1. Monday, September 14, 2015 Objective: Agenda: Notebook: Daily Quote:
English 9
Notebook:
What Worries You?
Daily Quote:
“Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless – like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend
Bruce Lee
Objective:
Develop your writer’s notebook as a personal space for your ideas, questions, and writing practice.
Remember, no one expects perfection!
Agenda:
Soundtrack of Your Life
Presentations
Notebook:
What Worries You?
In detail
Intro to your Commonplace Book
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Mr. McGregor
BEGIN YOUR WRITER’S NOTEBOOK
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3. Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Notebook: Daily Quote: Objective: Agenda:
English 9
Notebook:
Intense Moments
Daily Quote:
“Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.”
John Lennon
Objective:
Utilize close reading skills to examine Eleven
Locate examples of characterization and dialogue
Consider a particular moment you want to write about
Agenda:
Write about a moment of extreme emotions
Happiness, Sadness, Shock, Helplessness, anxiety, etc.
Read Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
Discuss characterization and dialogue
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Mr. McGregor
DISCUSS PERSONAL NARRATIVE AND READ A SAMPLE
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4. Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Notebook: Daily Quote: Objective:
English 9
Notebook:
None Today!
Daily Quote:
“There’s always room for a story that can transport people to another place.”
J.K. Rowling
Objective:
Utilize close reading skills to examine “Eleven”
Practice using characterization and dialogue
Continue to consider a moment in your life that you will to write about
Agenda:
Annotate Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
Locate examples of characterization and dialogue
Use Eleven as a model to write one of “those moments in time”
Practice using the techniques above using one of the provided prompts
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Mr. McGregor
IDENTIFY CHARACTERIZATION AND DIALOUGE
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5. Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Sentence Starters:
English 9
Sentence Starters:
I thought it was going to be a great day, but boy was I in for a surprise.
That day started off like any other, but it sure didn’t stay that way.
The time that really changed my life was…
The way I view the world was changed forever when…
It should have been a great summer, but…
I used to think ______, but now I think _________.
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Mr. McGregor
PRACTICE CHARACTERIZATION AND DIALOGUE
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6. Thursday, September 17, 2015 Notebook: Daily Quote: Objective: Agenda:
English 9
Notebook:
“That was the year…”
Daily Quote:
“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
William Faulkner
Objective:
Write about a significant moment in your life
Focus on using characterization and dialogue
Agenda:
Writer’s Notebook
“That was the year…”
Identify the moment in time you would like to write about
Begin drafting your personal narrative
You will need a rough draft for tomorrow!
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Mr. McGregor
PRACTICE USING CHARACTERZATION AND DIALOGUE
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8. Friday, September 17, 2015 Notebook: Daily Quote: Objective: Agenda:
English 9
Notebook:
None Today!
Daily Quote:
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”
Jimi Hendrix
Objective:
Understand basic revision techniques including:
Pair & Share
Reverse Reading
Etc.
Understand how writing can be a collaborative process
Agenda:
Personal Narrative
Pair/share
See next slide for details
Revision
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Mr. McGregor
PERSONAL NARRATIVE DRAFT REVISION
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9. Friday, September 17, 2015 Individual work:
English 9
Individual work:
Take notes and answer the following sentence starters below your entry, on the back, or in the margins of the notebook.
I notice…
I’m wondering…
I see now that…
I think this is important to me because
I’m surprised in my writing by…
Share with a partner and discuss the following:
Is this an important story that you think has potential?
Why? Why not?
Why is this moment significant or important to you?
What was your favorite part?
What was something that I should change or remove?
Consider your favorite passage in all of your pieces of writing and mark it in a way that stands out:
Write this passage at the top of the next free page in your notebook
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Mr. McGregor
PERSONAL NARRATIVE DRAFT REVISION
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