Unit 3: Character                     
Today's Learning Targets:             
I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
I can use a framework to generate ideas for my writing.      
I can use class time wisely.
I can evaluate the effectiveness of writing techniques. 

1. Freewrite 29: "She couldn't believe she got the job..." -or- "It didn't quite work the way he had planned."
2. Prewrite 35: President of the World: Interviews.
3. Review.

Due: Either Prewrite 33 or 34.

Unit 3: Character                     
Today's Learning Targets:             
I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
I can use a framework to generate ideas for my writing.      
I can use class time wisely.
I can evaluate the effectiveness of writing techniques. 

1. Freewrite 28: "She didn't have a care in the world, until..." -or- "And then he exploded."
2. Prewrite 34: Characterization through description.
3. Review.

Late: Packet 2, stapled in this order: Yellow sheet, final, roughs.

Unit 3: Character                     
Today's Learning Targets:             
I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
I can use a framework to generate ideas for my writing.      
I can use class time wisely 

1. Freewrite 26: "The truth is..." -or- "Finally, there was justice."
2. Symbolic characters.

Late: Packet 2, stapled in this order: Yellow sheet, final, roughs.
Due Today: Prewrite 31 or Prewrite 32

Unit 3: Character                     
Today's Learning Targets:             
I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
I can use a framework to generate ideas for my writing.      
I can use class time wisely 

1. Freewrite 26: "The world is made up of..." -or- "I was prepared for this..."
2. Bull Durham Credo.

Late: Packet 2, stapled in this order: Yellow sheet, final, roughs.

Unit 3: Character                     
Today's Learning Targets:             
I can use a framework to generate ideas for my writing.      
I can write a story from a framework.  
I can use class time wisely 

1. Freewrite 25: "He was the bee's knees." -or- "Her accent made me think of..."
2. Prewrite 31: Create a character, then write.

Agenda, January 23

Late: FLP 6-10        
Late: Pre-writes 14 - 30     
Due Today before class starts: Teacher conference about your writing      
Due Today before class starts: Peer conference about your writing          
Due Today at the end of class: Packet 2, stapled in this order: Yellow sheet, final, roughs
Unit 2: Structure                      
Today's Learning Targets:             
I can use technology to improve my writing.      
I can use conferences as a way to revise my writing.  
I can use class time wisely 

1. Type, type, type 'til your daddy takes your T-bird away.

Agenda, January 22

Late: FLP 6-10      
Due Today: Pre-writes 14 - 30 or 31   
Due Thursday before class starts: Teacher conference about your writing    
Due Thursday before class starts: Peer conference about your writing        
Due Thursday at the end of class: Packet 2 (We'll type in class.)

Unit 2: Structure                    
Today's Learning Targets:           
I can use a freewrite to reflect on my writing.     
I can use active verbs.      
I can use conferences as a way to revise my writing.
I can use class time wisely 

1. un-Freewrite #24: What is the state of your writing right now? Are you more playful or more anxious? What have you learned about structure? Where do you want to go from here?
2. Work Time
3. Pre-write #31: Not to Be

Agenda, January 21

Please note: Keep all old Freewrites and Pre-writes. We'll need them to revise.          
Late: Freewrites 16-22    
Due Now: Rough Draft of Packet 2   
Due Now: FLP 6-10    
Due Wednesday: Pre-writes 14 - 30  
Due Thursday before class starts: Teacher conference about your writing  
Due Thursday before class starts: Peer conference about your writing      
Due Thursday: Packet 2 (We'll type in class.)
      
Unit 2: Structure                  
Today's Learning Targets:         
I can use a freewrite to create a new freewrite.   
I can rethink as a form of revision.    
I can use conferences as a way to revise my writing. 

1. Freewrite #23: Distillation
2. Pre-write #30: Not to Be
3. Work Time

Agenda, January 17

Please note: Keep all old Freewrites and Pre-writes. We'll need them to revise.          

Late: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"  
Due Today: Freewrites 16-22  
Due Tuesday: Rough Draft of Packet 2
 Due Tuesday: FLP 6-10  
Due Wednesday: Pre-writes 14 - ?
Due Thursday before class starts: Teacher conference about your writing  
Due Thursday: Packet 2 (We'll type in class.)
     
Unit 2: Structure                
Today's Learning Targets:       
I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.  
I can identify and use figurative language.  
I can build a story around a structural framework. 

