SENIORS: In your notebook, respond to the following: Think about a time when you were a little kid.  What was important to you then?  What things did you like to do?  What were your favorite toys and games? What did your room look like? Try writing about different ages in your life.  What changes (if any) do you notice?  Be specific; don't tell say, "I liked to play games," and then move on to something else.  Tell me what kind of games you liked: did you like cerebral board games or did you prefer more active games like softball?  Then, give yourself 5 minutes to freewrite story ideas, the more the merrier.  When done, pick one idea and write down everything you can think of that is positive about that topic.  Then think about all the negative associations.  Having both lists is a way of determining if your idea has the important plot element of CONFLICT.  Lastly, keep up-to-date on notebook assignments as I will be doing a NOTEBOOK CHECK this Friday.

SOPHOMORES: In your notebooks, write down possible themes you should have in mind as you read NIGHT.  Look in a classmate's notebook and copy down the specific themes.  I then modeled Cornell Notes, pulling information and questions from the first few pages of the book.  Your homework is to have Chapters One and Two (up to and including page 26) read for tomorrow, creating Cornell Notes along the way.