Welcome to Creative Writing! J
Wednesday, November 6th,
2013
When You
Come In (Before Tardy Bell Rings)
1.
Please initial next to your
name on the clipboard.
2. Off the circle table, grab
the following:
a. Manila folder
b. Cliché Sharing Page One
c. Cliché Sharing Page Two
Classtime = 9:20 – 10:20 Today
Organization
Ø
Get
your WE#4 back and read my comments.
Ø
Here
is what I want you to remind yourself about, based on my reading of your
pieces:
1.
Thank
you for trusting me with your real emotions.
I am honored that you feel you can share personal thoughts and feelings
with me (and maybe with each other).
2.
I
like what you are doing with paragraphing!
It’s obvious to me most of you are realizing someone else is going to
read your work, and you owe it to me or them to take a few minutes to organize
the paper with paragraphs. If you see
“No” next to your paragraphing, you still need to work on doing this.
3.
Always
put your word count in parentheses next to your name, unless it’s a poem.
4.
A
quarter of you still need to review MLA format; in the near future, you will
lose points if you have that incorrect on your draft.
Ø
Some
of you are getting back WE#2 or WE#3—whichever one you gave me to grade.
Ø
Here
are my general comments:
1.
Those
of you who had me read WE#3 were definitely using Vocab Variety. I noticed you “upping your game”.
2.
Like
I said Monday, I am impressed by your comments on your small group members’
stories—you were complimentary, specific, and constructive. And your negative comments were things the
writer could use to make the story better.
Well-done!
3.
You
need to create a strong title for everything you turn in, even if you know it’s
only a working title.
4.
I
did not edit your entire story. I picked
ONE grammar or editing issue, and I focused on that. You focus on improving that for next time.
Quiet Work Time = Ten
Silent, Productive Minutes (not ten rowdy, silly, whispery minutes)
Ø Thing #1: Make sure you can
answer “YES” to the following six statements below.
Cliché Trio
Story Requirements/Grading
1.
Yes No We used as many clichés as possible to
create a fictional story.
2.
Yes No We boldfaced the clichés so they stand
out from the story.
3.
Yes No We used least four sentences of dialogue
in quotation marks.
4.
Yes No Type between one and one and a half
pages.
5.
Yes No We doublespaced our story.
6.
Yes No We used paragraphs to indicate shifting
ideas.
STARTED @ 9:31; ending at 9:41
Ø Thing #2: Free Rice
Vocabulary-Building: Free Rice
1.
You
need a big vocabulary to write precisely.
This term, we’re going to work specifically on building your vocabulary.
2.
Go
to my blog, and click on the “Creative Writing Free Rice” link on the right
side of the blog.
3.
Do
you see our class group name above your bowl of rice? That’s the only way to know for sure you’re
in the group.
4. You need to donate 5,000 grains by Thursday, November 7th.
5.
Guess
what free rice has to do with diction?!
When You Play, Every Time
1.
Go
to “Change Level”, and change it to two levels below your best.
2.
Do
NOT start over from “1” every time. You
will use hours out of your life! L
Sharing:
Cliché Trio Stories Aloud
1.
We
are going to read these stories aloud; split the story in half to share the
reading, or alternate reading, using your dialogue for help.
2.
You’ll
be at the front of the room, with your paper copies, and I’ll have your story
up on the screen.
3.
Commenting: for each story, audience members need to make
three comments on the handout Let’s talk about those now.
4.
I
need someone to scroll down the stories as they’re being read—who can do that
for me?
5.
Put
your story and your comment sheet in two piles on the heater when we’re done
today.
Homework
Ø
Free
Rice = 5,000 grains donated by tomorrow, classtime
Welcome to CPR!
Wednesday, November 6th,
2013
When
You Come In
1.
Please initial next to your name on the
clipboard.
Barbie
Presentation Reminders
1.
Tell the story of your god/goddess,
clearly and correctly.
2.
Show and explain your Barbie on the
big screen—completed with color and detail, like the models.
Barbie
Presentations
1.
Yesterday, people told a brief story
(one minute) about his/her god/goddess, then presented the myth Barbie.
2.
