The opening prompt for today was to write either about your Thanksgiving or previous Thanksgivings OR to write about a Thanksgiving or Thanksgivings you would like to have.
Writers made up their toasts as needed.
The class reviewed the qualities of a good essay:
Clear purpose
Well organized (including thesis and related topic sentences)
Specific, vivid word choice
concrete imagery
figurative language
carefully chosen and developed ideas
well edited
strong lede or hook
good balance of scene and summary
Next writers developed a chart of seven categories of experiences:
Exciting Boring Satisfying Unusual Family Learning Failure
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For homework, students are to have at least seven (7) and preferably ten (10) experiences for each category.
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