1. Freewrite #22: "In the dead of night ..." OR "As she got off the bus ..."
2. Figurative Language Practice #10: ????
3. Pre-write #29: Mamet Story Starter
4. Work Time

Agenda, January 16

Please note: Keep all old Freewrites and Pre-writes. We'll need them to revise.         Due Yesterday: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
Due Tomorrow: Freewrites 16-22
Due Tuesday: Rough Draft of Packet 2
Due Wednesday: Pre-writes 14 - ?
Due Thursday: Packet 2
   
Unit 2: Structure              
Today's Learning Targets:   
I can emulate structural tricks that professional writers use. 
I can identify and use figurative language.
I can tell a story using multiple perspectives. 

1. "Owl Creek" Wrap-up
2. Pre-write #27: Structural Tricks #3 - Writing in Circles
3. Figurative Language Practice #9: ????
4. Pre-write #28: Poem for Two Voices
5. For the Stumped: Mamet Story Starter
6. Work Time

Agenda, January 15

Please note: Keep all old Freewrites and Pre-writes. We'll need them to revise.        
Due Now: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
 
Unit 2: Structure            
Today's Learning Targets:   
I can generate my own freewrite prompts.
I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
I can emulate structural tricks that professional writers use. I can identify and use figurative language.

1. Freewrite #21: What if?
2. Figurative Language Practice #8: Alliteration
3. Pre-write #27: Writing in Circles

Agenda, January 14

Please note: Keep all old Freewrites and Pre-writes. We'll need them to revise.      
Due Wednesday: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
Unit 2: Structure          
Today's Learning Targets: 
I can emulate structural tricks that professional writers use.
I can identify and use figurative language.
I can develop an extended metaphor     

1. Pre-write #25: Structural Tricks #2 (Work on a piece where the ending contradicts the beginning or a piece where the ending returns to the beginning but the reader has a new understanding of the beginning)
2. Figurative Language Practice #7: Assonance
3. Pre-write #26: Extended metaphors

Agenda, January 13

Please note: Keep all old Freewrites and Pre-writes. We'll need them to revise.    
Due Wednesday: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
 
Unit 2: Structure        
Today's Learning Targets:
 I can use a freewrite to generate ideas. 
I can analyze the structure of a song.
I can emulate structural tricks that professional writers use.     

1. Freewrite #20: "The thief crept ..." OR "On my way to ..."
2. Figurative Language Practice #6: Consonance
3. Pre-write #24: "New Lover," by Josh Ritter
4. Pre-write #25: Structural Tricks #2

Agenda, January 10

Please note: Keep all old Freewrites and Pre-writes. We'll need them to revise.  
Unit 2: Structure      
Today's Learning Targets:    
I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.     
I can use multiple strategies for breaking lines in a poem.
 
I can analyze the structure of an important American literary work.

1. Freewrite #19: "On the tracks ..." OR "As he fell ..."
2. Pre-write #22: What's the difference between prose and poetry?
3. Pre-write #23: Lining Poems
4. Text Analysis: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," by Ambrose Bierce (This gets its own sheet of paper; it is neither freewrite nor pre-write.)
   

Agenda, January 9

Please note: Keep all old Freewrites and Pre-writes. We'll need them to revise.
Unit 2: Structure    
Today's Learning Targets:   I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.   
I can analyze a song for structural tricks.

I can emulate the structural tricks of professional authors. 

1. Freewrite #17: "The gavel fell ..." OR "A hush fell [on the crowd] ..."
2. Pre-write #18: "I see you," by TMBG
3. Pre-write #19: Structure in "I Got Stripes," by Johnny Cash
4. Pre-write #20: Structure in "The One on the Right," by Johnny Cash
5. Pre-write #21: Structural Tricks #1

Agenda, January 8

Unit 2: Structure  
Today's Learning Targets:  
I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.  
I can define the characteristics of a killer first line.  
I can use a killer first line as a springboard for a piece of writing.

I can analyze a song for structural tricks.

1. Freewrite #17: "I saw ..." OR "Her prized possession ..."
2. Pre-write #16: Killer First Lines
3. Pre-write #17: First Line / Last Line
4. Pre-write #18: "I see you" by TMBG

Agenda, January 7

Unit 2: Structure
Today's Learning Targets:
I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
I can explain the elements of structure in fiction and poetry.
I can define the characteristics of a killer first line.
I can analyze the structure of a visual poem.

1. Freewrite #16: "The last thing I remember ..." OR "Tell me ..."
2. Pre-write #14: What is structure?
3. Pre-write #15: "Distant Rain," by Shaun Tan