. Welcome to Creative Writing!
Ø
Tuesday,
October 1st, 2013
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Writing
Buddies Confirmed Thursdays = 10th and 17th—please be
here!
When
You Come In
1.
Please
initial next to your name on the clipboard.
2.
Please
start working to finish your Autobio poem Final Draft AND fill out the yellow
rubric thoughtfully—you only have ten minutes. (11:20-11:30)
Reminder: The only acceptable places to be on your computer
today are as follows:
1. The blog
2. The sites/links on the
blog
3. An online dictionary or
synonym finder
4. Google drive
5. Pandora/Groove
Shark/iTunes, for a few seconds—not a million!
If LAN School tells me your any place else, you will receive zeros for
all assignments today.
Vocabulary
Practice: Quizlet Poetry Terms
1.
Our vocab list for this week is the
Poetry Terms.
2.
I’ve made you a quizlet stack to use
all week:
3.
This will replace freerice for this
week. Instead of doing free rice, do the
quizlet.
4.
The poetry terms quiz is Tuesday, over
all thirty-seven terms.
Revision: I Am a Russian Tailor
(handout)
Collaborative
Writing—Partner Dialogue Story (Twenty
minutes)
1.
Review
the grading criteria on page 13 with me now.
2.
Review
the pages for HOW to correctly edit dialogue.
3.
Finish
your partner dialogue story.
Google Drive Hint from
Mr. Passi:
Ø Just highlight the word; then press command + Shift + y,
and you will have a pop-up screen with the word definition. I thought students
might find this feature useful.
When You Finish Your Partner Dialogue Story—Poetry Vocab
Practice--Quizlet (twenty minutes)
Hello, AP!
Tuesday, October 1st,
2013
When
You Come In
1.
Please
sign in.
2.
Get
your journal, and read my comments on the google doc IF your name is here:
a.
Sam
b.
Jio
c.
Erika
d.
Gracey—re-do
e.
Amber—put
your reflection in your personal folder, please.
Vocabulary
Practice: Quizlet Poetry Terms
1.
Our vocab list for this week is the
Poetry Terms.
2.
I’ve made you a quizlet stack to use
all week:
3.
This will replace freerice for this
week. Instead of doing free rice, do the
quizlet.
4.
The poetry terms quiz is Tuesday, over
all thirty-seven terms.
5.
Join our class now, please.
6.
Bag your computers, and tuck them
away.
Figurative
Language Warm-Up
Ø
Open up to the next clean page in your
journal.
Ø Date and title each
journal entry, every time.
Alliteration
#1
1.
Write the sentences in your journal,
and put a box around the words you sub in please.
2.
We’ll share a few of these aloud.
Antithesis
#1
1.
We’ll do two warm-ups together.
2.
In your journal, write five sentences
that employ antithesis.
How to Interpret
Poetry
“The Nature of
Proof in the Interpretation of Poetry,” by Laurence Perrine (pages 33-41)
Some Direction on How to Approach
1.
Title
2.
Audience
3.
Argument
4.
They Say/I Say
What We’ll Do
1. We will read and discuss, paragraph by
paragraph.
2. Annotate carefully as we go.
3. Summarize each paragraph (in your own
words).
4. In class as a group, we unpacked pages
33-34.
CPR
October
1st, 2013
CIRCLE
UP, after you get your Bible packet (green)!
Thanks!
First, an
important announcement involving quizlet trials and tribulations….
Here
was our original plan for this unit—how are we doing? (ending Friday)
Plan
for Renaissance and Reformation Unit
1.
Understand
the big picture of The Renaissance and Reformation.
2.
Differentiate
one era from another.
3.
See
similarities between eras, where applicable.
4.
Continue
culture discussion.
5.
Read
English Renaissance poetry, mainly sonnets.
6.
Examine
and apply techniques for how to explicate poetry.
The King James Bible
1.
Why?
a.
Puritans demanded it.
b.
Goals: beautiful and accurate
2.
When?
a.
1604
3.
Why do we study it?
a.
It’s backbone lit!
Bible
Stories
1.
Wisdom literature—literature intended
to help human beings find the meaning of life (Ecclesiates)
2.
Psalm—song of praise (Psalm 23)
3.
Parable—a brief story meant to teach
a moral or religious lesson
Biblical
Allusions and Archetypes
1.
Please get out your archetype packet.
2.
Search the Old Testament websites, and
review the allusions: https://sites.google.com/site/flenglishextras/biblical-allusions/old-testament#TOP
3.
What archetypes do you find?
4.
Record them on your archetype doc on
google.
5.
Repeat with the New Testament: https://sites.google.com/site/flenglishextras/biblical-allusions/new-testament#_top
Vocabulary
Practice: Quizlet Poetry Terms
1.
Our vocab list for this week is the
Poetry Terms.
2.
I’ve made you a quizlet stack to use
all week:
3.
This will replace freerice for this
week. Instead of doing free rice, do the
quizlet.
4.
The poetry terms quiz is Tuesday, over
all thirty-seven terms.
Homework
·
Original
Sonnet due WEDNESDAY
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