Thursday, March 11, 2010

CREATIVE WRITING


Sharing

• We finished sharing the Autobiographical Poems aloud, and we turned in our notes.

Warm-Up

• We talked about personification, and we took notes on page 56, then shared our answers.

Peer Conference

• We got our visualizing charts, and we traded with second drafts with a partner and had a peer conference.

Workshop

• We created a second draft of our Snapshot Poems after reviewing the rubric.
• We created a third draft of our Perfect Moment (as time allowed).

Revision and Portfolio

• We talked about page 80, got our folders, and continued trying to determine which pieces we will revise, and which will be in our portfolio.

Homework

• Portfolio

HACAW

Due

• Facebook Character Profile
• Proposal
• Two-page rough draft of short story

Peer Conference

• Short Story--Draft One

Characterization

• Character Reel--I passed it out, showed a model, then explained it.

With Me

• Have a Short Story Proposal Conference (and a Children's Story Conference, and a FB Profile Conference...)

Writing Workshop

• Character Reel
• Short Story--Draft Two
• I offered the Storyboard for people who needed/wanted.

Homework

• Have pages 1-4 of your story done for a peer conference tomorrow.