Agenda, December 16

• Coming Thursday: Laptops for word processing final drafts.
• Due Thursday: Final Draft of (at least) two pages of fiction or two poems. Include drafting / conferencing materials and yellow cover sheet.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
• I can work with a peer to make good writing better.

Today's Agenda:

1. Freewrite #11: Write from the point of view of your own evil twin OR "The branches scraped against my window ..."
2. Cliche Busting
3. Conferencing / Revising Time

Agenda, December 15

• Late: Rough draft of Packet 1. Handwritten is fine. A collection of freewrites is not a draft. No late credit for late drafts. 
• Coming Thursday: Laptops for word processing final drafts.
• Due Thursday: Final Draft of (at least) two pages of fiction or two poems. Include drafting / conferencing materials and yellow cover sheet.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can show.
• I can work with a peer to make good writing better.

Today's Agenda:

1. Pre-write #12: Exploding the Moment
2. Drafting / Conferencing Time

Agenda, December 14

• Due Now: Rough draft of Packet 1. Handwritten is fine. A collection of freewrites is not a draft. No late credit for late drafts. 

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use a freewrite to solve problems.
• I can show.
• I can work with a peer to make good writing better.

Today's Agenda:

1. Freeishwrite
2. Pre-write #11: Show, Don't Tell
3. Drafting / Conferencing Time

Agenda, December 11

• Due at the end of class today: Pre-writes 1-10 (We'll do #10 tomorrow)
• Due Monday: Rough draft of Packet 1. Handwritten is fine. A collection of freewrites is not a draft. No late credit for late drafts.
• Do this week: Go see Little Women! It's a world premier! 

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
• I can show.
• I can develop an idea into a rough draft.

Today's Agenda:

1. Freewrite #10: "I think ..." OR "Dew glistened on the [thorns] ..."
2. Pre-write #10: The Dominant Sense
3. Drafting Time

Agenda, December 10

• Due Tomorrow: Pre-writes 1-10 (We'll do #10 tomorrow)
• Due Monday: Rough draft of Packet 1. Handwritten is fine. A collection of freewrites is not a draft. No late credit for late drafts.
• Do this week: Go see Little Women! It's a world premier! 

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
• I can use word choice and imagery to manipulate a mood.
• I can show.
• I can develop an idea into a rough draft.

Today's Agenda:

1. Freewrite #9: "Searching for a way out ..." OR "When he saw the officer ..."
2. Pre-write #9: Consonance Bank
3. Pre-write #7B: Mood
4. Drafting Time

Agenda, December 9

Due Dates:

• Late: Freewrites 1-5
• Late: Lit Devices 'Zine 
• Due Monday: Rough draft of Packet 1. Handwritten is fine. A collection of freewrites is not a draft. No late credit for late drafts.
• Do this week: Go see Little Women! It's a world premier! 

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
• I can use word choice and imagery to manipulate a mood.

Today's Agenda:

1. Freewrite #8: "The roaring wind ..." OR "The driving rain ..." AND / OR Seven words
2. Pre-write #7: Alliteration / Assonance Bank
3. Pre-write #8: Five Card Flickr

Agenda, December 8

Due Dates:

• Late: Freewrites 1-5
• Late: Lit Devices 'Zine 
• Due Monday: Rough draft of Packet 1. Handwritten is fine. A collection of freewrites is not a draft.
• Do this week: Go see Little Women! It's a world premier! 

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
• I can use word choice and imagery to manipulate a mood.

Today's Agenda:

1. Freewrite #7: "Disgraced, I retreated to ..." OR Pick a number ...
2. Pre-write #5: Four fine words: pretty, funny, scary, happy
3. Pre-write #6: Fortune Cookie Prompts

Agenda, December 7

Due Dates:

• Late: Freewrites 1-5
• Late: Lit Devices 'Zine 
• Do this week: Go see Little Women! It's a world premier! 

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
• I can use word choice and imagery to manipulate a mood.

Today's Agenda:

1. Freewrite #6: "I remember ..." OR Three words: gossip, flute, boat.
2. Pre-write #4: Setting and Mood
3. Pre-write #5: Four fine words: pretty, funny, scary, happy

Agenda, December 4

Unit 1: Figurative Language, Literary Devices, Word Choice, and Setting
Due Dates:

• Due Today, 12/4: Freewrites 1-5 (We'll do #5 tomorrow)

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
• I can practice using a writer's tools.

Today's Agenda:

1. Freewrite #5: "He was terrified of small spaces and she knew..." OR Write about a character with a profound regret.
2. The Writer's Toolbox
3. A Lit Devices 'zine (Due Today!)
4. Sharing time

Agenda, December 3

Unit 1: Figurative Language, Literary Devices, Word Choice, and Setting
Due Dates:

• Due Friday, 12/4: Freewrites 1-5 (We'll do #5 tomorrow)

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
• I can build a metaphor machine.
• I can take good writing and make it better.

Today's Agenda:

1. Freewrite #4: "The unusual blue light ..." OR Person, Place, Thing
2. Grammar Exercise #1: Dependent and Independent Clauses.
3. Pre-write #3: A Metaphor Machine
4. Revision Challenge

Agenda, December 2

Unit 1: Figurative Language, Literary Devices, Word Choice, and Setting
Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
• I can write a variety of similes.
• I can take good writing and make it better.

Today's Agenda:

1. Freewrite #3: "After the storm ..." OR Write a story about a very special cake.
2. Pre-write #2: Simile Self-Portrait
3. Revision Challenge

Agenda, December 1

Unit 1: Figurative Language, Literary Devices, Word Choice, and Setting
Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
• I can work with a small group to review familiar literary devices.

Today's Agenda:

1. Freewrite #2: "Everything seemed familiar ..." OR "The smell of ______ filled the air ..."
2. Carousel Poem, Take Two
3. Pre-Write #1: Found Poem

Agenda, November 30

Unit 1: Figurative Language, Literary Devices, Word Choice, and Setting

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
• I can work with my classmates to create a choral poem.
• I can work independently or with a small group to review familiar literary devices.

Today's Agenda:

1. Freewrite #1: "I write because ..." OR "When I write ..."
2. A choral poem
3. Class Rules / The Writer's Toolbox
4. Carousel Poem