Agenda, January 15

Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes.
Due Now: Bring your independent reading to class.  
Today's Learning Targets:                
I can read for pleasure.
I can write a concise summary.
I can use an image to inspire a story.      
I can analyze the mood in a story.
I can practice the skills good readers use.     

1. What is exposition?
2. Independent Reading / Independent Reading Journals
3. Talk about the exposition.
4. Flat and Round Characters
5. Freewrite #4: Using an image as an inspiration.
6. What Good Readers Do
7. "Just Desert," by M.T. Anderson