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NaNoWriMo Day 19

Week 15: Song

Writer's workshop 

HW NaNoWriMo 63% 6,300 - 12,667 words.

We started our day by walking inside the classroom and Ms. Nakada greeting us with a smile as always. I went to my seat and pulled out my things. While I was showing George my word count on my NaNoWriMo I looked up slightly just to see that Stuart apparently had been fighting with the air for a while. George said he was fighting his demons which was wonderful. Then, Asal and Aidan walked up to the front of the class to read their blog. At the end, they said that they had chosen Kate, so I went up with her to help her. When we got there, I set my stuff on the table and wrote what the song was in my notebook. It was "The End Of The World as We Know It" by R.E.M. When I finished doing that, I asked Ms. Nakada if she could put the blog on my computer so I could start writing something. Nothing was really happening at that moment other than Ms. Nakada asking something to someone in the back that I couldn't quite hear. 

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I was busy writing my novel when Valentina handed me the Chromebook. I closed mine and made a remark on her word count being 6767. Then, Ms. Nakada instructed us to start writing in our English notebook. I asked Ms. Nakada for an old friends' scissors back, and she said that a parent can get them back. I thought that the name "Ezra Scissor hands" was a clever nickname she made. She started telling us about R.E.M. (rapid eye movement), and how when you're in the R.E.M. state of sleep, its supposed to be the best sleep you'll get in a while.. The question, quote, and song are all about endings. This is referring to how our NaNo WriMo is starting to come to an end.

When we were talking about the song of the week, Ms. Nakada asked us what it was about. It was about the guys singing the song not thinking that the end of the world is that big of a deal. Ms. Nakada then started talking about how for some people it already was being the end of the world, the example she gave us was Sodapop from The Outsiders, she asked us what was happening with him but no one could really answer. So she read that part of the book, and explained what was happening there. We wrote our notes and Ms. Nakada gave us a 5 minute writing session. 

Ms. Nakada said that we have five minutes for writer's workshop, and whoever gets 200 words in, they get a piece of candy. Then, we all packed up and left for lunch.