National Day of Writing

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National Day of Writing

• The Sierra Vista Gallery
• Oct. 20, 2009

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Why write?

• You already do it ...
• You may write through text messages and IMs, use
  video cameras and cell phones, and, yes, even
  traditional pen and paper.
• Writing invites people in every walk of life, in
  every kind of work, and at every age to make
  meaning through composing.
• More and more people in all occupations deem
  writing as essential and influential in their
  work.

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Why celebrate writing?

• Students/people engage in a remarkable variety of
  writing every day.
• Writing is a foundational place in Americans'
  personal, professional, and civic lives. 
• Writing instruction and practice is important at
  every grade level, for every student and in every
  subject area from preschool through university.
• Learning to write and composing for different
  audiences, purposes, and occasions is a lifelong
  process.

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Why celebrate writing?

• Writing done by American people and others covers
  a wide scope and range.
• A full range of media can be utilized for
  composing. 
• Americans can enjoy writing and and learn from
  the writing of others.

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Celebrating at SV

• We have our own Gallery!
• Our Gallery will focus on connecting with
  literature (books and stories youve read inside
  and outside class)
• Theres no cookie-cutter way for which you have
  to respond

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Ideas

• All sorts of compositions will be accepted,
  including (but not limited to) electronic
  presentations, blog posts, documentary clips,
  poetry readings, how to directions, short
  stories, memos, audio and video clips.  

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The ONLY requirements

• Connection in some way to something youve read
• 50-250 words
• Your name, a title and the title of the work that
  inspired your writing
• Grammar, punctuation, spelling correctness

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HOW you do it is up to YOU!
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How youll be graded

• 10 points formatting and length of writing
  (50-250 words)
• 10 points focus/connection to the piece of
  literature
• 10 points conventions

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Examples of writing

• Blog/diary entry
• Poem
• How to directions
• Short story
• Memos
• Letter/e-mail

• Song/rap
• Autobiographical narrative
• Postcard from/to a character
• Brochure
• Two-chunk paragraph

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Want to see some samples?

• E-mail
• Tweet
• Poem
• Narrative

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Your next step

• Think of a book that made you think
• Did you identify with the character?
• Did you enjoy the setting?
• Was the genre your favorite?
• Decide what type of writing you enjoy most.

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Our schedule

• In-class writing 10/13, 10/14, 10/15, 10/16
• Computer lab for publishing 10/19 (must have an
  e-mail address)
• In-class celebrating 10/20 the National Day of
  Writing!