Welcome to
Creative Writing!
11/19/2012--Day
Sixteen
Happy Monday!
When You Come In
1. Please sign in.
2.
Quiet reflection and reading time, first ten minutes of
block for the following:
a.
Please pick up a self-assessment form
for your Death of Language assignment.
b.
Fill the form out completely and
thoughtfully.
c.
Staple it on top of your Death of
Language.
d.
Put that bad boy in the drawer!
3. Get out your Vocabulary Variety sheet, and find as many PAIRS as
you can of words that are synonyms, but that create different images in your
mind.
a. Examples: Dart and dash
b. Sky blue and aqua blue
c. Creep and sneak
4. List them on your notebook paper.
Writing Lesson: Diction
1. Give me a pair of
words off there that are synonyms, but create different images in your mind.
a. Sweet and sugary
b. Crowded and cluttered
c. Tumult and pandemonium
d. Flashy and sparkling
e. Sprint and streak
f. Oily and buttery
g. Fly and sail
2. What is diction?
3. Why is it important?
4. “Overweight” (loaded
word)—spectrum from positive to negative
5. Connotation versus Denotation—“Booger” Discussion
Writing Lesson Practice, Activity 1
What Are You Suggesting?
(p. 23) with a
partner (about fifteen minutes)
Reminders
1. Be appropriate and kind.
2. We’ll share out with the
whole class.
MORE POSITIVE
MORE NEGATIVE
Brilliant
examples from class:
1.
Aged old
2.
Promiscuous skanky
3.
Popular preppy
4.
Petite Tiny
5.
Unique goofy
6.
White pasty
7.
Arrogant stuck-up
8.
Smooth soft
9.
Class swag
10.
Sandy gritty
11.
Wet damp
12.
Amazing very
good
13.
Intelligent smart
14.
Exciting fun
15.
Patriot soldier
Last Ten Minutes Of Class (On Your MacBook)
1. Continuation of Writing Assignment from Friday
a. Open up your list of good and bad.
b. Remember, think small, and think big. Don’t rule anything out!
c.
Now
start a new list called “Things I’m Grateful For”. (See “b”.)
d. Do not print or share this.
We’ll come back to it tomorrow.
2. Type your BEST six-word memoir on the spreadsheet in our class
folder. This will be shared aloud with
the class, so choose carefully.
College-Prep Reading
Day 16
November 19, 2012
When You
Come In
1. Please sign in on the clipboard.
2. Please write your name on the BACK of your Myth Barbie, and drop
it in the drawer. Clay will scan them,
and we will view them tomorrow in class.
3. Circle up your desks for discussion.
1.
Big Picture/Foundational Reading--Professor Foster:
Introduction—“How’d He Do That?”
a. Let’s talk about your annotations.
b. What are the big ideas?
c. How does what you read apply to your study of mythology over the
past week?
2. What is a Myth? (p. 2)
3. Influences Today (pages 5-6)
Ways We Use Greek Words Today
4.
Let’s talk about pages 5-6
a.
Where have you heard these
before?
i. Literature
ii. Advertising
iii. Movies
5.
Why do we still use these
terms?
Finish Myth Beast
powerpoints.
Greek Myth Flashcards
1. Make one for each of your first three figures:
a. Facebook
b. Barbie
c. Myth Beast
2. Front of Card
a. Name of Figure
b. Symbol/Picture
3. Back of Card
a. Three vital facts
b. Two relationships/connections
NOTE: Make them ACCURATE, simple, and clear! People are going to have to copy YOUR CARD,
and we want to convey the information quickly and easily.
Homework
MYTH CONNECTIONS!
MYTH CONNECTIONS!
It’s
on the wiki!
Reviewing
all your study of Greek Mythology over the past week, answer all the questions
on the wiki in a post by 11:20 Tuesday (class time).
http://ourap.wikispaces.com/message/view/home/58466124
http://ourap.wikispaces.com/message/view/home/58466124
Thanks!
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