Pd. 4 - College Prep. Seminar A/ Creative Writing Workshop Assignments
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- Semester 6
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- English
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- 340
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Assignment
Agenda - Friday, June 20, 2008
- Computer lab day! Complete and submit your final portfolios
Weekend HW
- No HW if your final portfoio was completed and submitted today.
- If you are submitting the portfolio late, please read the following CAREFULLY:
- Take your completed portfolio to the Freshman Center by the end of the day on Monday.
- Ask the office staff at the Freshman Center to time stamp your completed portfolio. Please get the cover time stamped. The stamp needs to have the date and time you submitted it. You must submit it before 3:00 on Monday, or else it will be counted two days late.
- Place the stamped portfolio in my mailbox in the Freshman Center!
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Agenda - Thursday, June 19, 2008
- Computer lab day to type final draft of memoir
HW
- Final portfolio due 6/20 at the end of the period! Please consult checklist to make sure all items are included.
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Agenda - Wednesday, June 18, 2008
- SSR
- Vocabulary 26 - gregarious
- Review final portfolio checklist and rubric
- Edit/Complete memoir draft
Today's HW
- Complete memoir draft/ revision
- Bring USB/Thumb drive to lab
- Report to Freshman Center Lab instead of classroom
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Assignment
Agenda - Tuesday, June 17, 2008
- WTL #15
- Vocabulary #24 - hedonist (pd. 4 only)
- Vocabulary #25 - iconoclastic (pd. 1, 2)
- Lesson: Titling Your Memoir (download notes below)
- Peer edit memoir
- Writing workshop
Today's HW
- Create three plausible titles for your memoir and bring into class for peer feedback
- Complete memoir draft tonight!!
- Get USB/Thumb drive if you do not have one yet
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Agenda - Monday, June 16, 2008
- SSR
- Vocabulary #24 - hedonist (someone who lives for pleasure)
- Review sample memoir conclusions and discuss in small groups (download below)
- Writing workshop/ memoir conferences
Today's HW
- Complete draft of memoir and bring to class tomorrow to begin editing process
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Agenda - Thursday, June 12, 2008
- WTL #14 In at least one paragraph, or half a page, please respond to the following prompt:• Please review the vocabulary words from Tuesday and Wednesday.Then, please respond to one of the following:• What is one assignment or activity from our class that you enjoyed doing the most? Explain why. On the contrary, what is one assignment or activity from our class that you enjoyed the least and explain why?• What is one thing you are proud of from your freshman year? On the contrary, what is one moment you regret and why?
- Vocabulary #23 = garrulous (extremely talkative)
- Story marathon (Pd. 1 only)
- Memoir conferences and writing workshop
Today's HW
- 5 sentences using the word "garrulous"
- Study for vocabulary quiz (last one of the year! Download study guide below)
- one additional page of memoir
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Agenda - Wednesday, June 11, 2008
- Vocabulary #21 = fastidious
- Memoir conference and writing workshop at the computer lab
Today's HW
- 5 sentences using the word "fastidious"
- one additional page (handwritten) or 1/2 page typed of memoir. Please be sure to double space and write only on one side
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Agenda - Tuesday, June 10, 2008
- Write to Learn #13 - In at least one paragraph, or half a page, please respond to the following prompt:• Please review yesterday’s vocabulary word and summarize what a snapshot is.Then, please respond to one of the following prompts:• If you were a television or movie character, who would you be and why?• What is something that really makes you angry, and why?
- Vocabulary #20 = erroneous (mistaken, wrong)
- Dialogue exercise #7 (Pd. 1 only)
- Review Jamaica Kincaid's My Brother, and complete write-like assignment
Today's HW
- 5 sentences using the word "erroneous"
- Continue working on memoir
- complete write-like if not completed in class
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Assignment
Agenda - Monday, June 9, 2008
- SSR
- Vocabulary #19 - ephemeral
- Dialogue ex. #7
- Notes: Snapshots
- Reading/Writing Workshop: Read Jamaica Kincaid's My Brother, and answer analysis questions. Then, complete a write-like where you imitate the author's style of writing on page 9 of the reading. Please see my sample snapshot for further guidance on this assignment.
