Week 5: Creative Writing Ms. Moran

Monday, October 5, Welcome to class! 0 Today our desks should look like this (groups of 4 )

Do Now 0 What journey do you most want to make? 0 Think, pair, share.

What’s up this week? 0 Homework: By Thursday revise a free write. 0 Monday: Read: Bullet in the Brain 0 Tuesday: Read: Road between here and there 0 Wednesday: Read: The Things I’ve Lost 0 Thursday: Sharing and editing revised free writes 0 Friday: Poems

What’s up today? 0 Read Bullet in the Brain and create a story plot 0 Free Write 0 Vocabulary 0 Reading 0 Story Plot 0 Ticket to Leave

Free Write 0 Are good manners important?

Woopsies Vocabulary: Antiquated (noun) 0 old-fashioned, outdated

Today’s Vocabulary: cynic (noun) 0 a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable reasons

Reading 0 As we read 0 HIGHLIGHT: information you think is interesting or language you think is exciting 0 CIRCLE: words you do not know 0 WRITE: four comments or questions in the margins

Questions with a Partner 0 What does this opening scene establish about Anders' personality, his attitude toward others? What bothers him most? How does he express himself? DETAILS, please. 0 What kind of person do you think Anders was, when you hear about the memories he didn’t think of? 0 Why do you think Anders remembered the little moments and not the big moments? Is this a life lesson? 0 What is unique about the story being written from the perspective of a grumpy old man?

Story Plot

Story Plot: Bullet in the Brain Anders is in the bank waiting in line The bank grows quiet because the robbers enter the bank Anders gets shot in the brain We learn about Anders’ life and the things he does not remember Anders remembers the little moments in his life, like playing baseball, before he dies

Ticket to Leave 0 Swap your Story Plot with a friend. 0 Do you agree on the parts of the Story Plot? 0 If yes, YAY! 0 If not, where do you disagree?

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Tuesday, October 6, Welcome to class! 0 Today our desks should look like this (groups of 4 )

Do Now 0 Copy the parts of a story plot.

Do Now: Story Plot Story Plot: Bullet in the Brain Anders is in the bank waiting in line The bank grows quiet because the robbers enter the bank Anders gets shot in the brain We learn about Anders’ life and the things he does not remember Anders remembers the little moments in his life, like playing baseball, before he dies

What’s up this week? 0 Homework: By Thursday revise a free write. 0 Monday: Read: Bullet in the Brain 0 Tuesday: Read: Road between here and there 0 Wednesday: Read: The Things I’ve Lost 0 Thursday: Sharing and editing revised free writes 0 Friday: Poems

What’s up today? 0 Read Road Between Here and There and write a “Here I…” story 0 Free Write 0 Vocabulary 0 Read: Road Between Here and There 0 Write “Here I” story 0 Ticket to Leave

Free Write 0 What’s your talent?

Today’s Vocabulary: dearth (noun) 0 a scarcity or lack of something

Reading 0 As we read 0 HIGHLIGHT: information you think is interesting or language you think is exciting 0 CIRCLE: words you do not know 0 WRITE: four comments or questions in the margins

Here I… 0 Write your own “Here I…” story following the structure of this story 0 Here I grew up among the rolling green hills and brightest blue skies 0 Here I learned to ride a bike, scraped knees and scars from jagged little rocks telling the story of dirt roads 0 Here I learned what I thought love was and realized what, in fact, love was not

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

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Wednesday, October 7, Welcome to class! 0 Today our desks should look like this (groups of 4 )

Do Now 0 If you could write one tweet that the whole world would read, what would it be?

What’s up this week? 0 Homework: By Thursday revise a free write. 0 Monday: Read: Bullet in the Brain 0 Tuesday: Read: Road between here and there 0 Wednesday: Read: The Things I’ve Lost 0 Thursday: Sharing and editing revised free writes 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 What new emoticons does the world need?

Today’s Vocabulary: deficient (noun) 0 not having enough of a specified quality or quantity

Reading 0 As we read 0 HIGHLIGHT: information you think is interesting or language you think is exciting 0 CIRCLE: words you do not know 0 WRITE: four comments or questions in the margins

Discuss 0 How does the story of the things the author lost, tell the story of the things she has found through her life?

What have you lost? 0 Write on a scrap paper something you have lost. 0 Throw it in the middle.

Ticket to Leave 0 Write out what you might find when you lose that thing. 0 Stand in a circle. 0 Read our answers!

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Thursday, October 8, Welcome to class! 0 Today our desks can stay like this

Do Now 0 Correct the following sentences by adding commas. 0 Her daughter April may return in June 2009 for the reunion. 0 I went to see the movie “Midnight in Paris” with my friend Jessie. 0 Baseball’s home run leader Barry Bonds will be eligible for the Hall of Fame next year.

What’s up this week? 0 Homework: None 0 Monday: Read: Bullet in the Brain 0 Tuesday: Read: Road between here and there 0 Wednesday: Read: The Things I’ve Lost 0 Thursday: Sharing and editing revised free writes 0 Friday: Poems

What’s up today? 0 Revise a free write through peer editing and online editing 0 Free Write 0 Vocabulary 0 Revisions 0 Google Docs 0 Ticket to Leave

Free Write 0 If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be? Pretend Ms. Moran can’t taste and describe the taste.

Today’s Vocabulary: demonstrate (verb) 0 to clearly show the existence or truth of (something) by giving proof or evidence

Feedback Rules 0 Meet your partner. 0 Tell them what type of feedback you want. 0 Read their paper silently. 0 Write three comments on the post-its that relate to the feedback 0 Discuss with your partner

BPS s? 0 To log into the windows machine, the student must use their Student ID for the user ID and their 8 digit birthday for the password. For example: John Doe with student ID # , born on June 27th 1999 would log on using User ID: Password: This will then prompt them to change their password. Please make them change it to something they will remember. If need be, keep it on file somewhere for them. 0 This changed password is now their password for their Gmail and Aspen.

Typing 0 Google Drive 0 Create a document- share with 0 Need heading and title 0 Size 12, some kind of normal font 0 HEADING: 0 Your Name 0 Ms. Moran 0 Creative Writing 0 October 2015

Ticket to Leave 0 What was valuable about writing online to edit?

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Friday, October 9, 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 Beneficial 0 Analyze 0 Cynic 0 Arbitrary 0 Antiquated

What’s up this week? 0 Homework: None 0 Monday: Read: Bullet in the Brain 0 Tuesday: Read: Road between here and there 0 Wednesday: Read: The Things I’ve Lost 0 Thursday: Sharing and editing revised free writes 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

Free Write 0 What does it mean to be a winner? What does it mean to be a loser?

Poem Writing 0 With a partner, you are going to write a poem based on the first line of a famous poem: “Did you hear about the rose that grew”

Reading 0 The Rose that Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur

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