Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

(Late start due to fog)


CREATIVE WRITING


Organization

• I welcomed everyone to the first day of third term.
• Everyone picked up section one of the textbook.
• Everyone wrote at least one question about class, and I answered a few of them.

Writing Assignment

• We spent ten minutes writing Free Write #1--any topic.

Portfolio

• I talked about the importance of BEGINNING WITH THE END IN MIND.  To that end, I showed several portfolios, and then we spent about twenty minutes looking at various portfolios, and filling out page 8 in the book (Portfolio Viewing).
• We then talked as a class about how people went about creating their portfolios.

Homework (due by tardy bell tomorrow)

• Read the worksheet questions (reading strategy).
• Then read pages 4 and 5 in your book.
• Fill out the worksheet.

ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING

Organization

• I welcomed everyone to the first day of third term.
• Everyone picked up the first few sections of the text book.
• I handed out the syllabus, and I went over the BIG IDEAS for this class!
• I gave a broad overview of the activities we'll do.
• I asked everyone to write to me about why they signed up for the class, and what they want to do this term.

Writing Assignment

• I read three models for Writing Experiment #1--I Had the Weirdest Dream (p. 1).
• People typed for twenty minutes to create their poem.

Sharing

• We traded iBooks with at least two other people, so we could share the poems.
• Five people volunteered to read, and they read aloud.

Being Critical

• We talked about HOW to talk about poetry.  We started a list of common vocabulary we can use:  consonance, alliteration, rhyme, title, repetition, theme and imagery.

Silliness/Diction Practice

• We play Catchphrases for the last five minutes.

Homework

• None