Today's HW
- 5 sentences using the word "ephemeral"
- Complete three analysis questions for My Brother, and complete a write-like where you describe a person, place, or object that has deep meaning to you. The thing you are describing does not have to be a subject in your memoir. The objective of the assignment is to imitate the style of writing found on page 9 of My Brother.
- Continue working on memoir
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Assignment
Agenda - Friday, June 6, 2008
- WTL #12 (Pd. 4 only)
- Vocabulary quiz #5
- Conference/Writing workshop
Weekend HW
- Write two additional pages of your memoir. All work should be double-spaced and written on one side of your paper.
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Assignment
Agenda - Thursday, June 5, 2008
- Peer edit introduction for memoir
- Edit dialogue scene in short story (add or revise dialogue scene and check for balance amongst dialogue, narrative, and action)
- Lab
Today's HW
- Study for vocabulary quiz (three words from this week and any 5 from previous weeks)
- final draft of short story (download checklist below)
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Assignment
Agenda - Tuesday, June 3, 2008
- WTL #11 In at least one paragraph, or half a page, please respond to the following prompt:• Please review what we went over in yesterday’s class.Then, please respond to one of the following prompts:• In what way(s) have you changed over the past few years, and was it a good change or bad change?• What are two of my strengths, and conversely, what are two of my weaknesses?
- Vocabulary #18: Disclose
- Dialogue exercise #4
- Notes: Ways to Begin Your Memoir
Today's HW
- 5 sentences using the word "disdain"
- Complete two introduction drafts for your memoir using two different strategies discussed in class today.
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Agenda - Monday, June 2, 2008
- SSR
- Vocabulary #17: disclose
- Dialogue Exercise #4
- Memoir map
Today's HW
- Complete memoir map
- 5 sentences using "disclose"
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Agenda - Friday, May 30, 2008
- Vocabulary quiz #4
- Notes: Weaving Dialogue, Action, and Narrative Into Your Memoirs
- Dialogue Exercise #3
Today's HW
- Complete dialogue exercise #3
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Assignment
Agenda - Friday, May 23, 2008
- View sample writing portfolios
- Computer lab to type up final drafts of following poems:
- Where I'm From
- Cinquains (all three)
- Diamante poem
- Metaphor Poem
- Sonnet
Homework
(Due Friday, May 30!)
Please download and review attached rubrics for requirements. All final drafts of poems are due on Friday, May 30. All poems must be typed and submitted with their original drafts. Handwritten poems will not be accepted!
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Agenda - Thursday, May 29, 2008
- WTL 10 In at least one paragraph, or half a page, please respond to the following prompt:• Please review what you have learned over the past two days.Then, please respond to one of the following prompts:• Who do you think knows you the best (excluding yourself) and what do you think they would say about you?• What kind of friends do you have, and what does this say about your personality?
- Vocabulary #13 "Deride" = to make fun of or mock
- Dialogue exercise #2 = write a 1/2 page dialogue that details a conversation you had with someone this past week. Use all dialogue rules discussed in class yesterday.
- Complete purpose statement posters in small groups
Today's HW
- Complete poetry portfolio
- Study for vocabulary quiz #4
- Write 5 sentences using the word "deride"
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Assignment
Agenda - Wednesday, May 28, 2008
- SSR
- Vocabulary: Confound = perplexed, confused, puzzled
- Part of speech = verb
- Dialogue exercise
- Pd. 1 - dialogue exercise 2
- Pds. 2, 4 - dialogue rules and exercise #1
- Small groups - craft purpose statements
Today's HW
- 5 sentences using the word "confound"
- Complete purpose statements
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Agenda - Tuesday, May 27, 2008
- Write to Learn #10 (#9 for Pd. 4) In at least one paragraph, or half a page, please respond to the following prompt:• Please review the vocabulary words from last weekThen, please respond to one of the following prompts:• What is one story about yourself you would like your future grandchildren or children to know about and why?• Which year of your life has been the most memorable and why?
- Vocabulary: "cajole" = persuade or coax; part of speech = verb
- Dialogue Rules Notes and Exercise (pd. 1 only)
- Notes: What is a Memoir?
