CW per 4 and 5 Weekly Write and EC for English 9

5 page weekly write due Friday.

Each day I will post a writing prompt on the blog or in class.

For Monday, it will be "Write your own scary story"
(We will brainstorm this and I will give out a handout in class)
You can also use the storymap below to help brainstorm your idea:
INTERACTIVE STORY MAP at http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/storymap/index.html.

English 9 EC: Use the interactive story map. Write your own scary story, due Friday.

HW for 10/31

Unless work begun in class today was not finished, there will be no HW due tomorrow. Enjoy your Halloween.

Creative Writing: Weekly Write (5 pgs) will be due Friday

Creative Writing 4th and 5th per Weekend Write due Mon

Weekend Write is 3 pgs

here are a choice of prompts

Write a poem (or revise the poem you already wrote)
Try taking on the identity of an idea and giving examples of what your are, example:
"They call me drama" poem
Use the structure:
They call me ______
I'm the...
I'm the...
etc
They call me _______
I'm the ...
I'm the...
etc

Try taking a common story and giving it your own spin, lik ethe Titanic story "and shine swam on"

Try starting your poem with an explicit statement and provide concrete examples like
I'm in love
It's that....kind of love
It's that....kind of love
etc

other prompts:
If you could disguise yourself as someone or something else what would it be? why? what would your day be like? By disguise I don't mean just a costume, I mean no one would be able to recognize you as who you are, you would be that disguise, for example you can be a tree, or a chair, or beyonce, or Obama, or you boyfriend, or your mom, etc

Scary story- write a scary story, try using this beginning and ending prompt
Begin with : "I could hear the ______ (sound) from  the _____(distance) and i knew...
[end with:] "... with a resounding thud on the floor."

Write about a Halloween memory
Maybe the first time you remember trick-or-treating, or the last time you did. Maybe write about the best costume you wore for Halloween. Maybe write about a Halloween tradition you have...

I will post a few pictures and pieces of writing over the weekend to inspire you to write.

Enjoy the weekend. Happy writing! See you in costume on Monday. I'm giving a prize to the best costume and the best weekend write piece.

---Ms. D

Eng 9 HW

Read "The Land of the Dead" in the Odyssey, p1064-69 (lines 530-670)

Do a poster, journal or Schaeffer paragraph. See previous posts for details

TTL Creative Writing (not Mt. Eden) HW

HW due Monday

Inspired by I Can't keep my Own Secrets: Six Word Memoirs by Teens Famous and Obscure

Choose 20-30 words from the brainstorm we did in class. Make 3 different 6 word combnations. We will discuss these in class.

CW4 and CW5 Wed/Thu HW due Fri (poetry)

Write a poem (or prose piece) to be read aloud. Focus on rhythm, rhyme, clarity, concision, theme, strong images, emotion, and performance.

Use some of the poems you heard in the Spoken Word video to guide you

You may write on a topic of your choice, below are some ideas:

Possible Themes and ideas:
Politics - revolution (the first poem), oppression, war (Suhair's poem about treatment of Arabs after 911)
Race/Culture- stereotypes, ignorance (2 Asian girls angry) , mixed race (puerto rican/Jewish girl), the outside vs. the inside,
Personal- personal trials, anger at being misunderstood (Fat Girl's Blues), anger at being devalued (what do you make?), being in love (last poem- examples of being in love)
Personification poem- choose an abstract idea and include specific, concrete examples of that idea (ie "they call me DRAMA")
Story Poem- write a poem that tells a story or inserts your story into a well known one: examples would be the "Shine swam on" poem, and the poem about the crackhead mother

POEM STARTERS
Ask a question, answer it throughout your poem

Repeat a line or chorus
"shine swam on"

"they  call me drama"

"I wanna hear a poem"

Personify an idea
I'm the....They call me ___(idea)

Exemplify an idea
It's the kind of ... kind of love

You will revise these and read these aloud on friday

Eng 9 HW due Fri

Read p 1050-55, up to lines 284 in The Odyssey
Choose one of the HW Options:
1. Poster w/ quote, visual and summary of reading (1 p)
2. Journal entry in perspective of Odysseus, including 1 quote (1 p)
3. Schaeffer 2-chunk paragraph
possible topic sentences:
Odysseus is an epic hero because...
The story of Odysseus and the cyclops is an underdog story because...

etc...

HW due Friday REMINDER

Weekly Write REMINDER due FRIDAY
4 pages = 80 points ( + 5pts for each stamp/sign for turning in HW on time)

You can include your HW from this week:
Setting
POV
Poem to read a loud - focus on concision, rhyme, rhythm, clarity, and performance

TTL (not Mt. Eden)Creative Writing Class

HW due Thursday:
Either in the fictional story you will write or in the childhood narrative (memoir piece) we started n class...

Character: In one sentence write down the name of your character and one character trait. In a paragraph show that character trait in that character using action, dialogue, and concrete details.

I will post an example tomorrow.

English 9 HW-due tues 10/25

From today's reading p1047-49

Do one of the following options:
Create a poster w/ a quote from the text, a visual illustrating that quote, and a 1 paragraph summary of that episode.

Write a one-page journal entry in the perspective of Odysseus. Include one quote from the text.

