Agenda, January 20

Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes.  
Due Now: Bring your independent reading to class.
Due Monday, January 26: Complete rough draft of a short story   
Today's Learning Targets:                  
I can read for pleasure.
I can write a concise summary.  
I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.      
I can analyze the mood in a story.
I can practice the skills good readers use.
I can use the plot pyramid to shape a story.    

1. Independent Reading / Independent Reading Journals
2. Talk about the mood
3. Freewrite #5: Write about an animal, either domestic or wild.
4. "Just Desert," by M.T. Anderson
5. Drafting time