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Creative Writing Weekly
Agenda, Assignments and Homework |
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8/20 1.Go over syllabus/participation points 2. Write a letter to me: Ms. Crutchfield |
8/21 1. Seating chart- sit where you are comfortable. 2. Classroom duty lottery- 9 students each quarter. 3. Hand out- First Qtr. Expectations. 4. Game- getting to know each other. 5. Wacky Wordies- put all group member’s names on those. |
8/22 1. Journal #1 Poetry is… Write down anything and everything that comes to mind about poetry. (example: emotions, Edgar Allen Poe, thoughts, blue, socks) 2. Go over self-selected book info. 3. Share Posters 4. Writing Assignment (in notebook). Self-selected book-due 8/29 -fiction, non-fiction, bio, autobio, etc. -no books that are taught in your other classes may be used. -you will bring this book every day! -you will do a small creative oral report in about 6-7 weeks. -you will be reading silently in class. |
8/23 1. Journal #2 Stream of consciousness. Write down every thought that comes to mind. Write quickly and don’t stop. 2. Homework- Haiku. 3. Walt Whitman Bio. 4. Read Whitman in groups of 3. 5. Do found poem- turn in at end of period. -Homework- self-selected book 8/29 -2 Haiku due Mon. 8/27 |
8/24 1. Journal #3 Free choice (1 page) Be creative. 2. Finish Walt Whitman found Poems. 3. Whitman Puzzle for Participation Points Homework -Self-selected book due: 8/29 -2 Haiku due: 8/27 |
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8/27 1. Journal #4 I love…(or like, appreciate) make a list. 2. Get into groups of 4-5 and share Haiku. Choose 5-6 favorite ones and write neatly on the white paper. 3. Share with entire class. Homework: -self-selected book due: 8/29 |
8/28 1. Journal #5 I remember…(list of random memories). 2. Similes: A comparison of two unlike things using like or as. -She is like a mirror -When I smile at her -She smiles back at me. Write similes in your notebooks. 3. Homework: detail awareness. Homework: -self-selected book due wed. 8/29 -detail awareness -due thurs. |
8/29 1. Journal #6 If I could be anywhere, I would be… 2. Silent Reading- 15 min. 3. Writing about the 5 senses -sight -sound -smell -taste Homework: -Detail Awaremess- due thurs. 8/30 |
8/30 1. Journal #7 2. Share: -Journals -Homework: Detailed Awarness -Yesterdays Senses Assignment -Similes 3. Silent Reading 4. Go over homework- due on tues. Sept. 4 -Home poem |
8/31 1. Journal #8 -free choice -don’t be linear -write crazy! Sideways, in shapes, upside down, ect. |
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NO SCHOOL |
9/4 1. Journal #9 -I am… -I am not… 2.Silent reading (20 min.) 3. Share Home poems in groups of 5. 4. Share with class for points. 5. Collect poems. |
9/5 1. Journal #10 What makes me blue or sad 2. Read about history of blues 3. Read-“How to sing the Blues” 4. Read blues songs and poems/ go over blues poems 5.Go over presenting A Published Poem Project 6.Rhyming poetry forms practice -Write 1 couplet, 1tercet, & 1Quatrain 7. Silent Reading H.W.: Blue Poems due Mon 9/10
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9/7 1.Journal #11 Free Choice 2.Share journals Couplets, tercets, quatrains 3. Onomatopeia & Alliteration, Practice in notebook 4.Silent reading H.W.: Blues poems due Mon. 9/10 |
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9/10 1. Journal #12 I feel… 2. Share Journals, alliteration, onomatopoeia. 3. Get into groups 5-6 / quickly share blues poems. 4. Choose one to present to class. |
9/11 1. Journal #13 In your mind’s eye (your imagination) I see…I smell…I touch…I hear…I taste… 2. Go over Book Presentations-due: Oct. 3 (Wed.) 3. In your notebook write an 8-12 line poem that includes onomatopoeia and/or alliteration. This stays in your notebook for now! 4. Silent Reading until the bell. |
9/12 BLOCK 1.Journal #14 I fear… It worries me… 2. Read poem based on Fear List 3. Read—This is Where I Am Now Poem Assignment—Due Mon 9/17 4. Read examples 5. Read About Jimmy Santiago Baca and his poems 6. Watch video of Bill Moyer’s interviewing Baca and Baca reading his poetry 7. Write a 1 page reflection on Baca and turn in. H.W—This Is Where I Am Now Poem—Due Monday 9/17 |
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9/14 1.Journal #15 Free choice Ideas* Try using the hand you don’t usually write w/ *Peace? How? *Reflect on America 2.Write 1 Tanka and 2 Cinquain in notebook 3.Silent reading until the bell H.W. This is where I am poem Due Mon9/17 |
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