When You Come In
- Sign in.
- Get a yellow "Cliché Pair Story Comments" yellow sheet off the sign-in table.
- Make sure your cliché story is set up to print front/back. Ask a neighbor for help, if you are having trouble doing this.
- Print a copy of your cliché partner story for EACH of you to have in your hand. EACH PERSON NEEDS A PAPER COPY.
- I will send someone down to pick them all up shortly.
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.
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. thesaurus.com—bookmark
it now, peeps!
4. Google
drive
Note #1: NO MUSIC
today—you are working with a partner; headphones, earbuds, cell phones—stow
those away now.
Note #2: If LAN School
tells me you are any place else, you lose half-credit on your daily assignment,
which cannot be made up. Make sure you
are on WCSD—STUDENT so your computer is visible to me; otherwise, you lose
half-credit as well.
Writing
Experiment #2: Personal Essay
1.
Select one of the
following writing prompts, in at least 400 words.
2.
Type an essay that
replies to the prompt.
3.
Include at least five
specific examples to support what you are saying. Highlight these five specific examples with
the yellow highlighter tool in google drive.
4.
Use thesaurus.com to
replace at least five words you word ordinarily use with five more powerful,
precise words. Highlight these five
words in pink.
5.
Use paragraphs to show
shifting ideas.
Grading
for WE#2: Personal Essay
1.
The piece is a minimum of
400 words. My word count is in
parentheses beside my name.
2.
I used paragraphs to show my
shifting ideas.
3.
I used the correct MLA
format for heading.
4.
I doublespaced the whole
piece, and printed it two-sided.
5.
I included at least five
specific examples to support what I’m saying, and these five specific examples
are highlighted in yellow.
6.
I used thesaurus.com to
replace at least five words I ordinarily use with five more powerful, precise
words. I highlighted these words in
pink.
Welcome to TURBO-ACW! J
Thursday, January 23, 2014
When
You Come In
1.
Please sign in on the 3rd Block
clipboard.
2.
Please take a beige/tan/wash-out
yellow/buff packet. Thanks!
11:20-11:40--Big
Picture: Being a Writer, and Class
Purpose
·
Mary Oliver--A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide
to Understanding and Writing Poetry
·
Assignment for Monday explanation
·
11:45-11:55--Quiet
time to explore pinterest before
11:55--Stretch
Yourself
·
Hurtling Toward the Cereal, Spoon at
the Ready ( p. 1)
·
Create a google doc, and write away,
before you start typing you assignment, do this:
o
Change the name to “Your Last
Name—Dramatic Morning.”
o
Drag it/organize it to the class
folder, “Dramatic Morning.”
12:35-12:55—“Dramatic
Morning” Exercise
·
You might type it first in ordinary
language, then go back and translate it, using thesaurus.com.
·
Or you might craft it in dramatic and
elevated language as you go.
·
Approximate final length = two paragraphs
·
Remember, you have two models on page one
of your textbook for help!
12:55--Brain Pain
Watch Where You Put That Word!
Word order is crucial in determining the meaning of
a sentence. James hit Charles is very different from Charles hit James.
See how many alternative sentences you can build
using all the words in this sentence:
Rodrigo
left Clara the keys and a note.
·
How does the meaning of the sentence
change as you shift words around?
·
Are some words easier to shift than
others?
1.
Rodrigo left Clara a note and the keys.
2.
The keys left Rodrigo and Clara a note.
3.
A note left Rodrigo and Clara the keys.
4.
A note left the keys, Rodrigo, and Clara.
5.
Clara Rodrigo left a note and the keys.
6. Clara left Rodrigo a note and the keys.
18.
Clara left the keys and Rodrigo a note.
19.
Rodrigo left the keys a note and Clara.
20. Clara and
Rodrigo left the keys a note.
21.
Rodrigo, Clara left the keys and a note.
22. Rodrigo
left Clara, the keys, and a note.
23. Clara
Rodrigo left the a-note keys.
Scrabble Names
BRAIN PAIN!
Point
System
1 point: a, e, i, l, n,
o, r, s, t, u
2 points: d, g
3 points: b, c, f, m, p
4 points: h, v, w, y
5 points: k
8
points: j, x
10
points: q, z
1.
Exquisitely
(30)
2.
Paleontologist
(17)
3.
Tyrannosaurus
(16)
4.
quizzical
(38)
5.
quilts
(15)
Your
Brain Pain Chores
1.
Calculate how many points you would
get for spelling your name.
2.
Think of as many words as you can
that have the same point value as your first name.
3.
Think of as many… for your first and
last names combined.
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