Newsletters Due: New Story

Newsletters about poets were due today.  Please turn them in ASAP-- I won't be grading a bunch of late papers over the break, so please get things in by Friday--thanks!

New Story: We wrote about journeys: great stories of only 101 words-- here is the next challenge:
 250 word story. The directions are on the second page of this document.
Due Thursday, December 13th.
Have a great day!
Mrs. E

Poetry Web Quest and Newsletter

Here is the assignment we are working on this week and the start of nest week.  The final newsletter is due Tuesday, Dec. 11th.  Please work in pairs so that we can use the available computers at school and so that you can use each other's creative juices. You will have a hard copy of this assignment, too, so you can use the checklist as you complete the tasks. Mrs. Eddy

Here is the writing prompt for Wednesday, Nov. 28th

Shortest of stories
Please turn this in by Thursday, November 29th

Writing about Poetry and Writing a Poem

We wrote a lot today about our favorite moves, our own lives, and how we are, in a way, the protagonist in our own story.  We even practiced writing about our daily live in the third person--interesting!  We then took a look at a poem by E.A. Poe in conjunction with the idea that we are all unique-- no matter who tells our story.  We will write a poem of the same length, and experimenting with similar punctuation-- to turn in this week.  Drafting continues tomorrow.
Alone poem exercise: 

Semester Project Dates/Deadlines

Here is the schedule for your semester project.
Proposal Format
Hopefully, you turned in your proposal today.  If not, please get it here by Monday,as you are gone for a week after that.  I am so excited to see your ideas.
We spent three days in the library typing up our 5-10 page stories--check the last post for the details on what must be included in the draft due Monday, November 19th.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. E

Pocket Poems

This week we worked n expanding our ideas for a new story (see last week's post) and drafted a new poem. Pocket Poem Directions

Thursday or Friday you WILL read a poem aloud in class-- from your seat, without a lot of pressure, your choice of which poem to read: your Pantoum Poem, your "Time of Day" poem, your "Pocket Poem."
Happy trails!

Friday we will begin proposals for the semester project.  We will preview and brainstorm possible projects--here is the document that tells you EXACTLY how to write a proposal for a 15-20 hour project. Proposals due on Tuesday, November 13th.

We will go to the computers on Nov. 13,14,15 and, if you are ready, you will type up your expanded short story: use the one you started recently (plot/character exercise) or the one you wrote for the "hidden identity" assignment earlier in the semester.  5-10 page paper, double space, this time.  Excellent!
Mrs. Eddy

Last of October Assignments and More

This week we worked on revising our Pantoum poem, and will read them in class on Friday.  We also wrote a poem based on one we read called, MOON.
Here is the poem we read
Here is the writing assignment, FIRST DRAFT was due October 30th
The enormous opportunity to write another short story is before us.  We engaged in a pre-writing activity on Wednesday and Thursday  that is due on Monday, November 5th. Writing the Short Story: PLOT and CHARACTER

Poems and Lots of Exercise

Please consider writing your first Novel with NaNoWriMo.  This will count as a Semester Project and be such good practice!  The Kick-off at the library is on Tuesday, if you are interested in working with a published author.

We will re-write Pantoum Poems on Monday.
More News on other Semester Projects on Monday, too
Have a great weekend!

We are on the way to our next published poem!
Today, Monday, October 22nd, we brainstormed about life events--learned how to narrow them down to specifics and began to write a PANTOUM: a poem with a very specific pattern (form).
The brainstorming and beginnings of our work are in our writing journals-- we will create a first draft tomorrow and turn it in. Happy Poeming!
Mrs. E

In Class Writing and Reading: Quiz on Thursday!

UPDATE:Have a great afternoon-- we will continue to brush up on our genius writers: WRITE/READ ASSIGNMENT this week.  Quick quiz on Thursday (10/18/2012).  Check out the new link to the National Novel Writing Month Site, too.
Mrs. E

Today we read student poetry,

and my heart went pitter-pat (onomatopoeia!).  Really great stuff you are writing--oh, yeah!
You will read to us on Monday if you have not done so yet-- I can't wait!
Dialectic Journals: Bring them Monday id you didn't turn them in today-- grades go out at the end of the week, so don't wait until then--I won't have time to read your stuff.
Short Stories: same story--I can't read them all at the end of the week--Monday is the day you need to turn them in so they are only a week late--thanks!
Evaluation/Comments on another short story: Get the info. and a story on the previous post and get it to me---Monday!
Thanks, everyone.

Stories and poems on tap this week!

Make sure you turned in your:
                              First draft of a 1200 word story.
Evaluation and feedback for another student's story (or Mrs. Eddy's story).
Evaluation Form    Mrs. Eddy's Story
                I handed back the drafts of your Synesthesia Poems with suggestions and some poetic pointers: final copies due FRIDAY WHEN WE WILL SHARE THEM IN CLASS.  Here's how they will be evaluated: POEM GRADING RUBRIC
DIALECTIC JOURNALS are also due this Friday-- we will work on them in class tomorrow.
 Have a great rest of the week!

Due Date Shifts

1- We are definitely going to the library computers on Monday, October 1st, so be sure you have a full draft of your story then.  We will type it up:
12pt- Times New Roman, 1" margins, DOUBLE SPACED.
 2- I will get your poems (synesthesia--the taste of music) back to you for editing on Tuesday-- final copies read in class on Thursday and Friday. YES!
3- You Dialectical Journals are due on Friday, October 5th.
Have a great fall-- (mini Diction lesson:  that "fall" has double meaning AND is a literary allusion to a nursery rhyme--oh, yeah!)
Mrs. Eddy

Starting our first Short Story--YES!

Here is how we got going in class: Short Story Prompt

Synesthesia Poem

WE spent a lot of time Thursday and friday working on a first draft of a poem-- it was due by the end of the period Friday-- Here is a link to the assignment/prompt.
The other thing we worked on is our first Dialectical Journal Entry.  Please have two completed by Monday.
Have an excellent weekend--Write on!
Mrs. E

Good Writers Read (and read, and read)!

Here is what we have been doing as far as searching for some excellent stuff to read:
Novel Evaluation Assignment: Due September 18th
Check out your choice of book: September 19th
Keep a Dialectic Journal for the first 100 pages of your book: Due October 5th

First Poem!

We have been working on several things:
1-Diction
2-Narrative POV (point of view)
3- Imagery through the use of metaphor.
Here is a link to the directions for poem that we turned in today-- Moody Poem
Here is a link to the full course syllabus-- Creative Writing 2012-13
Happy writing!
Mrs. E