Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Writing Lessons

Ø  Writing Lesson #1:          Avoid clichés!

Ø  Writing Lesson #2:          Use Precise Words.

Ø  Writing Lesson #3:          Use Vocabulary Variety.

Ø  Writing Lesson #4:          Revision

Ø  Writing Lesson #5:          Vocabulary-Building:  www.freerice.com

Ø  Writing Lesson #6:          Connotation versus Denotation

Welcome to Creative Writing!                          

Ø Tuesday, April 16th

When You Come In

1.      Please initial next to your name on the clipboard.

2.     Turn in your packet (dated 4/15/2013) if you did not do so yesterday, please.

3.     Please pick up a pink and a straw-colored handout.

Sharing

1.      Read us your favorite six-word memory (from the website), and tell us why you like.  (Round One)

2.     Read us the original six-word memoir you’re sharing, and we’ll give you claps.  (Round Two)

Class Discussion Question

Ø  How did DICTION affect your writing of your original six-word memoirs?

Ø  How will Free Rice practice help you use stronger diction when you write?

Writing Lesson #6:  Connotation versus Denotation

1.      Remember how we said some words are loaded, that they have baggage, that they have CONNOTATIONS that have to do with our own personal associations?

2.     Well, turn to page 22, to “Playing with Words”, then take a look at the examples I have on the big screen.  Do you see how people are basing their choices on the CONNOTATIONS of the words, instead of the DENOTATIONS?

3.     I’m going to give you five minutes to fill in as many words as you can.  You CAN USE any of the twenty words you listed for Death of Language.

4.     We’ll share out our best word from each category.

5.     Feel free to borrow!  Once you write them down, they’re yours to keep and use!  ;-)

Writing Experiment #8:  Autobio Poem

1.      Handout

2.     Start Time = 10:48-ish; End Time = 11:08-ish

3.     Can you show what you’re able to do with the following lessons?

4.     Share this with me at the end of our work time.

Ø  Writing Lesson #1:          Avoid clichés!

Ø  Writing Lesson #2:          Use Precise Words.

Ø  Writing Lesson #3:          Use Vocabulary Variety.

Ø  Writing Lesson #4:          Revision

Ø  Writing Lesson #5:          Vocabulary-Building:  www.freerice.com

Ø  Writing Lesson #6:          Connotation versus Denotation

IF you finish early = Diction Practice = Free Rice

1.      Make sure you’re playing in our class group!

2.     10,000 grains are due by classtime Friday.