MR. WALKER’S 8 TH GRADE HONORS ENGLISH March 6, 2015 Lessons & Objectives

WARM-UP Read “Lesson 9: Comparing Texts” and answer the questions. Be sure and read the tips, too. Use them! Use your TQRAP skills. Read the questions and answers as carefully as you read the selections.

WORD OF THE DAY occupant one who inhabits a particular space; one who has certain rights or control over the premises in which he lives Mr. Walker didn’t care for the new OCCUPANT in the apartment next door.

LINES WE LOVE “In our village, folks say God crumbles up the old moon into stars.” —Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY Blocks 1 & 2 Creative Writing. Students will work collaboratively in teams to compose original Creative Writing pieces using a CW story starter as inspiration. Stories will be well-organized and have coherent themes and plots. They will have fully-developed characters, and settings which are appropriate to the theme and plot. They will use vivid language and grade level appropriate vocabulary. TEKS 8.15A(i-v); 8.19A(i-viii); 8.20; 8.21

ROUND ROBIN WRITING You will use the following story starter to write an original work of creative writing. After 10 minutes, you will pass your paper to the person on your left. They will write for 10 minutes and pass again until you have received your paper back again. You will write for 10 more minutes to conclude the story. Remember, your story must have: theme, plot, setting, character(s), conflict, and an identifiable and consistent point of view. You must also include dialogue.

ROUND ROBIN WRITING Your story starter... The geese, ducks, and swans had returned to the lake. Spring was finally here. Duchess and her daughter Tina were feeding the birds. There was nothing Duchess liked better than spring and summer. She could finally shake off the winter blues and start planning fun summer activities. ***When the alarm on the stopwatch sounds, pass your paper to the person on your left and wait until I tell you to begin.***

HOMEWORK What? Are you kidding me? There’s no homework…. Happy Spring Break!!