8th+Creative+Writing

Welcome to our class!

**__Supplies for Creative Writing__**: a notebook (composition book or spiral notebook) just for this class either a 3 ring binder or an accordion file to keep your handouts a flash drive or access to GoogleDocs your imagination :)

Join our Padlet discussion about The Book Thief: http://padlet.com/meganmenard/jirfidmxh8zx

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 * The Book Thief Movie Trailer **




 * Reading Schedule **


 * Day of the Week || Date || Class & Homework || Pages ||
 * Tuesday || 3/8/16 || 23 pages || 3-26 ||
 * Thursday || 3/10/16 || 35 pages || 27-62 ||
 * All week || Spring Break || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">50 pages || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">63-113 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">Monday || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">3/21/16 || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">50 pages || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">113-163 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">Wednesday || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">3/23/16 || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">50 pages || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">114-164 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">Friday || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">3/25/16 || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">50 pages || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">164-214 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">Tuesday || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">3/29/16 || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">50 pages || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">214-264 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">Thursday || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">3/31/16 || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">50 pages || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">264-314 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">All week || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">Week of CMAS Math || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">100 pages || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">314-414 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">Monday || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">4/4/16 || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">20 pages || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">414-434 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">Wednesday || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">4/6/16 || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">50 pages || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">434-484 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">All week || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">Week of CMAS Literacy || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">66 pages || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">484-550 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">Tuesday || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">4/19/16 || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">Watch //The Book Thief// || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">- ||
 * <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">Thursday || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">4/21/16 || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">Watch //The Book Thief// || <span style="font-family: Candara,sans-serif;">- ||


 * Revising the Short Story - Narrative Writing **


 * Dialogue Documents **

Are you interested in entering a short story contest? Here is the information for the 8th annual Rocky Mountain PBS StoryMakers Contest for middle school students. The winners get to attend a very special all-day event with their families.

The link for contest details is: http://www.rmpbs.org/storymakers/. Paste the link in a new search to access the website.

If you visit the website, you will find a scoring rubric and links to read the winning stories from last year.

Here are the rules and information about the deadline: