Thursday, November 3rd, 2011--OUT OF ORDER!

CREATIVE WRITING

When You Come In

1.      Put your homework (worksheet over pages 4-5) in the drawer, please.

2.     Please sign in.

3.     Please get an iBook, and sign on to your google docs.

Writing Lesson Review

·      What are clichés?

·      Why are they evil?

Writing Experiment

1.      Earliest Childhood Memory (3, 4, 5, 6)--I share an early memory with the class, and we talk about it.

2.     You brainstorm a list of at least five possible early memories.

3.     You pair-share with a partner—chat about your ideas, ask each other questions, talk it out….

4.     Now you type your earliest memory--one paragraph (ten-ish minutes). 

5.     Fifteen-ish minutes

When you finish your paragraph, ask yourself these questions, and type a list that answers them:

1.      What colors can I add?

2.     What textures did I feel?

3.     What sounds did I hear?

4.     What’s my overall feeling about this memory? 

5.     Did I learn something from it? 

6.    Do I like remembering it? 

After you write your six answers, go back to your paragraph(s), and add any details you need to, based on your answers.

Super-Important Issue

·      Vocabulary Variety

Turn Your Paragraph Into a Poem (Ten minutes)

1.      Remember my paragraph?

2.     Now look at how I turned it into a poem.

3.     Now you do the same!  J

And Finally….

·      This will be saved in google docs.

·      Do you remember how to print?

·      Do you remember how to print front/back?

·      Do you remember where to print?

Writing Lesson

·      Get your homework worksheet back, and let’s quickly check it.

·      It’s punched, so put it in your binder between pages 4 and 5.

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