1. 9­5­13 writing territories.notebook
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September 06, 2013
Sep 14­5:46 PM
9/6/13
8th Grade Language Arts
Agenda:
1. Independent Reading/Library
2. Spelling/Vocab Pretest
3. Writing Workshop
Today's Assignments:
-Reading Response Posted to your Google Site (M)
Aug 24­6:30 PM
My Writing Territories
• Family- Doug, Taylor, Ruby, Henry!!
• Wedding on the beach in Key West!!
• Ruby's obsession with the zoo, the pool, and diving on the couch
• Prayers/journal
• Books reviews
• My mom- everything that she went with cancer, information/memories to share with Taylor,
Ruby, and Henry
• My students- what they do each day as they become better students
• St. John-curriculum, methods, letters, scripts, presentations for other teachers;
Thesis paper packet
• Friends- how they have influenced me; toasts for weddings; letters to them
• Short stories- my dad, growing up
• Newspaper articles for The Sower
• Teaching- why I love it
• Australia- nature, Milo, People to People
• Europe- culture, architecture
• Mountain Dew, Snickers, and other vices of mine
• Childhood memories- Wilma, running into a parked car, trying to put an ad in the paper so
someone could adopt my brothers
• Moving Out- of dads; to college; to St. Louis
• Divorce- essays in college; help for teenagers facing their parents divorce
• Yadi
• Meeting Moe Williams
• Devotions
• Football
• Example papers for students
• Letters to companies
• Masters class essays- St. John, lessons, research
• Poetry- I am from reading, growing up
• Diary entries with Mrs. Durst
• Journals in my scrapbook pages
• Our dream to move to Key West and start a Bed and Breakfast
• My obsession with Pride and Prejudice, especially the movie...no one can be Mr. Darcy
• Potty training Henry this summer
• Growing up with my best friend Mary-grade school, high school, college
• The Grand Canyon Trip with 8th graders
• Casting Crowns- their music, meeting them, just the right moment

2. 9­5­13 writing territories.notebook
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September 06, 2013
Aug 24­9:42 PM
In collecting your writing territories, consider....
• memories: early, earlier, and recent
• obsessions
• idiosyncrasies
• problems
• dreams
• itches
• understandings
• confusions
• passions
• sorrows
• risks
• accomplishments
• fears
• worries
• fantasies
• family, close and distant
• friends, now and then
• fads
• favorites, now and then
• pets, now and then
• teachers, now and then
• places: school, camp, trips, times
away with friends and relatives
• hobbies
• sports
• games
• music
• books
• poems
• songs
• movies
• writers and artists
• food
• pet peeves
• beloved things-objects and
possessions-now and then
• all the loves of your life