Wed., Oct. 14

Have you read Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why? He has a blog here. He would be a great author to add to your Google Reader! Remember how to do add a subscription?

In your Writer's Notebook, work with your group to identify at least three literary/poetic devices used in this introductory sentence:

"Half past a windless night, rain cantered out of the Gulf, across the shore and the levees: parades of phantom horses striking hoof rhythms from roofs of tarpaper, tin, tile, shingles, slate, counting cadence along the avenues."

~ Dan Koontz's Frankenstein: Dead and Alive (Book Three), page 1

Reader's Workshop:

• A-Tone-ment Time! Let's hear that attitude!
• First, go here and read the linked article.

Writer's Workshop

• Let's review prepositional phrases.

Lit Circle:

• Share your "phases." Edit and revise.
• Who will read/record your poem?
• Check out Glogster!
• Sci-Fi Vocabulary: Presentations are due! Please complete them!

Homework:

• Writer's Notebook due Friday = a test grade!
• Book Reviews should be posted to your blog and GoodReads = a test grade!
• Finalize the "phases" of your new sci-fi world. On Friday, you will post your phases to your Glog.