1. Creative Writing Journal Topics/Week Fourteen After suffering from a terrible accident on his grandfather’s farm, an unpopular boy must return to school with a hook for a hand. “You won’t believe what I just got in the mail.” “There’s only one way out of this…” As two teenagers sit on the front porch of a house, a car with tinted windows pulls up. The doors open, and two men in black suits get out and start walking toward them. Student choice

2. ECHS Literary Anthology Types of Selections 3 page maximum submission for short stories 1 ½ page maximum submission for poetry 3 page maximum submission for essays Any type of school appropriate writing may be submitted How Many Selections No one person can submit more than 2 pieces Approval Process An English or AVID teacher should have to approve the piece before submission to anthology Submissions must be “polished” and in final draft format to receive acceptance An electronic copy of the submission has to be sent through the approving teacher to Mrs. Atkinson Assignment of Sections Short Stories-9 th grade girls/Jarrett Poetry-Boys –Jarrett Essays—10 th grade girls

3. Homework Blog post Friday by 5:00. Research one way we can publish student work online. Report back on what you learn on Friday.

4. Creative Writing Journal Topics/Week Fourteen “Personally, I think they’re a cult.” “He was the only man I ever loved. Could love, really.” A woman overhears her boss’s plans to let her go. “If I kiss you, will you turn back into a frog and croak?” Student choice

5. Homework Blog post by 5:00 Respond to classmates’ blogs by Monday am.