Nominate your Tweet-Week Word to Save here:
https://docs.google.com/a/washington.k12.ia.us/forms/d/1GmCX6YzYn0AA2wv3PEX_vkWAeDL4bublCdFYK7iJ29o/viewform
Welcome to TURBO-ACW! J
Friday, January 31st,
2014
When
You Come In
1.
Please sign in.
2.
Make sure you Banished Word List is in
the class folder. About half of you have
done this.
Reminder,
Writers: DICTION MATTERS!
Why?
One word can make a piece
stronger.
1.
Makes you sound smarter! J
2.
Words have connotation.
3.
Words set the tone.
4.
Words add spice.
5.
Words create imagery.
Playing
with Words!
1.
Save the Words!
2.
Let’s check out the words, starting
where we left off yesterday, you feel deserve saving: https://docs.google.com/a/washington.k12.ia.us/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aopq4r-bWrm_dHBhN2c5SFYwemMwMy1fWTNhT3pzTWc&usp=drive_web#gid=0
3. Guess how you can save
words? Use them! J Make your own list, or use one you find. Keep ‘em alive!
Tweet-Week
Word Nominations
1.
Make your pic for the word MOST VITAL
TO PRESERVE! J
2.
Fill out the form on the blog now!
3.
After lunch, I will unveil the FIVE
WORDS FOR TWEET WEEK!
Banished
Words (p. 31)
1.
Share your individual lists in trios.
2.
Create a “top ten” to share out with the
class.
3.
Copy and paste (quickest way) your
group’s ten on a new doc, and drop it in the correct class folder.
4.
We’ll share these out!
After Lunch
·
Don’t open your computers! Please and
thank you!
Tweet
Week to Save the Words
·
Check out the Tweet-Week winners for
Week One (class folder).
·
Mull over this challenge, to bring
these words back, and we will determine guidelines, then start tweeting on
Monday.
Review: Thank-you note/e-mail lesson
E-mail to yesterday’s peer
conferencer
1.
Greeting
2.
Specific details
3.
Professional or academic language
4.
Closing/Valediction
5.
Signature
6.
Cc “Kerrie Willis”
·
12:45-12:55
·
PS:
How many of you have created (or already had) a boring, professional
e-mail to use for college and work?
Homework Explanation
My Animal (page 2)—Metaphor and
Simile
This is a PROSE piece, not a poem, so
use paragraphs, etc.
Grading
for WE#__5__: My Animal
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.
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.
7.
All above items are
complete by classtime Monday, at which time I will submit it to Willis on
google form.
Welcome to Creative Writing!
J
Friday, January 31st, 2014
When You Come In
1.
Sign in, please.
Reminders About Community
1.
Everyone shares—we grow
richer by including everyone. Your
thoughts and ideas make our class better.
2.
Everyone is included. We don’t have sidebars or inside jokes—that
excludes people, and it breaks down community.
3.
We listen to each other
with 100% attention—this shows we value one another.
Word for the Week = Diction!
Ø How
can one word matter?
Writing a Class Poem (Collaborative Writing)
Grading
for WE#4: Personal Essay, Comfort of
Cynefin
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.
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.
7.
All above items are complete
by classtime Monday, at which time I will submit it to Willis on google form.
Homework
= Diction Practice: Free Rice
1. Make sure you START at the last level you played on, not at “1”.
2. Due Wednesday = 5,000 grains
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