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__Day 3__
 * Who Am I? Complete a writing activity that will inspire one to think about oneself. [[file:Who Am I - Writing activity to inspire thoughts about oneself.PDF]]


 * Writing an interesting beginning to your story [[file:Writing Beginnings and Endings of Stories.PDF]] We did this activity together and then wrote a sample beginning as a model of how their stories **//could//** start. [[file:Writing a beginning paragraph.notebook]]


 * The students began the writing process and spent ten minutes drafting an opening paragraph. After ten minutes, the students shared their paragraphs with the rest of the class. We made suggestions for enhancing their work. Changes were made to the paragraph with a marker, so that the student could compare the differences between the original work and the peer edited work.


 * Homework - Think of how the beginning of the story can "bridge" to the next event in the sequence. The word bridge is a synonym for transition.....