Creative Nonfiction Pieces and Reflections are graded.

See Infinite Campus for grade. See Google docs for comments.

If there was no Creative Nonfiction Reflection Letter in your folder, your piece was not graded. It will be graded when you send me an e-mail letting me know your reflection is done. You can “share” your letter with me and click “Notify” to make this happen.

A: 8 more encyclopedia entries by beginning of class 3-3. Writer's Notebooks will be checked again on 3-3. Will include 14 more encyclopedia entries for a minimum so far of 26, plus AWs 6-10. (Note: 6 and 7 were combined – Brushstrokes). We’ll be doing 8-10 this week and next.

Objectives: Students will explore and consider “clues to great storytelling”

Creative Writing today: Start Fiction Unit

Fiction UnitClose all Chromebooks.Take out your spiral notebook, or another piece of paper, and put your name on the top.

Ted Talk: (19:17): From the Andrew Stanton: The clues to a great story

From Wikipedia:Andrew Stanton (born December 3, 1965)

is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor based at Pixar Animation Studios. His film work includes writing and directing Pixar's A Bug's Life (as co-director), Finding Nemo and WALL-E, and his first live-action film, John Carter. He also co-wrote every film of the Toy Story franchise and Monsters, Inc..

Your assignment:

As we listen, pay attention to the clues and write them down.

You should find AT LEAST ten superb comments he makes about storytelling.

Be prepared to share when called on after the talk to say something new.

SWAG points.