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Participation Rubric 08-09 Course Syllabus
Pervious Lessons:
August 18 to Sept. 5 Sept. 5th to Oct. 17th
*Warm-ups and Journals are completed every day in class. If you are absent you are still responsible for the both!
Creative Writing Lessons Unit 2 | |
| 10/21/08 | Warm-up/Assignments: click on warm-ups at the top of the screen Write down and complete warm-ups/assignments
Author's Chair: -Share sent memories Group presentations: -Share time capsules -Discussion: Why did we make time capsules? Journal: -Journal writing for 15 minutes
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| 10/23/08 | Warm-up/Assignments: click on warm-ups at the top of the screen Write down and complete warm-ups/assignments Group Presentation -Finish sharing time capsules Writing assignment: -Describe item in time capsule -Have class guess the item Journal: -Journal writing for 15 minutes Homework: Bring picture from childhood to class
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| 10/28/08 | Warm-up/Assignments: click on warm-ups at the top of the screen Write down and complete warm-ups/assignments Lesson: -Learning how to replace dull verbs with vivid verbs Independent Activity: -Create grave yard of "dead" verbsJournal: -Journal writing for 15 minutes Homework: Bring picture from childhood to class |
| 10/30/08 |
Warm-up/Assignments: click on warm-ups at the top of the screen Write down and complete warm-ups/assignments Independent Activity: -Voice worksheet on adding detail to writing Writing Activity: -Write a story relating to your childhood memory from photographJournal: -Journal writing for 15 minutes |
| 11/05/08 | Warm-up/Assignments: click on warm-ups at the top of the screen Write down and complete warm-ups/assignments Author's Chair: -Share childhood memory stories (using pictures) Lesson: (Continued) -Learning how to replace dull verbs with vivid verbs Independent Activity: -Finish: Create grave yard of "dead" verbs -Create posters of new words to use instead of "dead" wordsJournal: -Journal writing for 15 minutes Homework: none |
| 11/07/08 | Warm-up/Assignments: click on warm-ups at the top of the screen Write down and complete warm-ups/assignments Independent Activity: -Diction worksheet on adding vivid words to writing Writing Activity: -Read a memory poem aloud and find the figuartive language and imagery -Write a memory poem Journal: -Journal writing for 15 minutes |
| 11/12/08 | Warm-up/Assignments: click on warm-ups at the top of the screen Write down and complete warm-ups/assignments Author's Chair: -Share memory poems Group Activity: -Finish: Creating grave yard bulletin of "dead" verbs -finish: Create posters of new words to use instead of "dead" words Independent Activity: -Based on dead words bulletin, create a list/chart of new words to use Journal: -Journal writing for 15 minutes Homework: none |