1. Do Now: Get your writing notebook & write down three “New Year’s Resolutions”

3.  Think about a memory and write EVERY detail you can remember. Use figurative and descriptive language.  You may write about: -A specific event that happened to you. -A specific aspect of your life (for example, your relationship with your father, your travel through Asia, your struggle to overcome a phobia). -A particular time period of your life. -The impact on your own life of an outside event (for example, a war, an economic crisis, your parents' divorce.)