updated assignment sheets for Eng 9 and CW

Creative Writing

Date	Assignment	Pgs?	Point Value
M 3/9	1. Dead Poet’s Society Character Tweets (at least 20 tweets) (contd in class tu,w/th àDue W/Th) As you watch DPS, choose a character and write brief status messages from that character’s POV throughout the movie. Include when in the movie you’re tweeting about	1.5	40
M 4/9	2. Character Description: A paragraph about your character, include the basics	.5	10
T 4/10	3. HW: Journal#1- write a journal entry in the POV of your character. What is his reaction to the events that have been happening? What does he think/feel/observe?	.5-1p	15
W 4/11 &Th4/12	4. Do Now: Freewrite	0.5	10
W 4/11 &Th4/12	5. Movie Summary: What was the movie about? What were the major (internal/external) conflicts? What was the narrative arc (storyline, plot) of the movie? of your character? (How did you character change? How did the school change?) What was the “dramatic vehicle” (the thing that caused things to change)? What was the fallout, result, or resolution?	0.5-1p	10
W 4/11 &Th4/12	6. HW-Journal #2: Write a 1/2p-1p journal in your character’s POV after the action in the movie has concluded. This can be right after the last scene or years after, when the character is older and looking back	0.5-1p	15
F 4/13	7. Do now: Freewrite	½ pg	10
F 4/13	8. Two-Day Character Exercise Part 1: Create/ choose a character for your next submission Brainstorm (clustering or list) characteristics, appearance, details about your character Research aspects of character that you don’t have first-hand knowledge or experience (Example if you’re writing about a college student, talk to a college student; if you’re writing about someone that lives in Switzerland, research Switzerland, etc) (1pg minimum)	Pt1: 1 pg Pt2: 1/2p-1p	40
M 4/16	9. Do Now: 10 line dialogue	1/p-1p	10
M 4/16	10. Implied Scene w/ partner	1 p	20

Eng 9

4/9 M	1. Romeo and Juliet Group Twitter Feed due Friday	40
4/10 Tue	2. HW: Journal Entry as character	10
4/12 th	3. HW: Journal Entry 2 as character	10
4/13	4. Read Act 4, Act 4 Scene 1 tweet	10
4/13	5. HW: Act 4,Scene 1 Study guide	10
4/16 M	6. Act 4, Scene 2-3 Study Guide	10
4/16 M	7. HW: Journal Entry as Juliet for 4.3	10