We listened the first time through the
presentation, then took notes as we went back through the key points.
3.
The following gods/goddess were
presented:
a.
Gaea (Ashley)
b.
Uranus (Willis)
c.
Rhea (Emma)
d.
Zeus (Jordan)
e.
Hera (Mackenzie)
f.
Poseidon (Kendal)
g.
Demeter (Willis)
h.
Hestia (Willis)
4.
Presented Today, Wednesday
a.
Cronus Meredith (absent yesterday)
b.
Hades Celina (absent yesterday)
c.
Athena (not
colored yet)
d.
Aphrodite Vanessa
e.
Hephaestus Jacob
f.
Ares Nathan
g.
Hermes (Katy
is absent.)
h.
Apollo Kaytlyn
i.
Artemis
5. We will hear about the remaining
gods/goddesses tomorrow!
Homework
for Thursday
Ø
Myth Beast Powerpoint
Ø
Here’s who has put theirs in the
folder so far:
Ø
https://drive.google.com/a/washington.k12.ia.us/?usp=chrome_app#folders/0B4pq4r-bWrm_bGo0ZWlJaGR1YWs
Ø
Other Homework
Ø Quizlet sets (quizzes next week)
Vocabulary-Building, Reminder
1) Click on the link on my blog, and join
my CPR quizlet site:
2) Study these words—they will show you
how much of our modern language has been influenced by Greek culture, including
mythology:
3) Study these words—they will make you a
more learned person, more prepared for college and the workplace:
Welcome, AP!
Wednesday, November
6th, 2013
Big Picture—Stop, Think, Reflect,
___________?
AP Mid-Term Study Guide: https://docs.google.com/a/washington.k12.i.us/document/d/16VSXc4rzFm4d6SBLr6Hqxa5GURNwoBPFst-ZBTuRqT0/edit
1.
This is what our past week looked like.
2.
How do we SHOW what we’ve learned from this past
week? I’m going to have you take a
little comprehension quiz for general reading, but more important, how can you
reflect on what you’ve learned, and show me what that is?
3.
And how can you show how it fits in with previous
work we’ve done this term?
4.
What would this “showing what I’ve learned project”
look like?
a.
What do we have to say to it?
b.
How do we pull it all together?
c.
What has been most valuable to you and your
learning?
d.
What do you most want me to know?
A Note
on Animal Farm
·
I
am not front-loading Animal Farm.
Instead, I’m going to have you read and annotate the first two chapters,
as well as start a character list in your notes.
·
Are
there a million things I want you to think about with this novella? Yes!
But I want you to get your feet wet with the reading before I ask you to
consider additional information and ponder additional questions.
10:30--Background
Information
1.
Think about what it would
mean to start a revolution. (Class
discussion using your purple packet Making Connections page)
2.
Fable
o
Look at our
definition.
o
Aesop’s Fables,
recreated by Tom Lynch: http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/aesop/index.html
10:50--Pair-Share
· Discuss as many of the Study Guide Questions as you can
in the time I give you. Feel free to
skip around, but answer as many as you can together.
11:00--Quiz: Chapters 1-2
1.
First,
spread out around the room, so you have your own little area for quiz-taking
and for quiet reading.
2.
When
you get settled, come back and grab the quiz.
3.
Take
the quiz, then turn it in at my candle.
4.
Start
reading and annotating chapter 3 of Animal
Farm.
5.
Annotate
carefully—lots of making
inferences, asking questions, and making predictions. Ooohhhh—I forgot MAKING
CONNECTIONS!
6.
I
was impressed yesterday with the CONNECTIONS you guys were making—you are
starting to reach for other texts and
visuals, and you are weaving that spiderweb of connections. You are looking for and finding
patterns. Professor Foster would be
proud, and I definitely am.
11:10--Animal
Farm Reading Assignment
1.
Read
chapters three, four and five, pages 19-41.
2.
Create
a list of characters in your notes to keep them straight; list characteristics
each time the animal is mentioned.
3.
We
will have a reading quiz tomorrow over chapters three, four and five.
Vocab Quiz Tomorrow!
· Quizlet List #5—you will have to
write in and spell correctly all ten words.
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