Welcome to Creative Writing!
Thursday, January 23rd,
2014
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Writing
Lesson Review: Clichés--Okay, so, to review, WHY do we avoid clichés in our
writing?
1.
They are boring.
2.
They are trite.
3.
They are predictable.
4.
They’re overused.
Collaborative
Writing Assignment: Cliché Story
1.
Model—Begin with the End in
Mind: “Damsel in Distress”—it’s in our
class folder on google drive, so use it for help!
Directions
for Cliché Story Prep: (15 minutes)
1.
Create a new google doc called "Your
Last Name--Cliché List".
2.
Save it in the class folder called “Cliché
Lists.”
3.
Go on a cliché hunt. In the next fifteen minutes, browse EACH of
the following sites for clichés.
4.
When you find a cliché that
particularly strikes you (imagery, accuracy, humor) copy and paste it into a
google doc titled "Cliché List".
5.
Create a numbered list, which I
showed you how to do yesterday.
6.
You need at least fifteen at the end
of fifteen minutes. DO MORE if you
finish before I call time! Fifteen is only
a bare minimum.
NOTE: What we are about to perform is an exorcism:
v
An
exorcism: “the expulsion or attempted
expulsion of an evil spirit from a person or place.”
v
To
exorcise: “drive out or attempt to drive
out (an evil spirit) from a person or place.”
v 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
Workshop Time: Cliché Story
1.
One person in the pair CREATE a new
google doc.
2.
Drag your story in the “Cliché Pair
Story” in our class Creative Writing folder.
3.
Rename your doc this: Your Two Last Names—Cliché Story
4.
Read each other your list of fifteen or
more clichés.
5.
Mark any clichés on pages 8 and 9 you
might want to use.
6.
Talk about a possible PLOTS, CHARACTERS
and SETTINGS. Use your LITERARY
ARCHETYPE handout for help.
7.
Start typing your story!
8.
Both people type!
Cliché
Trio Story Requirements/Grading
1.
We used as many clichés as possible to
create a fictional story.
2.
We boldfaced the clichés so they stand
out from the story.
3.
We used least four sentences of
dialogue in quotation marks, and we edited them correctly. We used “Damsel in Distress” to help us with
this.
4.
We typed about a page and a half,
doublespaced.
5.
We used paragraphs to indicate shifting
ideas.
6.
We used the correct MLA format for
heading.
Welcome to TURBO-ACW! J
Thursday, January 23, 2014
When
You Come In
1.
Please sign in on the 3rd Block
clipboard.
Bad Poem
Creation
1.
In NEW TRIOS, complete page 12.
2.
Then start typing your BAD POEM! It should be the worst poem possible.
3.
We had fifteen minutes to work
yesterday; you have ten minutes to work now, and then we will read them! Aayayayayayaya!
Sharing
·
Bad Poem Reading
·
Balloting
J
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.
7.
Clara left the keys and Rodrigo a note.
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