• Free write – Write down 10 things about yourself that are quantifiable – Number of siblings: 4, Number of cats: 1. If you finish quickly, freewrite about one of those items.

  • Creative Break – Stretch, then find and write 10 details that you see today that you normally wouldn’t have noticed 

Writing Assignment –

  • Read the beginning of The Things They Carried.
  • Open a new word document in your JumpStart folder. Give it a name -- WhatICarry
  • Write, in MLA format, about the things you carry in your mind, your heart, your wallet, your backpack.
  • Should be double spaced and in times new roman.   
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