Friday, August 23rd, 2013

CREATIVE WRITING

Welcome to Creative Writing!

Ø  Friday, August 23rd, 2013

When You Come In

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

Vital Information About Class

Ø  REMINDER:  The Blog:  www.kdubzclasses.blogspot.com

Ø  REMINDER:  Always access freerice from my link on the blog, to remind yourself to play in our class group.

Organization

1.     Today we will all successfully sign in to our school domain g-mail—YAY!

2.    We will type and save our first assignment from there.

3.    We will also create folders called “Creative Writing 2013”, and one called “Portfolio.”

And now for a word about using your computer as a tool, versus using it as a toy….

Writing Experiment #1--Around the Block

1.     Writing Experiment

a.    It’s a first draft.

b.   Do your best work…

c.    …but don’t agonize over it.

d.   Work quickly!

e.    Type your guts out!

2.    Take a look at the requirements for this assignment.

Writing Experiment #1:  Around the Block

Imagine you’re walking down a block in your neighborhood.

1.     Write a poem in which you describe everything you see along the way, from puddles to pieces of trash, from lost gloves to chipped paint on the curb.

2.    Requirements— (Started at _______-Ending at ______)

3.    Use the five senses

a.    texture (how things feel)

b.   sight

c.    sound

d.   taste

e.    smell

4.   Break it into lines

5.    Do NOT rhyme.

6.    Spacing = up to you (EXCEPT MLA, which has to be doublespaced)

7.    Twenty lines at least (twenty minutes to work)

8.   Check out the models.

a.    Models are not perfect examples.

b.   Models are glimpses at how some people chose to approach this assignment.

9.    Editing Lesson

a.    MLA format for heading

b.   Required on everything you hand in this term.

10. Organization

a.    Sign into/Create your google account.

b.   We’re typing here today, and for most of the term, so get comfortable!

c.    Your assignment will save in google drive.  Make sure you name it as follows:  “Last Name—Around the Block”.

·      After Lunch--You have ten minutes left to type your first draft.

·      Look at the blog again to make sure you are meeting all the requirements for this poem.

·      If you finish early, directions are below.  Thank you!  J

When You Finish Typing Your Poem

1.     Do you have at least twenty lines?

2.    DO NOT PRINT!

You have until 1:30—thanks!

Once you finish typing your poem, go back and look at the following; make any changes to make your poem stronger:

Ø  Arrangement           (changing order of the lines)    

Ø  Alignment                 (…on the left? …centered?)

Ø  Spacing                      (..single?  …double?  What looks best?)         

Ø  Title                            (Does it add a dimension to the poem?)

Vocabulary-Building

·      We free-riced the last twenty minutes of the block.

Homework for Monday:  Donate at least 3,500 grains by classtime.

Howdy, College-Prep Reading!
Happy Friday, August 23rd, 2013

9:10-10:35

When You Come In
➢ Please initial next to your name on the clipboard.
➢ Find a partner for the vocab quiz.  We’ll eat pizza while we quiz—it will be magical!
Thanks!

Vocabulary-Building (2o minutes)
➢ Ninth-Grade Vocab Quiz in Pairs—oh yeah…. ☺
➢ One piece of notebook paper, two writers
➢ One person writes the vocab word, and one person writes the definition or synonym

Vocab Card Requirements   (30 minutes)
FRONT
➢ Word spelled correctly and neatly
➢ Part of speech underneath in parentheses

BACK
➢ Two synonyms you understand well OR a clear definition
➢ Picture to SHOW what word means

➢ In Your Journal  (Draw a line, then add to your previous entry.)
Strategy:  I used a reading strategy called phrasing, or chunking, where you break a long, complex sentence or paragraph into smaller, more manageable bits, to try to understand it better.

Journal Quote for Today’s Writing (ten minutes)
➢ The quote on the front of the book

Review:  How can we respond to a quote?
➢ Connect:Relate to it by making a connection to yourself.
➢ Question:  Ask a question(s).
➢ Comment:  Agree with it, in part or in whole.
➢ Comment:  Disagree with it, in part or in whole.
➢ Clarify:  Say what you think it means.
➢ Connect:  Relate to it by making a connection to something else you’ve seen or read.

For Monday:
1. Homework:  Finish vocab cards—you will turn them in at the start of class.
2. Loose End:  Turn in you and your partner’s vocab pre-quiz.
3. Starter:  We will start with a peer response to your LeGuin journal.        

Welcome, AP English Peeps!  J

·      Happy Friday, August 23rd, 2013

When You Come In

Ø  Please initial next to your name on the clipboard.

Ø  Please get out your journal response (Harvard article reaction) from yesterday.

Thanks!

In Your Journal (Draw a line, then add to your previous entry.)

Strategy:  I used a reading strategy called phrasing, or chunking, where you break a long, complex sentence or paragraph into smaller, more manageable bits, to try to understand it better.

Journal Quote for Today’s Writing (ten minutes)

Ø  The quote on the front of the book

Review:  How can we respond to a quote?

Ø  COMMENT:           Disagree (in part or in whole).

Ø  QUESTION:           Ask a question.

Ø  COMMENT:           Agree (in part or in whole).

Ø  LANGUAGE:          Respond to both the LITERAL and the FIGURATIVE meaning.

Ø  CONNECT:                        …to something in your own life or experience.

Ø  CONNECT:                        …to something else you’ve read or viewed.

Started:                       2:09                                      

Ending About:            2:19-ish                                     

Journal Response Explanation

1.      Share with a NEW person today.  Write your partner TWO specific comments, and aim for academic language in your writing.

a.     At least two detailed sentences

                                      i.     Agree.

                                    ii.     Tell him/her if the journal made you think of a new idea/or something you hadn’t considered.

                                   iii.     Add on to an idea he/she says.

                                   iv.     Compliment their vocabulary—diction!

                                    v.     Disagree, respectfully.  J

b.    Signed by you

2.     Make sure your name, date and “LeGuin Quote” are at the top of your paper.

Reading and Annotating:  “How to Mark a Book”

1.      Pair-Share your annotations with a new partner.

a.     What is DIFFERENT about your marginalia?

                                      i.     Agreed with him—different position than you

                                    ii.     Used more arrows—connected more

                                   iii.     Reminder note to self

b.    What is SIMILAR?

                                      i.     Underlined important stuff or meaningful?

                                    ii.     Both made comments about the paragraphs

2.     What have we used most from page 6?

a.     Comment when we agree.

b.    Rephrase.

c.     Summarize paragraphs.

d.    Underline…

e.     Ask ?s…

f.      # paragraphs

g.     “M” for metaphor

3.     What new, creative ways are we annotating (add to page 6).

a.     Bracket sentence instead of circle (neatness).

b.    Box main ideas, then in parentheses say what was said about it.

c.     Put “wow” next to things that blow my mind.

4.     Continue reading and annotating on your own—please and thank you!

Vocabulary-Building

Play free-rice when you finish your annotations.  J  Go to my blog for the link, then sign-in, then play your guts out!

·      You have until 3:10 to work.

Now

1.      Please e-mail me your “best level” on free rice.  We’ll use that as our baseline.

2.     Bag your computer, and find two other people to form a trio with.

3.     Make a little triangle of your desks, away from any other trios, and you will need a little privacy for top-secret vocab discussions. 

Homework for Monday

1.      Finish reading and annotating “How to Mark a book” (if needed).

2.     Donate at least 3,500 grains of rice.