Work Turn-In
Stuff
1.
On your “Ghosts, Monsters and Bullies” poem, SHARE
it with me (Kerrie Willis), and make sure you enable it as “CAN EDIT.”
2.
Print a copy of this poem to the Media Center.
3.
Fill out the form on the blog: https://docs.google.com/a/washington.k12.ia.us/forms/d/17wntVGGFrq1z6CiUFwuUMAk9uNcd2LnBCO7QJUETmUY/viewform
Collaborative
Writing Assignment: Cliché Story
1.
Model—Begin with the End in Mind!
2.
“Damsel in Distress”
Directions
for Cliché Story Prep: (15 minutes)
1.
Create a new google doc called
"Cliché List".
2.
Save it in the class folder called “Cliché
Lists” as YOUR LAST NAME.
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.
Number each one as you go.
6.
You need at least fifteen at the end
of fifteen minutes. (Do you know how to
automatically number your list?)
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.”
Writing
Workshop Time: Cliché Story
1.
One person in the pair CREATE a new
google doc.
2.
Share it with your partner AND with me
(“Kerrie Willis”).
3.
Drag your story in the “Cliché Pair
Story” in our class Creative Writing folder.
4.
Rename your doc this: Your Two Last Names—Cliché Story
5.
Read each other your list of fifteen
clichés.
6.
Mark any clichés on pages 8 and 9 you
might want to use.
7.
Talk about a possible conflict, or a
character.
8.
Start typing your story!
9.
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.
4.
Type between one and one and a half
pages.
5.
We doublespaced our story.
6.
We used paragraphs to indicate shifting
ideas.
ACW
Welcome to TURBO-ACW! J
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
When
You Come In
1.
Please sign in on the 3rd Block
clipboard.
2.
Please have the homework assignment,
“Free From Grammar,” open in google drive.
Deadline
Reminders
1.
If an assignment is due by classtime,
have it finished by then.
2.
Don’t work on it after the deadline, and
here’s why:
3.
We will be working on something in class
that requires your engagement and participation.
4.
When I go to “see revision history,” I
can see when you worked on it.
5.
One missed homework assignment won’t
kill you, and we won’t have homework assignments every night. If you messed up this time, do better next
time.
Turning
In Homework
1.
Change your sharing settings so that
“Kerrie Willis” CAN EDIT.
2.
Fill out the form on google drive.
3.
Ta-da! You’re done!
Computer
Business
v
Drag our class folder on top of “My
Drive”, then release it.
Poetry
Review
1.
Yesterday we talked about various
definitions of poetry—and about how hard it is to define.
2.
You started created your own “Ten Definitions
of Poetry” poem in trios.
3.
Remember, here’s what you’re doing when
you “define:”
a.
to specify;
b.
to determine the essential quality of;
c.
to determine the nature of
Poetry
Trio Work
1.
As a group, discuss what each of YOU
thinks are the DEFINING aspects of poetry.
2.
All members of your trio type on the
same doc!
3.
Create a poem list called “Ten
Definitions of Poetry” that your group feels DEFINES what poetry is to
you.
4.
(So each person comes up with
approximately three definition lines.)
5.
Drag it into the class folder called
“Ten Definitions”.
6.
Save it as your three last names,
please.
After
Lunch = Wrap up your Ten Definitions poem, and be back in your seats by
12:45. Go on to what’s in blue below, if
you’re finished with your poem!
Thanks! J
Prep
Work: Writing an Incredibly Bad Poem
1.
As a group, read the directions at the
top of page 12.
2.
As a group, discuss and list the
elements of a bad poem.
3.
There are lots of blanks! Try to fill them all!
4.
Each of you needs page 12 filled out.
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.
You will have ten minutes to finish tomorrow.
You will have ten minutes to finish tomorrow.
Homework: Bad Poem Ballot
1.
By 9AM tomorrow, please post TWO
qualities a bad poem should have. The doc is in our class folder.
2.
Don’t duplicate, please, or you will
have to be banished. Thanks!
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