Creative Writing--Tuesday, January 20th, 2015

Day Nine--Tuesday, January 20th, 2015

When You Come In

1. Please initial next to your name on the clipboard.

2. Pick up TWO Cliché Pair Story Comments sheet

3. Put your phone in the phone hostage station (back circle table by the windows).
4. Grab your manila folder off the front table.

Free Write #3

• Use Writing Resistance Topics, if desired.
• Write the full ten minutes without stopping.
• Start 1:57
• End 2:08

Writing Lesson Review

1. What is DICTION?
2. How can one word make a difference? (pages 11-12)
1. I am about to serve you a dinner plate.  From the TASTE category, put a frownie face by three words you would NOT want to describe this dish you’re about to eat.
2. From the MOVING FAST category, put a smiley by the three words that put a strong picture in your mind of what the person/thing moving looks like.
3. Describe your ideal hair!  Using APPEARANCE and TOUCH, put an “H” next to the five words you’d want to describe your ideal hair.
3. What are clichés?
4. Why are clichés bad for your writing?

Sharing:  Cliché Trio Stories Aloud

1. We are going to read these stories aloud; split the story in half to share the reading, or alternate reading, using your dialogue for help.
2. Here is your paper copy, which you will put in your manila folder  after you read it aloud!
3. I’ll have your story up on the screen.
4. Commenting:  for each story, audience members make three comments on the handout.  Let’s talk about those now.
5. I need someone to scroll down the stories as they’re being read—who can do that for me?
6. After you read your story, we’re going to EDIT them together on the big screen—this is for EVERYONE, so EVERYONE needs to stay engaged and to help us.