Rapid Write:
Think of a crazy, irrational fear. Write about someone with that fear. Go for silly.
Varied Sentence Structure: Lesson 1 (Finished)
Reviewed the book projects, presentation sign up, portfolio, and deadlines.
Writing Time:
Work on shoebox plot or other elements of the portfolio.
10/15/09
October 13 (Tuesday)
Rapid Write:
Find something insignificant that you're carrying--a chapstick, a quarter, your shoelace. Write a piece in which that thing is most significant. It can be significant as an object or as a character (personification!).
Varied Sentence Structure: Lesson 1 (Opening Adjective)
Seniors excused to college tour. Others stayed in class to work independently on shoebox plot. Continue using Smiley Face Tricks and Five Facts of Fiction. Seek out peer feedback.
Find something insignificant that you're carrying--a chapstick, a quarter, your shoelace. Write a piece in which that thing is most significant. It can be significant as an object or as a character (personification!).
Varied Sentence Structure: Lesson 1 (Opening Adjective)
Seniors excused to college tour. Others stayed in class to work independently on shoebox plot. Continue using Smiley Face Tricks and Five Facts of Fiction. Seek out peer feedback.
October 9 (Friday)
Computer lab:
Wrote essays for Creative Communication/Poetic Power contest. The essays are 250 words on a topic that is important to the author. Organization is weighted heavily.
After finishing the essay, students could work on the shoebox plot or start typing elements that will be a part of the portfolio.
Wrote essays for Creative Communication/Poetic Power contest. The essays are 250 words on a topic that is important to the author. Organization is weighted heavily.
After finishing the essay, students could work on the shoebox plot or start typing elements that will be a part of the portfolio.
October 7 (Wednesday)
Rapid Write:
Compare two unlike things through simile or metaphor. "Love is like a garbage truck." The flowers were toy soldiers." "My sister is like a printer."
Grammar Girl: Lesson 9
Lesson: Five Facts of Fiction
Reviewed 2 and 3
Analyzed shoebox plot for these facts.
Writing Time:
Add to shoebox plot. Revise according to the facts discussed in class.
Compare two unlike things through simile or metaphor. "Love is like a garbage truck." The flowers were toy soldiers." "My sister is like a printer."
Grammar Girl: Lesson 9
Lesson: Five Facts of Fiction
Reviewed 2 and 3
Analyzed shoebox plot for these facts.
Writing Time:
Add to shoebox plot. Revise according to the facts discussed in class.
October 5 (Monday)
Rapid Write:
Think of an intangible noun or an "ing" verb. Examples might be aspiration, justice, sharing. Other examples are any specific color, emotion, month, or day of the week. For whatever word you choose, pick a sense to link it to--see, smell, hear, taste, touch. Consider emotion to be a sixth sense, but don't choose it if you are describing an emotion. Once you've chosen a word and a sense, describe that word by using that sense. So an example might be "What does Monday smell like?" or "What does green taste like?" "What does justice look like?"
Lesson: Five Facts of Fiction
Reviewed Facts 1 and 5
Took time to analyze our shoebox plot story using these facts.
Writing time:
Revise shoebox plot based on the facts of fiction that we discussed.
Think of an intangible noun or an "ing" verb. Examples might be aspiration, justice, sharing. Other examples are any specific color, emotion, month, or day of the week. For whatever word you choose, pick a sense to link it to--see, smell, hear, taste, touch. Consider emotion to be a sixth sense, but don't choose it if you are describing an emotion. Once you've chosen a word and a sense, describe that word by using that sense. So an example might be "What does Monday smell like?" or "What does green taste like?" "What does justice look like?"
Lesson: Five Facts of Fiction
Reviewed Facts 1 and 5
Took time to analyze our shoebox plot story using these facts.
Writing time:
Revise shoebox plot based on the facts of fiction that we discussed.
September 29 (Tuesday)
Computer lab:
Write--work on Shoebox Plot. Continue editing in Smiley Face Tricks.
Write--work on Shoebox Plot. Continue editing in Smiley Face Tricks.
September 25 (Friday)
Rapid Write: Write something that could be titled "Outside in the Rain" or "The Noise of Silence"
Grammar Girl Lesson 7
Lesson: Smiley Face Tricks
Writing time: Work on shoebox plot while adding in Smiley Face Tricks.
Grammar Girl Lesson 7
Lesson: Smiley Face Tricks
Writing time: Work on shoebox plot while adding in Smiley Face Tricks.
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