paragraph(s).
Make changes based on what you learned today and yesterday!
Can I hear your “voice” in your paragraph(s)?
Is your paragraph(s) organized and concise? Are there extra details that are really not relevant to your story?
Begin revising/editing your paragraph (it should already be on a separate sheet of paper). You will turn it in for an academic practice grade.