Welcome to Creative Writing!
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Happy
Friday!—May 3rd, 2013 J
When You Come In
1. Sign in on the clipboard, please!
2. Get your blue title worksheet off the heater, please.
3. Get out a sheet of notebook paper for Free Write #4.
4. Get out page 11 for writing ideas.
Free Write #4 (10 minutes)
1. Write for ten minutes
in any format, over any topic.
2. Use page 11, if you
need help getting ideas.
3. If you run out of
steam on one idea, draw a line, and start a new one.
4. Keep writing
constantly—do not sit and think (or space off, but tell yourself you’re
thinking).
5. Start @ 9:56 – 10:07-ish
Writing Lesson #9: Making Strong Titles
1.
Re-read our tips: page 51.
2.
Discuss our strong and weak examples: page 52.
a.
Why are some interesting and strong?
b.
Why are others cliché, boring, or weak?
3.
Review Stronger Titles
on google.
4.
Draw ______
numbers. Make two specific, academic comments about what is making
that title stronger. (Use what we
just talked about from pages 52-3, as well as your own brain power!)
5. NOW: Please recycle your little numbers in the
blue recycle bin.
6.
When you finish, make sure you have done the
following:
a.
Read the comments your four people gave you.
b.
Re-title your actual pieces on google drive
(if you didn’t do this on Monday)
c.
Pull up each piece you’ve written this term,
and give that piece a strong title. (Do
this until I stop you.)
7.
Me: put points in the
gradebook for re-titling and for commenting.
(2nd) U of I Writing Buddies
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Look
at the prompt for May 9th, and unpack it.
(2nd) Sharing Activity #2
1.
Read
Autobio poems aloud
2.
Look
(at the screen), Lean, and Listen!
3.
Fill
out your listening sheet as we go.
4.
We’ll
give four comments per poem after the writer reads.
Homework
1.
20,000
grains of rice for Monday
2.
Movie
Poem Prompt (U of I Writing Project; all info in google drive class folder)
Fourth Block Plan
Welcome to Creative Writing!
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Happy
Friday!—May 3rd, 2013 J
When You Come In
1. Sign in on the clipboard, please!
2. Get your blue title worksheet off the heater, please.
3. Get out a sheet of notebook paper for Free Write #4.
4. Get out page 11 for writing ideas.
Free Write
#4 (10
minutes)
1. Write for ten minutes
in any format, over any topic.
2. Use page 11, if you
need help getting ideas.
3. If you run out of
steam on one idea, draw a line, and start a new one.
4. Keep writing
constantly—do not sit and think (or space off, but tell yourself you’re
thinking).
5. Start @ 1:24; ending
at 1:34-ish
Writing Lesson #9: Making Strong Titles
1.
Re-read our tips: page 51.
2.
Discuss our strong and weak examples: page 52.
a.
Why are some interesting and strong?
b.
Why are others cliché, boring, or weak?
3.
Review Stronger Titles
on google.
4.
Draw ______
numbers. Make two specific, academic comments about what is making
that title stronger. (Use what we
just talked about from pages 52-3, as well as your own brain power!)
5. NOW: Please recycle your little numbers in the
blue recycle bin.
6.
When you finish, make sure you have done the following:
a.
Read the comments your four people gave you.
b.
Re-title your actual pieces on google drive
(if you didn’t do this on Monday)
c.
Pull up each piece you’ve written this term,
and give that piece a strong title. (Do
this until I stop you.)
7.
Me: put points in the
gradebook for re-titling and for commenting.
Writing Experiment #12:
Ghosts, Monsters and Bullies (poem)
What
did you fear when you were young?
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Spiders?
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The
dark?
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Zombies?
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The
vacuum?
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Clowns?
Tell
me one thing you remember fearing when you were young:
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Death
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The
dark
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Thunder
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Snakes
(2)
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Monsters
in the Closet
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Monsters
under the Bed
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Clowns
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The
Re-Dead from “Zelda”
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Spiders
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Storms
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Sleeping
in the Dark
ASSIGNMENT:
1.
Write
a poem about one of your childhood fears.
2.
Type
a poem that tells a story about a time you were afraid as a child.
3.
Name
it “Your Last Name—WE#12--Childhood Fear Poem”
4.
Use
MLA format for heading.
5.
Try
to get at least twenty lines.
6.
Use
your pink sheet for help with diction!
This
poem will be read by ONE other person in this room.
Work
Time = scant 20 minutes
Starting
@
* *
* *
Here's
a model I read in class today:
Boogey-Man
I
lay in bed
Grip
the covers tight
I
stare at the closet
Waiting
for the door to open
He
will come out
Snatch
me away
So
I will never see my family again
He
hides in the shadows, the dark and the night
Waiting
to frighten me.
I
ease off to sleep
The
closet door moves
Out
he comes
Fang
teeth, furry body, sharp claws
I
scream
Mom
runs down to comfort me
Telling
me it’s just a dream
The
closet door closes
But
mom can’t see
He
will be back tomorrow night
Back
to scare me.
Kodey
S.
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