CREATIVE WRITING
When You Come In
1. Please sign in.
2. Grab your manila folder.
3. Pass back papers to yourselves—there are billions! J
4. Remain calm, and do a folder log-in.
Mid-Term Preparation and Reflection
1. Yellow handout
2. Grade printout
3. One piece you want your parents to read at conferences
4. Staple your mid-term packet as follows:
a. Yellow reflection (on top)
b. Grade printout—pink (in middle)
c. The piece my parents can read (on bottom)
Sharing
· Small sharing groups—expectations (overhead)
· Preparation (yellow handout)
· Group assignments
Housekeeping
1. Check your grade printouts—some of you did not turn in a PRINTED copy of your Partner Dialogue Story—therefore, you have a “zero” for that grade. PRINT IT NOW, and hand it to me, if you still want points.
2. Check your grade printouts—some of you did not turn in a PRINTED copy of your WE#8, Ghosts, Monsters and Bullies. PRINT IT NOW, and hand it to me, if you still want points.
3. Joni E. (1st) needs a partner for the Prompt Word Poem Trade and Grade. Is there anyone in fourth block who needs to do this?
4. Missing Class Poem #1: Brittany S. (1st), Sydney A. (1st)
Friday’s In-Class Writing Assignment: Musical Memory Journal (p. 47)
Homework for Tuesday: Journal #5
· at least one and half typed pages
· any topic of your choosing
· Make sure you paragraph! J Follow the structural and stylistic rules.
End of Block
1. Fill out the BOTTOM half of your yellow small group prep sheet.
2. Put your yellow small group prep sheet in the drawer.
3. Put your manila folder on the front circle table.
4. Hand me your mid-term reflection packet AS YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR at 9:36. Have a great Thursday, or a great weekend, if you won’t be here tomorrow.
ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING
Organization
1. Folder log-in
a. Grab your folder, and pass back papers to each other.
b. Log in any new items.
c. Read over comments you’ve received.
2. Mid-Term Self-Evaluation
a. Grab an orange handout.
b. Fill this out, please.
3. One piece to share with parents at conference
a. Select ONE piece you won’t mind me sharing with your parents at conference.
4. Grade sheets
· Staple your mid-term packet as follows:
a. Orange reflection (on top)
b. Blue grade printout (in middle)
c. The piece my parents can read (on bottom)
· I will take it as you leave at 1:16 today!
· Keep your folder at your desk as well! Please and thank you!
Brain Pain! L
· God Threw the Tip of the Dog in the Pit
God Threw the Tip of the Dog in the Pit
· In the next five-ish minutes, brainstorm as many pairs of words as you can in which one word spelled backward makes the other word. What’s the longest pair of words you can come up with?
· Examples
· tip--pit god—dog
· strap—parts star—rats
· pots—stop step—pets
· sub—bus stoop—poots
· live—evil emit—time
· ward—draw
Sharing
· …of Valentine Poems (your choice if you share or not)
Revision Workshop
Thing #1: Mid-Term
· Print a clean copy of the piece you want your folks to read at PT conferences.
Thing #2: Photo Memory
1. Re-read your memoir.
2. Re-read your conferencer’s comments.
3. Re-read the rubric I’m using to grade this assignment (your targets).
4. Revise, making at least ten changes.
5. Print a paper copy.
6. Staple a new rubric on top.
7. Staple the original and the peer conference on bottom.
Thing #3: Saying It Without Saying “It” Poem—Final Draft
1. Re-read your poem
2. Re-read your conferencers’ comments.
3. Re-read the rubric I’m using to grade this assignment (your targets).
4. Revise, making at least ten changes.
5. Print a paper copy.
6. Staple a new rubric on top.
7. Staple the original and the peer conference on bottom.
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