Week 4: Creative Writing Ms. Moran. Monday, September 28, 2015 0 Welcome to class! 0 Today our desks should look like this (NEW groups of 4 ). YOU MUST.

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Week 4: Creative Writing Ms. Moran

Monday, September 28, Welcome to class! 0 Today our desks should look like this (NEW groups of 4 ). YOU MUST SIT WITH NEW PEOPLE- divide your current group in half and you and one partner move to a new table

Do Now 0 We have now finished our introductory unit and you are a writer! What are three things you learned that you will take with you into our next unit? 0 Walk and talk…

What’s up this week? 0 Homework: By Thursday finish the rough draft of your story // For Friday, finish your story final draft. 0 Monday: River of your life 0 Tuesday: River of your life 0 Wednesday: 10 years, 2 pages 0 Thursday: Proofreading and Rewriting 0 Friday: Poems

What’s up today? 0 Create a “river” of your life, noting important events 0 Unit Overview 0 Free Write 0 Vocabulary 0 Rivers of Life 0 Ticket to Leave

Unit Overview: Memoir 0 “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself”- George Bernard Shaw 0 5 weeks 0 Focus on writing about ourselves- can become your personal statement for college 0 Focus on reading personal accounts by other people

Free Write 0 “What would you do if you could travel into the past?

Today’s Vocabulary: connotation 0 the idea and/or feeling associated with a particular word

Rivers 0 Look at Ms. Moran’s river 0 Create a river of your life… think about highs/lows 0 Think about important events, people, things that have happened. 0 These are public! Share what you can. 0 Include at least 10 events in your life

Ticket to Leave 0 Find a friend and swap rivers. Silently read. 0 When done, say “thank you” and shake hands.

Please move the desks back to rows

Tuesday, September 29, Welcome to class! 0 Today our desks should look like this (groups of 4 )

Do Now 0 Imagine you are at a job interview. The interviewer asks about a moment in your life that challenged you and how you overcame that challenge. What do you say?

What’s up this week? 0 Homework: By Thursday finish the rough draft of your story // For Friday, finish your story final draft. 0 Monday: River of your life 0 Tuesday: River of your life 0 Wednesday: 10 years, 2 pages 0 Thursday: Proofreading and Rewriting 0 Friday: Poems

What’s up today? 0 Finish the river of your life to include an explanation of important events 0 Free Write 0 Vocabulary 0 Remembering vs. reflecting 0 Ticket to Leave

Unit Overview: Memoir 0 “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself”- George Bernard Shaw 0 5 weeks 0 Focus on writing about ourselves- can become your personal statement for college 0 Focus on reading personal accounts by other people

Free Write 0 Respond to this picture.

Today’s Vocabulary: contrast 0 the state of being extremely different than something else, especially when being compared or viewed side by side or next to one another

Reflecting 0 Reflecting is the process of looking back on an event and analyzing it 0 For today, we will focus on how this event was important in your life especially how it changed you in some way 0 For example: Ms. Moran moved to Boston to go to college. Reflection  This event caused me to live on my own in a big city where I was very uncomfortable. It forced me to make new friends, take responsibility for myself and my education, and do it without my family.

Ticket to Leave 0 Find a friend and swap rivers. Silently read their reflections. 0 When done, say “thank you” and shake hands.

Please move the desks back to rows

Wednesday, September 30, Welcome to class! 0 Today our desks should look like this (groups of 4 )

Do Now 0 If you could write one tweet about your life or yourself what would it be. 140 characters only.

What’s up this week? 0 Homework: By tomorrow finish the rough draft of your story // For Friday, finish your story final draft. 0 Monday: River of your life 0 Tuesday: River of your life 0 Wednesday: 10 years, 2 pages 0 Thursday: Proofreading and Rewriting 0 Friday: Poems

What’s up today? 0 Write a story about the past 10 years of your life using only 3 word sentences 0 Free Write 0 Vocabulary 0 3 word sentence examples 0 Writing 3 word sentence story 0 Ticket to Leave

Free Write 0 Is diversity important?

Today’s Vocabulary: credible 0 able to be believed, believable, able to be trusted

Examples: 3 word sentence 0 I knew it. 0 You start Monday. 0 This is big. 0 No more internet. 0 He’s not joking. 0 I freaked out! 0 Is it you?

Ticket to Leave 0 Write out your best sentence on an index card. 0 Stand in a circle. 0 Read our new story!

Please move the desks back to rows

Thursday, October 1, Welcome to class! 0 Today our desks should look like this (groups of 4 )

Do Now 0 Correct the following sentences by adding commas. 0 I need to buy milk cheese eggs and pepper at the store. 0 However it was really rude to say that to your mom. 0 I wanted to go to the dance but it was raining out or at least I thought it was. 0 Yesterday when it was raining I didn’t come to school.

What’s up this week? 0 Homework: For Friday, finish your story final draft. 0 Monday: River of your life 0 Tuesday: River of your life 0 Wednesday: 10 years, 2 pages 0 Thursday: Proofreading and Rewriting 0 Friday: Poems

What’s up today? 0 Revise and rewrite your story to be a polished final draft 0 Free Write 0 Vocabulary 0 Writing and Writing Conferences 0 Ticket to Leave

Free Write 0 Write about something that is beautiful.

Today’s Vocabulary: cursory 0 not detailed or well-thought out, done in too quickly a manner

Writing and Rewriting 0 Complete self-evaluation 0 Sign up for a conference with Ms. Moran! 0 Begin your second or third draft. 0 FINAL DRAFT DUE TOMORROW

Ticket to Leave 0 What do you have to finish tonight?

Please move the desks back to rows

Friday, October 2, Welcome to class! 0 Today our desks should look like this (groups of 4 )

Do Now 0 Vocabulary Quiz: Use each word in a sentence 0 Approximate 0 Antiquated 0 Contrast 0 Cursory

What’s up this week? 0 Homework: Happy weekend 0 Monday: River of your life 0 Tuesday: River of your life 0 Wednesday: 10 years, 2 pages 0 Thursday: Proofreading and Rewriting 0 Friday: Poems

What’s up today? 0 Write a poem based on a famous first line 0 Poem writing 0 Poem Reading 0 Ticket to Leave

Poem Writing 0 With a partner, you are going to write a poem based on the first line of a famous poem: “The neighbors dog will not stop barking”

Reading 0 Another Reason I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House by Billy Collins

Ticket to Leave

Please move the desks back to rows