Week 6: Creative Writing

Ms. Moran

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

0Welcome to class!0Today our desks should look like this

(groups of 4)

Do Now0Should Columbus day be celebrated as a

holiday?0Think, pair, share.

What’s up this week?0Homework: By Friday all stories finished

0Tuesday: 2 pages- Something you can’t deny0Wednesday: 2 pages- What got left behind0Thursday: 2 pages- When you felt

compassion unexpectedly0Friday: Poems

What’s up today?0Write a story about something you

can’t deny0Free Write0Vocabulary0Reading0Story Plot0Ticket to Leave

Free Write

0What is something about yourself that you can’t deny is true? Or What is something you have lost about yourself that you would like to regain?

Today’s Vocabulary:derive

0 to get/obtain something from a specific source

Today’s Vocabulary:depict

0 to show or describe using a drawing, painting, or other art form

Model Reading

0As we read0 HIGHLIGHT: information

you think is interesting or language you think is exciting

0 CIRCLE: words you do not know

0 WRITE: four comments or questions in the margins

Writing 2 Pages

0 What got left behind?0 The day everything changed0 Finding a new home0 A death0 The day you were no longer a child0 A change (school, country, opinion, hair style, etc)

0 What is something you cannot deny about yourself0 A time someone broke a stereotype for you0 A time you were a stereotype0 How you are different from most people0 Something you know by heart

Ticket to Leave

0Swap your rough draft with a friend.

0Do they have a clear message?0Write at least 3 comments in the margins about their

use of dialogue, description, and grammar

Please move the desks back to rows

Thursday, October 15, 2015

0Welcome to class!0Today our desks should look like this

(groups of 4)

Do Now

0Correct the following sentences by adding commas. 0 Her sister Maria stole her dress to wear to prom which

was at the boat club.

0 I went to visit Sarasota Florida with my sister Jen and her friend Abby.

0 The best player in basketball Rajon Rondo acts like a fool sometimes before games.

What’s up this week?0Homework: By Friday all stories finished.

0Tuesday: 2 pages- Something you can’t deny0Wednesday: 2 pages- What got left behind0Thursday: 2 pages- When you felt

compassion unexpectedly0Friday: Poems

What’s up today?0Write a 2 page story about a time you

felt compassion

0Free Write0Vocabulary0Model Reading0Writing Story0Ticket to Leave

Free Write

0 If you could swap places with any animal for a day, which animal would it be and why? Describe what you would do for a day.

Today’s Vocabulary:detract

0To reduce or take away the worth or value of something

Model Reading

0As we read0 HIGHLIGHT: information

you think is interesting or language you think is exciting

0 CIRCLE: words you do not know

0 WRITE: four comments or questions in the margins

Writing 2 pages

0When have you felt unexpectedly compassionate?

0Write about…0 Someone who was a true teacher for you0 An encounter with a stranger (bus, bench, train, etc)0 A gift given or received0 Where home is for you0 Apologizing or not apologizing0 Giving someone some help

Ticket to Leave

0What do you have to finish tonight?

Please move the desks back to rows

Friday, October 16, 2015

0Welcome to class!0Today our desks should look like this

(groups of 4)

Do Now

0Vocabulary Quiz: Use each word in a sentence

0 Connotation0 Credible0 Deficient0 Detract0 Depict

What’s up this week?0Homework: By Friday all stories finished.

0Tuesday: 2 pages- Something you can’t deny0Wednesday: 2 pages- What got left behind0Thursday: 2 pages- When you felt

compassion unexpectedly0Friday: Poems

What’s up today?0Write a poem based on a famous first

line0Revise free write0Poem writing0Poem Reading0Ticket to Leave

Free Write

0Choose one free write to revise or rewrite.

0We will share these!

Free Write

0What’s the most important lesson for a young child to learn?

Poem Writing

0With a partner, you are going to write a poem based on the first line of a famous poem:

“We real cool.”

Reading

0We real cool by Gwendolyn Brooks

Ticket to Leave

Please move the desks back to rows