Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Spotlight on: Stephen King

Love/Anti-Love poem exercise.

This morning we will begin reading Stephen King's writing memoir: On Writing (2002), but before we do that, please watch the following short video interview with the author.

Stephen King on Writing (short interview)

Let's dive into the book. Please complete the packet by the time we return from Feb. break (2/22). As you read, please continue to annotate or highlight important of interesting passages, lines, or words.

After reading today, please move back to the lab. In the lab take a look here for Stephen King's official website. You can find information about the author and his books there.

Some tips about writing by Stephen King.

With the rest of the time today, please fill your time doing one or more of the following:
  • Write on your blog
  • Read your homework (On Writing by Stephen King)
  • Read a peer's blog and leave a response/comment
  • Write or continue to write--use your time in the lab to further a project or writing assignment
HOMEWORK: Have a nice break! Complete On Writing and continue to annotate and work on your writing. Be prepared for a quiz on King's memoir when we return from break on 2/22.

2 comments:

Raina Aubrey said...

I commented this on an older post but here it is again:
http://dilemmasohmy.blogspot.com/

James Talada said...

Sorry I couldn't make it in today, Mr. Craddock, but I do have On Writing here in both paperback and hardcover! Quite a coincidence, eh? I'll re-read them over break.

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