Congratulations, NaNoWriMo Winners!

November was a crazy month!  Students worked on the National Novel Writing Month project, and most reached the 15,000 word count goal, and wrote their first novel in only one month!  Big congratulations go out to Alex, Ben, Bethany, Charli, Des, Emily, India (the first one to win!), Maxwell, Noah, and SJ for winning this year!

We will be working on our novels throughout the rest of the year, in conjunction with our other classroom projects, so this isn't the last you've heard about NaNoWriMo!


Items Due Today: Prong folder with student's name and novel title.

Due Next Class: Independent Study Novel Summary Charts.  10% if not submitted tomorrow.

Due Tuesday, 12/13: Vocab squares for the following words: pious, scrupulous, attrition, edification, ablution, elocution, writhe, pedestrian, carrion, pinion, kismet, deploy, cavlier, egg (verb), mete, nullify.  Use the Quizlet to help.

Yesterday's Bellringer: In your notebook, respond to the following prompt:

• Your story is going to be about a motorcycle.  It takes place in the present day but also includes a few flashbacks.  Keep your flashbacks brief, vivid, and in narrative form.  Return to your regular story as quickly as possible after you make your point, give your story some necessary history, or provide your character with some depth.
  
• Start with: "The sound of the..."
  
• One-third of the way through, click on the Random Plot Twist generator, and incorporate the 4th item on the list somehow into your story.
  
• About two-thirds of the way through, refresh the Random Plot Twist generator, and incorporate the 8th item on the list.
  

What we did today: Shared out "The Motorcycle" prompt; received new vocab list and assignment.

What we did yesterday: "The Motorcycle" prompt (described above); scheduled 2017-2018 with Mrs. Mink, freshman counselor.

Skills: Creativity; independent thought; grammar and syntax; plot structure.

ELA Common Core Standards covered:

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3.a
  Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events.
  
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3.b Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
  
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3.c Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
  
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3.d Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
  
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3.e Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.