Welcome to Creative Writing!
Happy Tuesday! February 12, 2013
Homework
Due
1.
Please write “WE #10” next to “Creative
Writing” on your MLA format.
2.
Please put your homework face-down on
the podium.
Note:
Ø
I want to talk to you about
registration for next year (English classes).
Writing Lesson #7-Paragraphing
1. Beginning a New
Paragraph—page 40. Let’s read it aloud
together.
2. Now practice what you just
learned: put paragraphs into the excerpt
from John Green on page 40. Use the
paragraph symbol to show where there should be a paragraph.
3. If you finish before I
call time, please read the directions for the Musical Memory Journal on page
41. Thanks!
4. Compare your answers with a
partner, making changes if needed.
5. When you and your partner
finish your discussion, come get the author’s version of this excerpt. Look at the author's version of paragraph
breaks.
a. How are yours
similar? Why?
b. How are yours
different? Why?
6. Please hand the white copy
of Green’s version back to me now.
7. Keep page 40 in your book
for now. You will turn it in for a grade
on Monday. Thanks!
Writing
Assignment: Musical Memory (p. 41)
1.
Read the requirements at the top of
the page.
2. Read at least two of the
models in google drive:
a. Horak
b. Kimball
c. Lebsack
d. Lumberg
e. Recendez
3. Think about your song and
your memory.
4. Start typing!
5. You have thirty minutes to
type, the print.
6. Where you
can be (legally):
a. Google drive
b. Dictionary/snynonym
finder
c. Blog
d. Grooveshark or pandora
Collaborative Writing Assignment: Partner Dialogue Story
1. Make sure you appear in
my google drive class folder (on screen).
2. Review page 37 for the
grading criteria.
3. Refer to pages 32-6 for
guidance with editing correctly.
4. Open your story on google
doc, and continue and complete your story by end-of-class.
Homework
Ø None (unless you need to do more work on your Musical
Memory; if so, make sure you bring me a printed copy tomorrow at the beginning
of class.)
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