Exploring My Favorite Hobby - Drumming Delights and Music Mysteries

1. COMMUNICATION

2. Rubrics • Final grade of 2nd draft

5. Assignment • At least 10 sentences • Topic: My favorite hobby When do you do it? Where do you do it? How?

6. My favorite hobby is playing drums. I love it! I spend a lot of my free time playing drums. I play them every afternoon. I play the drums in my basement. I play very loude. My grandma bouht me my drums. I learned to play drums when I was 9 years old. I played in my school’s band.

7. My hobby favorite is play video games, I like it play them. I play video games every day, I play video games in my house. At nite play most. My mom is mad. Do you want to play with me?

8. My hobby favorita is listen music. I listen muzic every day. Justin Beiber I no like. Why is so populer? His hair like my dad. That is mi paragraph.

9. Publishing Someone besides the teacher reading the students work

10. Publishing • Put papers around room • Make a book of students’ stories • Author’s chair • Read around • Publish on a website • Send a letter • Class newspaper or newsletter

11. Types of writing • Narrative • Personal Narrative(nonfiction) • Short Story(fiction) • ion) • Descriptive • Describing an experience(flikr) • The five senses • Expository • Newspaper writing • Personal Ads • Biography • How to…. • Persuasive • Letter to the editor • Arguing one side of a topic

12. Types of Expository Writing • Newspaper & Magazine Articles • Historical Accounts • Non-Fiction Narratives • Journal Articles • Studies • Biographies • Text Books • Essays • Notes • Reports • Term Papers • Pamphlets • Editorials • Travelogues • Diaries • Brochures • Flyers • Use and Care Manuals • Policy and Procedure Manuals • "How To" Books • Book Reports • Web Pages • Blogs • Ads • Formal Speeches • Abstracts • Memoirs

16. Websites • Newspaper Generator • for a newspaper article • for a personal ad • http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp • http://www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/newspaper-generator.html • Diary Entry • Oh Life! • The future you http://www.futureme.org/ • FacebookBiography • http://historytech.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/tip-of-the-week-creating-a-blank-facebook-template/

18. PERSONAL AD

20. Now it’s your turn. Use the following questions as a guide to interview your partner. Then write a personal ad for them. Don’t forget to give the ad a title. • 1. What three adjectives would you use to describe your physical appearance? • 2. What three adjectives would you use to describe your personality? • 3. What are your hobbies and interests? • 4. What physical characteristics are you looking for in an ideal mate? • 5. What five personality traits are most important to you in an ideal mate? • 6. (Create one question of your own.)

23. Hey Lisa, how is your class?

24. Future workshops/class help • You can suggest future workshop topics as you get into the writing(stumbling blocks, etc.) • You can ask that I go in to your class to do a specific lesson as a demonstration • To observe you • Work on a project • Possible ideas for workshops with writing: • Dialogue writing • Paragraph Writing • Creative writing assignments while teaching literature(reading)