Opening day
A special thanks to Christopher, Jeff, Heather, Kate, Natalie, Jake, and Nafisa for volunteering to read their first piece of writing today. Their writing illustrated the following traits of good writing:
- strong imagery
- honesty
- vivid verb and adjective choice
- alliteration
- dialogue and interior monologue
- a thesis statement
- wisdom
- telling details
- parallel structure
Homework for Thursday: Bring your free-reading book to class.
