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Creatober - Book Projects

Week 12: Song - Lines

NaNo Prep 

HW: Get ready to novel!

Happy Halloween!

I am considering myself lucky to write on Halloween. 

 Today started off differently than usual. When we first walked in Ms Nakada surprised us with candy, everyone got a piece! I then sat down, trying to get Emily's 100 Grand, (I didn't). Eli then went through the usual routine of asking me for a pencil. I gave him one, and then remembered Emily is reading her blog and choosing someone new. I knew that there was a slight possibility she would choose me, so I didn't take that much stuff out. We then wrote down the agenda and Emily got up to read her blog. She then of course chose me. I got up and went to the desk, ready to start writing my second blog of the year. Eli called me back and asked for colored pencils, I mean really Eli, get your own stuff. Ms. Nakada corrected Emily's blog and told us to start Creatober. 

Ms Nakada then asked Riley why she was in the wrong class on the NaNoWriMo website. After that was figured out, we did another unexpected thing. Today is full of surprises. We are doing a Creatober walk around. Everyone put their masterpieces out on the desk and walked around to see our classmates. My friends came and visited me at my desk, and Alejandro of course corrected a grammar mistake I had made. Ms Nakada told us she is going to put up a display of all of our Creatober. 

We then got out our notebooks, to write down week 12's song and lines.  I will admit that my multitasking skills in this area of typing while doing work is not great so let's see how this goes. Our song this week "The Story of My Life" By One Direction. A song that I know and notice that others know too from hearing people quietly humming and singing along. We talked about what the song is about, and how it is a passage of time in someones life and how it shifts depending on time, such as relationships.  Ms. Nakada told us about how this can also be used in novel writing. I have a feeling everything is gonna link back to NaNoWriMo this month. 

For lines this week we are talking about first lines in books. We talk about a book called 1984, and how the world in the book might be different than ours. Another first line we talk about is in the book Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews. How it is in third person, and even though it is simple it sets a tone. Ms. Nakada then told us to look up our favorite book and see what the first line is. People shared what first lines they liked in their favorite book. This of course linked back to our novel and how we should start our book, and how that is important. (Told you everything is gonna be about NaNoWriMo.) 

We flipped to our NaNoWriMo page in our English notebooks. We have to pick a model novel, and Otem asked what a good one is for his mystery, thriller, novel, but before we could pick a good one for him the bell suddenly rang. A minute early too! Everyone started to pack up and another surprise happened... Ms. Nakada let us go all in one group. 

I hope everyone had a good Halloween!