- Memoir analysis circles: Read sample memoirs from former students and analyze the topics, themes, and structure presented in these memoirs.
Today's HW
- Five sentences using the word "cajole"
- Memoir project proposal sheet (download below)
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Agenda - Wednesday, May 21, 2008
- Vocabulary: Beguile
- SSR/WTL #9
- Ways to begin your story
- Writing workshop
Today's HW
- Story draft due Friday
- 5 sentences using "beguile" or "beguiling"
- Completed plot diagram
- Bring all materials for writing portfolio
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Assignment
Agenda - Monday, May 19, 2008
- SSR
- Vocabulary #12: aversion
- Setting sketches
- Theme development worksheet
- Writing workshop
Homework
- Please write 5 sentences using the word "aversion"
- Complete theme development worksheet
- Story draft is due Thursday
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Assignment
Agenda - Friday, May 16, 2008
- Vocabulary quiz #3
- Review story star/ plot diagram for "The Necklace"
- Gallery walk - select photo to begin story
- Writing workshop
- Write three plot ideas for selected photo
- Write four plot patterns using the plot patterns worksheet provided in class
- Complete character development worksheet
Weekend HW
- Complete 4 plot patterns
- Complete character development worksheet
- story is due Thursday
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Agenda - Thursday, May 15, 2008
- SSR
- Vocabulary #11: astute
- Review "Tortoise and Hare" story star
- Show v. Tell Paragraph
- Reading workshop: "The Necklace"
Today's HW
- 5 sentences using the word "astute"
- Study for tomorrow's vocabulary quiz. You will need to know all four words studied this week as well as any three words from prior weeks. Please study the spelling and part of speech for each word as you will be required to write a short story using the seven selected words.
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Agenda - Wednesday, May 14, 2008
- Write to Learn #7 In at least one paragraph, or half a page, please respond to the following prompt:Please discuss what you have learned over the past two days.Then, please select one of the following prompts to discuss:• What makes a story worth reading?• Why do you think people like to tell stories?
- Vocabulary #10: Altruistic
- Show v. Tell Paragraph
- Notes: Elements of a Short Story
- Reading workshop: The Tortoise and the Hare
Today's HW
- Write 5 sentences using the word "altruistic"
- Complete sonnet draft and sonnet freewrite
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Agenda - Monday, May 12, 2008
- Write to Learn #6 In at least one paragraph, or half a page, please respond to the following prompt:Please explain what the concept of “showing versus telling” means, and discuss strategies you can use to show rather than tell.Then, please select one of the following prompts to discuss:• If you attended Friday’s field trip, please write a brief review of the play. Discuss what elements of the play met or exceeded your expectations, and what elements of the play did not meet your expectations.• What is one of your fondest childhood memories? Describe it in detail and discuss why this is one of your fondest memories.
- Vocabulary #8 - aloof
- Show don't Tell Paragraph
- Sonnet writing workshop
Today's HW
- 1st draft of sonnet
- 5 sentences using "aloof"
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Agenda - Friday, May 9, 2008
- FIELD TRIP!!
Today's HW
- Complete your metaphor poems!
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Agenda - Thursday, May 8, 2008
- SSR
- Vocabulary quiz #2
- Reading workshop: Sonnet 71
- QUICKFLOP with groups and discuss
- Writing workshop: Sonnet
Today's HW
- To generate ideas for your sonnet, write a 1 page freewrite about any topic. This topic should be meaningful and something you have thought seriously about recently.
- Metaphor poem is due Monday (see sample poem if you have trouble starting. Use the ideas on your metaphor tree to begin)
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Agenda - Wednesday, May 7, 2008
- Write to Learn #5 In at least one paragraph, or half a page, please respond to the following prompt:Please review what we have gone over in class over the past two days.Then, please select one of the following prompts to discuss:• If you were to “advertise” your life on TV or in a magazine, what would be your sales pitch/slogan and why?• If you could choose one song that conveys the theme of your life, what would it be and why?
