• Free write –Describe a character’s emotions by what they say and do. Do not say how they feel.  

  • Creative Break -- Six-Word Memoir: Distill your life story, the plot of their favorite book, or a recent weekend into exactly six words. Hemingway famously made this famous with: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

  • Writing Assignment – Describe a time (scene) when you were very upset – sad, mad, anxious. Do not say how you felt. Show the reader by what you say and do.  

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  • Annotating (handout) 

  • Practice – Read and annotate Weed the Racist Books, Libraries by Kelly Jensen. The story is about the banning of six Dr. Suess books.  From page 641 in Patterns for College Writing.” 

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