Welcome to CPR!
Friday, 1/3/14
**Make sure you have headphones now—run get
them quickly, if you don’t have any in your possession. Thanks!
Research,
Technology, and Finding the Information You Want or Need
Ø
Flashback: CPW = Research
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This I Believe
Today
you’re doing something similar to prepare for our short story unit next week.
1.
Research for an interesting story.
2.
Listen to it.
3.
Fill out a story map.
4.
Repeat.
5.
If you are listening to a story, and
you decide you don’t like it, stop listening, and find a new one! There is an incredible variety and range here—something
for everyone.
6.
Be independent.
After Lunch
Short Story Elements for Your
Study
Now Quizlet!
CREATIVE WRITING
Writing Lessons
1.
Revise.
2.
Use advice for revising and
editing poetry.
3.
Use strong
diction—Vocabulary Variety. One word can
make a difference!
4.
Avoid
clichés.
5.
Avoid
plagiarism and academic fraud.
6.
Make
strong paragraphs.
7.
Create
strong titles.
8.
Choose
precise adjectives.
9.
Think
about a word’s CONNOTATION, as well as its DENOTATION.
10.
Show,
don’t just tell.
a.
Figurative
and literal language
b.
Personification
c.
Simile
and metaphor
d.
Hyperbole/exaggeration
11.
Create
meaningful, strong line breaks.
When You Come In
1.
Give
the poem back to your partner.
2.
Read
over the comments you get back.
3.
Put
your prompt word poem in one pile by my candle.
4.
Put
your checklist in a second pile by my candle.
Make sure it’s signed and has your partner listed.
Organization: Prompt Word
Poem
1.
Everyone title it as
follows: Prompt Word Poem—Your Last Name
2.
Save it in the correct
folder—watch me.
Dig Deep Writing Experiment #9:
Note: While you are doing
your Dig Deep writing, either Megan or I will be calling you back.
Ø Choose one topic, either Words on Your Skin or
Ø Because of _____ I am _____.
Ø Write this as though it will go into your
portfolio.
Ø Do your best work, and show you are a stronger
writer than when you started class in October.
Grading Criteria
1.
I
show, and not just tell. I use details
from the five senses, along with examples and specifics, to SHOW the reader.
2.
I
use Vocabulary Variety to help with strong word choice. My writing voice sounds thoughtful—not like
my casual-conversation voice.
3.
The
piece is a minimum of 400 words. My word
count is in parentheses beside my name.
4.
I
use paragraphs correctly to show my shifting ideas.
5.
I
use correct MLA format for heading, and my paper is free from obvious errors
such as “i” and text spellings, as well as capitalization.
6.
I
doublespace the piece, and it’s printed
two-sided.
If you finish early, go to
quizlet, and nowhere else.
When You Finish
1.
Print out your WE#9 to the
library. Megan will go get them in a
bit.
2.
Got to quizlet, and study the
vocab. Only five or six people have
studied enough to get their names on the board.
I need to see all twenty-two names there, so go to Learn Mode, and
complete that, then play the games or do the speller.
3.
Your quiz over these words is
THURSDAY.
Revision: Autobio Poem!
1.
If you had your poems in
the google folder, you have comments to help you revise.
2.
You will see your revision
grade at the top of your google copy
3.
Read the pink rubric—this is
how I’m going to grade the poem.
4.
Revise so that you can give
yourself a “4” on each category! J
Welcome, APILLIONAIRES!
Friday, 1/3/2013—Happy
New Year, Peeps!
Homework Due
1.
Please put your name at the top of your Foster
chapter.
2.
Please write one nice sentence about you MAJOR
TAKE-AWAY from this piece.
3.
Please lay it by my candle.
VOCAB WORK
1.
Update your Vocab War sheets.
2.
Study Frankenstein vocab on quizlet.
Professor
Foster—Literary Lesson
“It’s More Than Just Rain or Snow”
1.
What have we read this term where
rain figured prominently in the piece?
2.
What does rain usually
mean? Snow? Fog? Mist
3.
How much weather have you noticed in Frankenstein?
Packet Work
·
I read aloud and we discussed page
13: responsibility, round versus flat
characters, and alchemy.
·
We partnered up for ten minutes and quickety-quick
completed page 14, a character list.
·
Page
15—whole class discussion
Vocab
Work
·
We did whiteboard work with the Frankenstein vocabulary.
Homework
1.
Read and and annotate Professor
Foster’s, “Geography Matters.”
2.
Read and annotate Frankenstein, chapters 11 and 12, pages
70-81.
3.
Study quizlet vocab.
4.
Vocab War!
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