"Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed."
Ray Bradbury (SF writer)
Ray Bradbury (SF writer)
Copy and thinkwrite. Discuss.
Here's a link to an article about 10,000 hours of practice.
And here's another link on the same topic.
Would you like a video on it?
Groups share lists. Discuss.
All look at pages 7-11. See anything there you did not discuss?
Establish a vocabulary section in your daybook. Flag.
1. Enter TWFTD: drudgery.
2. Find a quote (by SOMEONE ELSE) that uses the word. For this word, today, you should use the sentence from the Bedford Guide. BUT for all other words, you must choose and copy down a quote using the word, AND GIVE THE SOURCE --an author and a site or publication.
3. Definition? Google? Always give teh source of your definition. Make sure your definition matches how the word is used in the text.
The first writing project: directions. I hand out green sheets, you choose Legos.
Homework:
1. Read pages 6-15 in Bedford. In your daybook, write out two paragraphs based on the "Learning by Doing" on page 14.
2. Find TWO EXAMPLES of written directions to bring to class. These could be the directions for any product OR a school assignment OR a "how to" from online OR in a manual. They must be hard copies.
3. Build an interesting object with your legos, and write up a set of directions. There will be time Monday to type up the directions that someone will follow to build your object.
3. There IS a typo on the blog today. If you found it, write it down, with a correction, in your daybook under the "Learning by Doing" assignment.