Building++a+Community+of+Writers


 * Building Our Community of Writers** ** (Our steps to developing a sense of **
 * belonging to a writing community) **

** Mrs. Hamill's Letter to You: **Read Mrs. Hamill's letter and notice how she uses the "Three C's" happening...Content, Craft, and Conventions to let you know about our year to come.



**Writing Journals (you will need two this year):** 1. Find a special composition notebook (journal) and decorate it to reflect your personal interests, hobbies, talents.

2. Follow these organizational steps to set up your composition notebook/journal.

3. Quickwriting Territories: Follow these quickwriting rules to create a list of all the important territories (topics) in your life. Fill a page with all your interests from family members and friends, to favorite music, to best football plays, to vacations you have taken. A territory can be anything that's important to you...list them all. 4. Personal Adjectives Project: To start our exploration of language, each student will collect copious amounts of adjectives describing their positive qualities, use the words to create a visual representation, and finally write an essay to help classmates and myself get to know each other better. (see details). Adjectives Project Timeline

**Setting your Personal Writing Goals:** Use this Google Doc to choose the best goals for your own personal growth as a writer

**Creating Your Own e-Portfolio:** Go to your Google Docs and click on the SITES tab...search for Hamill e-Portfolio and use the template to create your own personalize site. Link it to the Student e-Portfolio page of this wiki **Other ideas that add to our community:**
 * 1) Find friends who also want to write.
 * 2) Make a list of all the interests your group have in common, and create "Interest Journals" to share every week.
 * 3) Post the writing you are most proud of and label the cool things you did to create it.
 * 4) Invite professional writers in to tell you their secrets.
 * 5) Study other authors who can't visit you....let them share their techniques through the print on their pages.
 * 6) Participate in Symphony Sharing and Popcorn Sharing when ever there is a free moment in class.