Write a 2-chunk Schaeffer paragraph
Below is an example:

Topic Sentence (subjective): Odysseus is heroic because he shows good leadership skills.
Concrete Detail (quote/example proving the topic sentence): For example Odysseus tells his men, "All hands aboard; come, clear the beach and no one taste the lotus, or you lose your hope of home"
Commentary (subjective explanation of how the quote proves the topic sentence) This shows Odysseus is able to resist the temptation of the lotus flower, unlike his men and convince them to return to the ship and stay on course. He is able to take charge and lead his men away from something that harms them all.
Concrete Detail (quote and example proving the topic senetnce) : On Ismarus, after defeating the men of the island, Odysseus said "Back and quickly! Out to sea again!".
Commentary (subjective explanation of how the quote proves the topic sentences): While the other men wanted to stay on the island and enjoy the spoils of war, Odysseus was smart enough to see that they should leave quickly in case more men on that island should show up to fight Odysseus' men.
Concluding Sentence: Odysseus is a hero because he tries to lead his men to do the right thing, even if it's easier and more popular to do the wrong thing. He doesn't succomb to temptation and tries to lead his men away from the bad things that distract them from their goal of getting home.

EXTRA CREDIT: worth 100 pts

Choose an event in your life of significance.

Describe this event, focusing on setting, mood, dialogue, and specific detail. Remember what you learned about concrete detail and showing things implicitly instead of explicitly.

To get the full 100 pts it must be 5 pages long.

CW 4&5 Weekly Write-due Friday

Your weekly write is due on Friday. It must be at least 4 pages long. It will be worth 80pts, 20 pts per page. You will have writing assignments daily, averaging about a page a day. If assignments are done on time (by the beginning of class the following day and stamped on time) you will receive a bonus of 5pts per stamp.

CW p 4&5: HW due Tuesday

Choose a setting and a mood from today's activity or use the setting and mood for the memoir you are planning to write. Write a description of at least 1/2 a page. These will be checked on Tuesday (bonus 5 pts ).

ALTERNATIVE ASSIGNMENT:
Continue the description started in class (otal 1 pg)

HW due mon for 4th and 5th per

weekend write (2 pgs)

you may write on any topic in any genre you choose. I have included a few exercises and prompts below. I may add more over the weekend.

1.Exercise: Expansion - expand the sentence below into a scene or paragraph. Focus on adding more detail, making the explicit implicit, and the abstract concrete. You can try using dialogue, actions, sensory details

"As he sat next to her that day, he realized he loved her; unfortunately, she didn't love him."

"just go" prompts (copy the prompt, time yourself for 10 min and just write. You can include the prompt anywhere in what you write. You don't have to though.)

"with a resounding thud on the floor"

"unaware that she was being watched"

"what he/she left behind"

theme prompt: Broken place (done in class)
Think of a time you found yourself in a "broken place," maybe you were injured, sick, depressed, defeated, heartbroken, lost, etc...what happened to bring you to that broken place? what did you do while in that state? How did things get better? Did they get worse?  Did you get though it? If so, how? What did you gain? What did you lose?

START WITH (if you like)

I'd never been so _____ as I was when...

* Choose a "broken place scenarios from class and write a scene using something concrete you came up with*

HW due mon for 4th and 5th per

weekend write (2 pgs)

you may write on any topic in any genre you choose. I have included a few exercises and prompts below. I may add more over the weekend.

1.Exercise: Expansion - expand the sentence below into a scene or paragraph. Focus on adding more detail, making the explicit implicit, and the abstract concrete. You can try using dialogue, actions, sensory details

"As he sat next to her that day, he realized he loved her; unfortunately, she didn't love him."

"just go" prompts (copy the prompt, time yourself for 10 min and just write. You can include the prompt anywhere in what you write. You don't have to though.)

"with a resounding thud on the floor"

"unaware that she was being watched"

"what he/she left behind"

theme prompt: Broken place
Think of a time you found yourself in a "broken place," maybe you were injured, sick, depressed, defeated, heartbroken, lost, etc...what happened to bring you to that broken place? what did you do while in that state? How did things get better? Did they get worse?

I will also add a fill-in-the blank prompt over the weekend.

"what she/he left behind"

explanation of prompt types-refer to as needed

For your weekend write, you may choose any of the following and feel free to combine them. I may post more over the weekend. I also provide instructions for each type of prompt (if one looks interesting, just start writing, you don't need to read all of them)

"just go" prompts (Write the prompt as the title to your piece then set a timer for 10 min. Read the prompt and just write continuously, whatever comes to mind. You don't need to start with the prompt, nor include it in any part of the write)

"Start with" prompts (copy the sentence starter and use this as the beginning of your prompt)

"fill in the blank" (copy the paragraph word for word filling in blanks as you go with as many words as you'd like then continue the story)

"theme" (write on the theme or topic given)

"answer the question" (answer the questions asked)

"figure it out" (you will be given a problem to figure out as you write)

Homework for 4th per due Friday

3p weekly write
Scene of conflict worked on in class (at least 1/2 a pg)

Reminders for 5th period

On Friday your 3-pg weekly write is due as well as your substitute review (1-3 paragraphs answering the questions: 1-what did i do in class today? 2- What did the rest of class do today? 3-What did the sub do today? ) Also, as an added bonus, you can add a creative description, story, or poem "inspired by true events" for extra HW points.