The Stylish Autobiography

Last week we read Maya Angelou and Roald Dahl. These writings showed us a variety of literary devices that storytellers use to engage readers. This week we will be listening to StoryCorps interviews from the series played on NPR. At the same time students are experimenting with stylish writings of their own--metaphor, dialogue, sensory detail, & character action.

National Novel Writing Month began November 1st!!! About ten seventh graders are participating and these students will not have the same homework expectations as their classmates. Instead each will be writing 750 to 1000 words per night toward the goal of finishing a rough draft version of a novel by the end of the month.

All students should be reading an autobiography or biography every day. The next independent reading project will happen in three weeks.