1. 2/14 WP: Come up with several different poems for Valentine’s Day
Read Annie Dillard’s essay & locate descriptive strategies

2. 2/15: Creative Writing WP: Try to come up with an original riddle
Read Desmond-Harris essay & annotate for narrative & descriptive strategies; be prepared to discuss
Work on
narrative essay

3. Rules for Writing a Riddle
Make 3 descriptive statements about the object of your riddle
Each statement should begin with something that is true about the object followed by “but”
Each statement should end with something that contrasts the beginning of the statement.
A keyboard

4. 2/16: Creative Writing WP: Moral dilemma Discuss Tupac essay
Time to work on narrative essay

5. Moral Dilemma
A plane crashes into the sea with 12 people aboard. You all manage to get into an inflatable life boat. The boat’s capacity is 8 people and will sink in a few minutes. There is one life jacket on board. What will you do?

6. 2/17: Creative Writing
WP: If you could make your own report card, in what fictional subjects would you get an A? An F? Come up with at least five for each.
Drinking Diet Coke: A
Waking up before my alarm goes off: F
Cuddling with my cat: A
Squeezing out the last bit of toothpaste from the tube: A
What was the thesis of the Tupac essay?
Time to work on narrative essay

7. 2/21: Creative Writing
Make a list of sentences/lines that immediately bring a book/movie/TV show to mind.
Time to work on narrative essay

8. 2/22: Creative Writing
Writing Prompt: Write a personal ad in which you describe all of your most unattractive qualities. Be as specific as possible and brutally honest. Celebrate your unique flaws and dislikes.
Using rubric-related worksheet read and provide feedback to two classmates

9. 2/23: Creative Writing
WP: What unexplained/ supernatural events have happened to you (or someone you know)? Reminder: narrative essays due tomorrow!

10. 2/27: Creative Writing WP:
What does your child self say to your current self?
Today: Revise pass around poems & submit both copies

11. 2/28: Creative Writing
Writing Prompt—Do you think your name suits you? If you could have a different first name, what would you choose? Look at your classmates. Whose name best suits them? Who and what would you rename some students?
Collect revised pass around poems
Read and discuss “S****y First Drafts” essay

12. March 1: Creative Writing
WP: Describe 3 unlovable, repulsive, disgusting, or offensive things that you actually like.
Discuss/collect questions to Lamont’s essay
7th Hour: 10:08 to 10:30

13. 3/2: Creative Writing WP: Write a story inspired by this setting.
Collect questions about Lamont essay & discuss.

14. March 3: Creative Writing
Rubric for quarterly exam (Tuesday)
Worksheet & notes on figurative language

15. 3/7: GP 3 Exam—Choose one image and write a story or poem about it.

16. 3/8: Today in Creative Writing
Writing Prompt: Fill in the blanks with specific relationships and with unexpected similes. Repeat 3 or 4 times with different people.
My relationship with ________________ is/was like ….. (i.e., my relationship with my mother was like an ornate castle).
Using one of the similes you have just created, write some reasons, justifications, or explanations for this comparison.
Power Point and Figurative Language notes