Thursday 2/28: Going to Dinner

1. Title
2. Page #
3. Pretend you and your character go to dinner together at a restaurant. Where would you go? Who would pay the bill?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
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Wednesday 2/27: Changing your character

1. Title
2. Page #
3. What are two or three things you would change about a character in your book?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(brought to you by Taylor)

Tuesday 2/26: Biome

1. Title
2. Page #
3. Pretend your story is now set in the biome you are studying. How would this change the story?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.

Monday 2/25: Space capsule

1. Title
2. Page #
3. Pretend your character gets trapped in a space bubble. What three items, that appeared in your reading today, will your character take with it/her/him?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
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Thursday 2/21: New words

1. Title
2. Page #
3. Find three words that are unfamiliar to you. Re-read the paragraphs that they are from in your book.  
4. Based on what you read, write a definition for each word in your own words (not from a dictionary - we want to hear your hypothesis). The definition should be a complete, grammatically correct sentence :-)
Example...
Homely - I think "homely" means someone who has a plain appearance.
(Brought to you by Theo :) 

Wednesday 2/20: Coma...

1. Title
2. Page #
3. If your character were to fall into a coma, what would have caused his/her/its injury? What do you think your character would dream about before she/it/he was revived?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(brought to you by Taylor)

Long Weekend 2/15-2/19: You must be able to do...

1. Title
2. Page #
3. Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "You must be able to do the thing you think you cannot do." Answer either a. or b.

     a. What has a character in your book done that, at first, she/he/it didn't think she/he/it could do?

     b. What do you think a character in your book should do that, right now, he/she/it doesn't think he/she/it can do?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
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Wednesday 2/13: Giving something up

1. Title
2. Page #
3. Lent is a period of 40 weekdays in some Christian traditions that is devoted to fasting (not eating certain things), abstinence (not participating in certain things), and penitence (remorse for your past conduct) in order to remember the value of what we do have.
4. If one of your characters were to participate in Lent, what would he/she/it give up for 40 days? Why?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
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Tuesday 2/12: An important event today...

1. Title
2. Page #
3. Describe the most important event or your favorite event that occurred during the 30 minutes that you read today.
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
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Weekend 2/8-10: First sentence

1. Your title
2. Your current page number
3. Type the first sentence of your book into the blog.
4. The first sentence of a book is a very important one. Why do you think your author chose this as the very first sentence?
5. Write 4-6 grammatically correct sentences.

Thursday 2/7 - no blog...see you at the poetry slam :-)

Wednesday 2/6: Trapped over night...

1. Title
2. Page #
3. Pretend your character gets trapped in the grocery store over night. What does she/he/it do?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(brought to you by Cody)

Tuesday 2/5: You as the main character

1. Title
2. Page #
3. If you were the main character in your book, how would things stay the same or be different?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(brought to you by Taylor)

Monday, 2/4: HOM

1. Title
2. Page #
3. How does a character in your book use the Habit of Mind, "Listening with understanding and empathy?"
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(We'll do yours tomorrow, Taylor :-)

Weekend 2/1-3: Desserts

1. Title
2. Page #
3. What do you think your main character's favorite dessert would be? Why?   
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
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