Welcome to Creative Writing!
J
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
When You Come In
1.
Sign
in.
2.
Grab
your manila folder off the circle table.
HOMEWORK REMINDER—due
by tardy bell tomorrow
Diction Practice—Click
on the link on my blog!
1. Play free rice at your BEST LEVEL (not
starting over at Level 1) when you finish.
2. 5,000 grains are due by Wednesday,
2/5/14.
Organization
· Folder self-check with assignment sheet
Writing
Lesson Review
1.
What was your take-away
from the diction movie and quiz yesterday?
2.
What did you have to
think carefully about yesterday when you write your six-word memoirs/stories?
3.
What does it mean to be “precise?”
4.
What does free rice have
to do with diction?
5.
What does avoiding clichés
have to do with diction?
6.
Am I developing a theme
here?
7.
Word of the Day =
DICTION! (…shocking surprise, I know.)
Assignment #1: Save the Words!
1. Go the the website below, and browse the
list of words that this organization is trying to save.
2. After you browse for fifteen minutes,
find FIVE you want to save.
3. Go to our class folder, and find the
spreadsheet called “Saved Words”. Type
the word, the part of speech, and the definition, then a sentence about why you
want to save it. I’ve put a
few models there for you. You’re
welcome! J
5. BE PATIENT--THE LINK TAKES A MINUTE OR
TWO TO LOAD!
6. We will discuss your “saved words”
tomorrow!
Assignment #2: Death of
Language (page 19)
1. Explanation of assignment
2. Discussion
of “A” models
3. Why
you’re using dictionaries for this assignment
4. Workshop time = Twenty full minutes right now
to browse the dictionary (Start =
Sharing Out @
1. Get with a partner, and trade word lists.
2. Star
the two words you like the best.
3. Define
any words for your partner as needed.
4. Sign
the bottom of your partner’s paper.
5. Each
of you come type your FAVORITE word so far here:
a. Higgledy-piggledy
Turbo-Advanced Creative Writing
- Today we wrote a class poem!
- The tweet word for the day is "foppotee!"
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