SENIORS: The warmup for today was about pets.  What kind of pets did you have? What were your responsibilities with those pets? Did you enjoy those responsibilities or were they chores?  Did you get along with your pets or not? If you didn't have pets, why not? 
       The following are 2 lists of what you should be thinking about for your children's book.  The first list is for those of you who are writing a fictional story.
     Who is the protagonist?     Who is the antagonist?  What is the conflict?  What is the setting?  What is the theme?   Do you need dialogue?  What is the climax?  What other characters does your story need?  What age-range are you writing for?

This next list is for those who are writing an informational book.
   What is your topic?  Do you need to narrow it down?  What facts are you going to use?  How many?  Serious tone or humorous?  Realistic illustrations or cartoony?   What age-range are you writing for?

Also, don't forget that I will do a notebook check this Friday.  Here's what I'll be looking for:
1. Write about a book you read as a child.  2. Horribly Wrong  3. Child's Question  4. Morning and Bedtime Routines  5. When I was a Little Kid   6. Pets   7. Brainstorming topics    8. Brainstorming ideas for your book


SOPHOMORES: In your notebook, describe a time when you weren't believed.  Why do you think that happened?  Title it, Belief.   Also, we read the Myth of Cassandra, doing a comparison/contrast between that work and the first two chapters of NIGHT, tying both in with our big picture question of What is the Nature of Man?