Welcome to Creative
Writing!
Happy Monday!
May 12th, 2014
When You Come In
1.
Please sign in.
Writing Buddies
Please put these
dates on your calendar. Don’t be
absent! L
1. TOMORROW--Tuesday,
May 13th
a. Brad is a no-go.
2. Thursday, May 15th
a. Kailey M. has to be
absent (1st).
3. Wednesday, May 21st
Focus for the Last Sixteen
Days
1. Showing, Not Just
Telling
2. Revision
3. Writing Buddies
4. Portfolio
Revision: Autobio Poem w/Rubric (final)
1.
Guidelines
for Final Revision (posted in class google folder for your review):
3.
Review of
rubric (grading targets).
4.
Carefully
read my comments on your second draft.
5.
Tell
yourself, “This is a test, where I’m showing I know how to use everything I’ve
learned in class thus far to revise my poem to a final draft.”
6.
Revise your
poem. (Leave it in the folder.)
7.
Thoughtfully
fill out your rubric, and turn it in by the monkey.
Sharinig: Ogden Nash Poems
1.
Read the
poem for the writer you’re assigned.
2.
Fill out
the rubric for each poem your read. Be
honest.
3.
Repeat for
each person you’re assigned.
4.
Pass your
completed comments back to the writer.
5. Once you get your rubrics back, revise your Ogden Nash poems as needed,
so you meet the grading targets.
6.
(We will
read these poems to our writing buddies tomorrow.)
Grammar
2.
Complete the
following assignments:
a.
Commas,
Fragment, and Run-Ons
b.
Commonly
Confused Words, Part II
9:20/11:00—Review
Lesson Plan for Tomorrow
1.
You’re the
teacher!
2.
I will print
your Autobio Poem and your Ogden Nash poem.
3.
Here’s the
plan (on the big screen). I’ll have a
printed copy for you tomorrow.
4.
Every man/woman
for himself/herself?
5.
2nd
Block—Decide who’s going where:
a.
Brokaw
b.
Conrad
6.
Willis,
e-mail teachers with names!
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