Thursday, December 14, 2017

Bookmaking Contents


Bookmaking Contents:

The rules for the content are simple:

1.   The book must be exactly 8 pages long. Page one is the title page. Page 8 is the list of literary devices you used.
2.   You must use six different literary devices from The Writer’s Toolbox handout.
3.   You must include a combination of words and images.
4.   The best books will tell a story or focus on a specific idea or subject.
5.   You must use color.


Two Approaches

1) Write what you want to write

1) Pick a subject you want to write about

2) Break it into six pages


2) Pick six different literary devices

3) See what literary devices are already there

3) Write one example of each device about your subject
4) Revise to ensure you have six different devices
4) Arrange them in the best order

Agenda, December 15

Unit One: Figurative Language, Word Choice, Mood, and Setting     
  • Due Now: Pre-writes 1 - 11
  • Due at the end of class: Your book 
Today's Learning Targets: 
  • I can publish my writing.
  • I can use the tools in the Writer's Toolbox.
  • I can share my writing with my classmates.
Agenda:
  1. Bookmaking Time

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Agenda, December 14

Unit One: Figurative Language, Word Choice, Mood, and Setting     
  • Due Tomorrow: Pre-writes 1 - 11
Today's Learning Targets: 
  • I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
  • I can define and write examples of assonance and consonance.
  • I can share my writing with my classmates.
Agenda:
  1. Freewrite #9: "Lifting my head, [I see] ..." OR Write about one of your bests
  2. Pre-write #10: Assonance and Consonance
  3. Pre-write #11: Snapshot Poems
  4. A preview of tomorrow

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Agenda, December 13

Unit One: Figurative Language, Word Choice, Mood, and Setting     
  • Due Friday: Pre-writes 1 - ?
  • Late: Freewrites 1-5
Today's Learning Targets: 

  • I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
  • I can define and write examples of assonance and consonance.
  • I can share my writing with my classmates.
Agenda:

  1. Freewrite #8: A list of bests
  2. Pre-write #8: Denotation and Connotation
  3. Pre-write #9: The Dominant Sense

Monday, December 11, 2017

Agenda, December 12

Unit One: Figurative Language, Word Choice, Mood, and Setting     
  • Late: Freewrites 1-5
Today's Learning Targets: 
  • I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
  • I can analyze the word choice in a poem.
  • I can employ vivid verbs.
  • I can share my writing with my classmates.
Agenda:
  1. Freewrite #7: "The girl in the doorway ..." OR Write about a curse.
  2. "The Curse," by Josh Ritter
  3. Pre-write #7: Vivid Verbs

Friday, December 8, 2017

Agenda, December 11

Unit One: Figurative Language, Word Choice, Mood, and Setting     
  • Late: Any stray leaves?
  • Late: Freewrites 1-5
Today's Learning Targets: 
  • I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
  • I can analyze a compare/contrast poem or story.
  • I can write an extended metaphor.
  • I can share my writing with my classmates.
Agenda:

  1. Freewrite #6: "You ought to give me ..." OR Three nouns.
  2. Pre-write #5: The Metaphor Machine
  3. "The Book of Love," by the Magnetic Fields
  4. "Can it be Repaired?"
  5. Pre-write #6: An extended metaphor

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Agenda, December 8

Unit One: Figurative Language, Word Choice, Mood, and Setting    Due Now: Any stray leaves?
Due Now: Freewrites 1-5 Do Today: 25 Days of Kindness - Help clean a classroom. Do Friday and Saturday: Go see The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge. 
Today's Learning Targets: 
  • I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
  • I can use repetition deliberately and effectively.
  • I can share my writing with my classmates.
Agenda:
  1. Pick a number ...
  2. Freewrite #5: "When I turned ..." OR Write about an accident.
  3. Share your best ...
  4. Pre-write #4: Repetition

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Agenda, December 7

Unit One: Figurative Language, Word Choice, Mood, and Setting   
Due Tomorrow: Freewrites 1-5
Do Today: 25 Days of Kindness - Give someone a compliment. 
Do Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: Go see The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge. 

Today's Learning Targets: 
  • I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
  • I can define and invent examples of elements of poetry.
  • I can identify elements of poetry in a piece of fiction.
  • I can share my writing with my classmates.
Agenda:
  1. Time to leaf.
  2. Freewrite #4: "Today I wish ..." OR Write about a birthday.
  3. Share your best ...
  4. Pre-write #3: "Eleven," by Sandra Cisneros 

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Agenda, December 6

Unit One: Figurative Language, Word Choice, Mood, and Setting   Do Today: 25 Days of Kindness - Make a bookmark for the library. Do Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: Go see The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge. Today's Learning Targets:
  • I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
  • I can identify cliched writing.
  • I can define and invent examples of elements of poetry.
  • I can share my writing with my classmates.
Agenda:

  1. Freewrite #3: "When autumn leaves ..." OR Write about the worst day ever.
  2. Share your best ...
  3. Pre-write #2: Cliche Busting
  4. Poet-Tree Leaves

Monday, December 4, 2017

Agenda, December 5

Unit One: Figurative Language, Word Choice, Mood, and Setting
 
Do Today: 25 Days of Kindness - Say please and thank you.
Do Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: Go see The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Today's Learning Targets:
  • I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
  • I can identify good writing.
  • I can define, invent, and recognize elements of poetry.
  • I can share my writing with my classmates.
Agenda:

  1. Freewrite #2: "The trouble began when ..." OR Write about an excellent friend.
  2. Share your best ...
  3. Pre-write #1A: Your rules for writing well
  4. Pre-write #1B: Your group's rules for writing well
  5. David Greenberg's rules for writing well
  6. Sing Along with The Writer's Toolbox

Sunday, December 3, 2017

Agenda, December 4

Unit One: Figurative Language, Word Choice, Mood, and Setting
Today's Learning Targets:
  • I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
  • I can identify good writing.
  • I can define, invent, and recognize elements of poetry.
  • I can share my writing with my classmates.
Agenda:

  1. Freewrite #1: "Most people don't know ..." OR Tell a sunrise story.
  2. Share your best ...
  3. Class rules
  4. The Writer's Toolbox: Hand tools
  5. Sing Along with The Writer's Toolbox