NaNoWriMo!!!

I'm excited to announce that nineteen student writers have signed up to participate in National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as NaNoWriMo.  This means that these students have pledged to try and write anywhere from thirty to three-hundred pages of a novel before the end of November.  The excitement has already begun, as many students have gotten a jump start on their novels.  Some have already reached ten percent of their goal!

Students track their progress with stickers on a poster in our classroom.  Tomorrow, all participating students will be given buttons that announce their participation.  (This year's buttons read "Imagination Activated.")  Also, there are incentives for reaching different page-count goals.  Plus, we'll hold an informal Novelist Group every Wednesday during the month of November to discuss what everyone's working on and to share some pages.
In addition, there are many great resources through NaNoWriMo's Young Writer's Program.