1. The kids got right to their writing, though some were looking somewhat haggard. We won’t set the deadline for the project for a short while to allow for time at home to work on developing it. It takes practice to easily find a way to let inspiration flow naturally and translate into the written word. Little things can sometimes get us very distracted, like Taron’s dilema of figuring out a good “bad guy’s name”. Chase added in a reference from Austin Powers that nobody sinister is ever named “Scott”. lol
2. I introduced them, as well, to the next upcoming assignment – to orally narrate a poem or song that fits our genre and subject. They’ll have to try to memorize it and practice delivering it. They’ll be given more information soon.

Extra: They got off track a bit and were talking about David Blaine. I promised to let them watch a video of him (or about him) if they continued working so carefully, but they lost their focus for the last ten minutes. Here’s a link so you can watch it on your own time.