Welcome to Creative Writing!
Monday, October 29, 2012
Day One
When You
Come In
1.
Please initial next to your name on the clipboard.
2.
Find your desk with your name sticky note on it.
3.
Get out a blank piece of paper and a writing utensil.
Free
Write #1
1.
Write for the full ten minutes, without stopping.
2.
Talk about any topic of your choosing.
3.
Who will read this?
4.
How will I grade this?
Procedures
·
How to turn in an assignment for class
Organization
·
Grab the first couple of chapters of your textbook.
·
Put them into a small three-ring binder.
Trust
·
...the cornerstone of this class.
Begin
with the End in Mind
· Portfolio Viewing--Slideshow!
· Fill out page 27 as we go!
Survival
Tips
· Tips from last term's class—pages 4-5
o
Work on them for five minutes
alone.
o Pair share to complete
all the spaces in the third column.
o
Discuss as a class.
Procedures--In
Training
•
Partners—how and why
If
Time Allows
· Earthbook reading
· (seven minutes in 1st block; no time in 2nd block; will continue rest
of week)
Homework
·
None—enjoy it! You’ll be getting approximately a
billion homework assignments for the rest of the term! So live it up
tonight!
ading for College
When You
Come In
1.
Please find your seat—with your
sticky note on it.
2.
Please initial next to your name on
the clipboard.
Thanks!
In Your
Journal
“The process of
reading is not a half-sleep,
but, in highest sense, an exercise, a gymnast’s
struggle;
that the reader is
to do something for himself,
must be on the
alert,
must himself or
herself construct indeed the poem,
argument,
history,
metaphysical essay—
the text furnishing
the hints,
the clue,
the start or
frame-work.” --Walt Whitman
Started: 11:33
Ending About: 11:42-ish
Journal Response Explanation
1.
Some days, you will share (with a different person each
week, until you’ve talked to everyone) any or all of the following:
a.
The most meaningful thing you learned
b.
a
connection you made
c.
questions
you have
d.
something
that bothers you
e.
anything
else you want to discuss
2.
After we trade journals, read, and discuss, write a note
to the writer.
a.
At least two detailed sentences
b.
Signed by you
3.
Make sure your name,
date and “Walt Whitman Reading Quote” are at the top of your paper.
4.
USUALLY, every Friday, you will select ONE journal entry
you want me to read—more about that next Friday!
5. Today, I would like you to turn this in to the drawer so I can read it
and your comment.
Vocabulary
- I started on some of the tone words, since we were unable to get online for a while.
Big Picture
Post a sticky note that tells the class THREE things you
want out of this class: http://www.stixy.com/guest/235149
Or go to my blog, and click on the link! J
www.kdubzclasses.blogspot.com
· Let’s talk about
these! What are our individual hopes for class? What are our
collective goals?
Reading
“How to Mark a
Book”
1.
Think as you read. How do you
SHOW your thinking? Annotations! J I’ve made big margins for you to WRITE IN.
2.
I’ll read the first three paragraphs
aloud, and then we’ll share what annotations we’re making.
3.
Continue reading and annotating on
your own.
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