Tue May 14, 2013
Creative Writing
5/13
Organizing your written work as the second step toward publishing your book.
5/14
Q and A about publishing your book
Famous First Lines Write Around
5/15
Use the Force
Invisible Writing
5/16
What the old guys said--writing prompt
5/17
This is Just to Say Poem
Manifesto Poem
Modes of Writing
5/13
In-class essay--SAT prompt
5/14
Debriefing potential topics
Persuasive essay reading sample. Both sides of the argument.
5/15
Topic and Statement of Purpose for the persuasive essay
Conducting research using OSLIS
5/16
Continue researching and taking notes
5/17
Final day for research
FIRST DRAFT DUE 5/23
FINAL DRAFT DUE 5/29
Mon May 06, 2013
Creative Writing
5/6
Simile Poem
5/7
Haiku
5/8
Memory Poem
5/9
First Line Writing exercise
Modes of Writing
5/6
Read and respond to "You Just Don't Understand"
5/7
Discuss article
Discuss persuasive strategies
5/8
Read and respond to "Trained to Kill"
5/9
Letter to parents
5/10
SAT prompt practice--in-class essay
Mon Apr 15, 2013
Modes of Writing
4/15
Literary Analysis
Norman Rockwell as practice
Sentence Combining
4/16
Read "The Storyteller"
Thesis statements
4/17
Read "The Pedestrian"
Structure of an essay
4/18
Read "The Lottery"
4/19
SAT Practice Prompt
Creative Writing
4/15
OAKS Writing Assessment
Song to Story due 4/23
4/16
OAKS Writing Assessment
4/17
55 Fiction
4/18
ABC Poem
Reading some examples
4/19
Drafting Song to Story
Tue Apr 09, 2013
Creative Writing
4/8
Grammar Quiz
4/9
Start-up: It was one of those days.
Lulu--Book Publishing Project--DUE 6/3
4/10
55 Word Fiction
Modes of Writing
4/8
Grammar quiz
4/9
This I Believe essays due
Read around
4/10
Writing exercise
Interior Logic of the Paragraph
4/11
Begin Literary Analysis
Norman Rockwell painting
Mon Apr 01, 2013
Modes of Writing
4/1
This I Believe--Drafting
4/2
Proofreading
First Lines
4/3
This I Believe--William Zinserr on revision
Cutting Clutter
4/4
Comma Splices
4/5
Revision of This I Believe
Creative Writing
4/1
Character Profile--Drafting
4/2
Building a character
4/3
Character Profile--Drafting
4/4
Dialogue
4/5
Character Profile DUE
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