1. Writing Territories

2. You all have memories that remind you of experiences you have had. Everything from a hilarious moment where you can’t stop laughing, to special people in your life, to your favorite food, sports, music, books, trips, sleepovers, dances, etc. Today you are going to make a list of all of the memories and experiences you can possibly think of.

3. My family Being stung by a bee Aunt Beverly Picketing Trips to Europe My siblings My dogs Bandit and Kodi In-laws Husband Amie Robin Camping Backpacking Concerts I’ve been to Learning to drive Babysitting Teaching stories Memorable teachers and professors Buying my first car Traveling through Europe with my friend University of Oklahoma Trips to Hawaii Broken toes My daughter’s Leukemia Why I like pigs My first cell phone Writing Territories

4. “Sneeze” You will reference this page when we do a “Sneeze”. A “Sneeze” is when you choose something from your Writing Territories list and write about it. We will be doing “sneezes” on “Tissue Tuesdays”.

5. Open your Journals Spend the next 10 minutes creating your list of Writing Territories. You may add to your list as you think of new territories. Your goal is a list of 40.

6. Your Turn! Now you will create your own Writing Territories your journals. Each of you will write for 10 min. The expectations are that you write for the whole 10 minutes. This is called “silent sustained writing”. The objective is to build stamina. We will increase the amount of time you write over the course of the year. We will share at the end.