Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

ACW


Procedurals/Organization

• We reviewed what the MLA format looks like for heading.
• We created a folder on our Student Volume called "ACW", dedicated for the work we do in class this term.

Writing Experiment #1--I Had the Weirdest Dream

• I read two more models for this assignment from page 1, and then we typed for twenty-five minutes.
• We saved them in the class folder, as well as our own, and then we read them aloud.
• Everyone received two to four comments of feedback.  
• We will finish reading these aloud tomorrow.

Poetry

• We talked about "poetic" terms we could use when commenting on each other's work.  I started a list on the Big Screen, which I will copy for everyone, once we add more to it.

Brain Pain--Where in the Whirled?

• We created a section in our binder for Brain Pain notes.
• We spent five minutes brainstorming, then five minutes sharing our pain.

Homework

• None

CREATIVE WRITING


Due

• Worksheet over pages 4-5

Procedurals

• I went over MLA format for heading.
• We created a folder in our Student Volume called "Creative Writing", dedicated for the work we do this term.

Writing Experiment #2--Around the Block

• I explained the requirements for this assignment, and then I read several models.
• We took twenty minutes to type, tweak, save and print theses pieces.
• We got in trios, and we read two other people's poems, and we wrote two positive comments on each, then signed them.

Writing Lesson

• We talked about what clichés are, and why we shouldn't use them in our writing (p. 8).
• We spent some time creating anti-clichés, and we shared a few.
• We will finish these tomorrow.

Homework

• None

MODERN PROSE

Organizational What-Not

• Everyone picked up a pink daily reading log, and I went over the procedure for filling them out every day.
• Everyone picked up a yellow Reading Record, filled them out with their first book, then brought them back to me for a quick chat.

Reading

• We read for about sixty-five minutes.