Monday, February 8, 2010

Monday, 2/8/2010

CREATIVE WRITING


Organization
  • We had a paper pass-back, and we logged things in to our folders.
  • I went over the Prompt Word Poem rubric, and I explained how to fill it out, then gave people time to do so.
  • We went over the Unit 2 overview as a class, just to see how we're going.
Writing Experiment
  • We wrote Free Write #2 for ten minutes--any topic.
Sharing
  • We traded-and-graded the Prompt Word Poem.
Writing Lesson
  • Paragraphing--we went over page 32 together, and then we each practice paragraphing with the text on page 33.  We shared our paragraphing with a partner, and then we looked at the original text to see how close we got to the twelve paragraph breaks.
Homework
  • None
HACAW

Organization
  • We passed back papers and did a folder log-in.
Writing Experiment
  • Free Write #1--we wrote for ten minutes about anything.
Writing Lesson
  • Oxymorons, Justaposition, and Apparent Contradictions--I handed out a page with definitions and examples on it, and we talked about WHY we are talking about oxymorons, and HOW we can use them in our writing.
Lesson Practice
  • We got with a partner to do Assignment #2 on page 57.
Writing Assignment
  • Continuing Stretching the Truth--everyone pulled out this memoir and work on it for about twenty minutes.  People who needed to sent it home so they could work on it tonight.
Sharing
  • I showed the PostSecret slideshow of our class's postcards--the postcards were really neat.  :-)  Y'all did a great job on them!
Homework
  • Continue Stretching the Truth at home as needed; workshop with little circle tomorrow; final draft due Wednesday

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