- Vocabulary: Alleviate
- Show v. Tell Exercise #3: Using Figurative Language to Show
- Reading Workshop: Sonnet 71 (QUICKFLOP this sonnet and identify the elements of a sonnet as well)
Today's HW
- 5 sentences using the word "alleviate;" Your vocabulary quiz is tomorrow. Please be sure to study how to spell and use correctly all 7 words we have reviewed over the past two weeks (abstemious, abstruse, acquiesce, alleviate, ardent, advocate, affable)
- Please turn in revised versions of your "I Am From" poem. Be sure to take into consideration the suggestions I've written on your first draft before you begin to revise. Also, apply the showing v. telling strategies we have learned about in class to add more description to your writing.
- Your completed metaphor poem will be due on Monday.
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Agenda - Tuesday, May 6, 2008
- SSR
- Vocabulary: Affable
- Show v. Tell Exercise #2
- Metaphor poem
Today's HW
- Write 5 sentences using the word "affable"
- Complete metaphor poem tree; actual metaphor poem is due Thursday
- Revised "I am From" poem is due Thursday
- REMINDER: Field Trip slips are due tomorrow. If you do not have them, you will not be attending the trip.
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Agenda - Monday, May 5, 2008
- Write to Learn #4 Happy cinco de mayo!!!In at least one paragraph, or half a page, please respond to BOTH of the following prompts:
- • What is the most important part of your identity, and why?
- Who is the single most influential person in your life and why?
- Vocabulary exercise #5: ADVOCATE
- Show v. Tell Notes
- Show v. Tell Practice (Download)
- Diamante Poem
Today's HW
- Create 5 sentences using the word "advocate"
- 1st draft of diamante poem
- Revise "Where I'm From" poem using showing v. telling strategies by Thursday
- Turn in field trip slips by Wednesday!
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Agenda - Friday, May 2, 2008
- Vocabulary Quiz #1
- Periodic Assessment (day 2)
Weekend HW
- Complete Write to Learn #3 on a separate sheet of paper. Write to Learns should be approximately 1/2 a page. Please respond to the following:
In at least one paragraph, or half a page, please respond to the following prompt:
Please review what we have gone over in class over the past two days.
Then, please select one of the following prompts to discuss:
• What is something that makes you happy and why? On the flip side, what is something that makes you sad and why?
• Given the choice of one, and only one, of these things, which one would you choose? Money, fame, friends, love. Why?
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Assignment
Agenda - Thursday, May 1, 2008
- Vocabulary Exercise #4
- Focus Word: ardent
- Writing Workshop: Cinquains
- Periodic Assessment Day 1 (Multiple Choice and Short Constructed Response
Today's HW
- Write 1st draft of each type of cinquain covered in class today
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Agenda - Wednesday, April 30, 2008
- Write to Learn #2 In at least one paragraph, or half a page, please respond to the following prompt:Please review what we have gone over in class over the past two days.Then, please select one of the following prompts to discuss:• What is your most cherished possession and why? Describe it in detail.• What is your favorite place and why? What makes it special? Describe it in detail.
- Vocabulary Ex. #3
- Focus word: acquiesce
- Writing workshop: "Where I'm From" poem
- Reading workshop: Cinquains
- QUICKFLOP annotation
Today's HW
- Write a short paragraph/story using the three vocabulary words we have covered (abstemious, abstruse, acquiesce) Please underline each of the words.
- 1st draft of "Where I'm From" poem (see checklist)
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Assignment
Agenda - Tuesday, April 29, 2008
- SSR
- CCC - Vocabulary Exercise 2
- Focus Word: Abstruse
- Writing workshop
- Review George Ella Lyon's poem "Where I'm From"
- Begin memory catalogue
- Begin draft of "Where I'm From" poem
Today's HW
- Write five sentences correctly using the word "abstruse." Be sure to underline the word in each sentence.
- Finish 1st draft of "Where I'm From" poem (download checklist to see all components of poem)
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Agenda - Monday, April 28, 2008
- Write to Learn #1 - How do you define the word "poetry?"
- Review syllabus
- Copy, Cut, Create Vocabulary Exercise #1
- Focus word: abstemious
- Reading workshop: "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyon
- QUICKFLOP annotation in small groups
- Complete poetry analysis 4-square
Today's HW
- Write 5 sentences using today's vocabulary word. Be sure to underline it in each sentence.
- Bring parent signature slips