Creative+Writing+S1+2014+(Periods+Three,+Four+and+Six)

=__ Below you will find a record of the activities, assignments and due dates for class __=

__ **Thurs. Aug. 21** __
Students will learn workings of the class through the syllabus, create a set of classroom norms, and learn about their class through a series of games.



Journal: Why does man create?

Introductory writing activities On three scraps of paper write down three nouns...Then put them into the bowl. Choose two and create a new compound word... Then write a story...advertise the product...write an article about its discovery...
 * Share and Collect **

** DUE: blank journals, syllabus **
Journal: Can anyone be creative? Why or why not?

Watch the following clip what creativity is...[|Elizabeth Gilbert on what creativity is...]

Now finish your collages on creativity. You can use my markers, crayons, colored pencils, magazines...etc ( I have put some stuff at the front of the room and the magazines are in the back right corner.)


 * Colleges Due at End of Class :) **

__Monday August 25__
Journal: What are three ways you have been creative in the last year. Justify their creativeness in your journals. [|Paper Clip Challenge]

1. You can use paper clips to do much more than just clipping pieces of paper together.
 * Paperclip challenge**
 * Spend two minutes writing down as many uses for paper clips as you can.
 * Be as creative, daring and silly as you like.

2. Once the time is up, count up your ideas...
 * Four is the average number of uses people come up with.
 * Eight uses is high.
 * Twelve uses is rare.
 * Only one person in a thousand things of sixteen uses.

3. Now talk to your table. Discuss your possibilities and make a list of the best ten.

4. Discuss the master lists with the entire class and try to come up with the three most creative possibilities.

In ten minutes create as many different things within the circles provided. The circles can be their own object of a part of a larger object using other circles.
 * Creative Circles**

Torrance Tests of Creativity 'grading' categories
 * Fluency. The total number of interpretable, meaningful, and relevant ideas generated in response to the stimulus.
 * Flexibility. The number of different categories of relevant responses.
 * Originality. The statistical rarity of the responses.
 * Elaboration. The amount of detail in the responses.

__**Tuesday, August 26**__
Journal: Do you think you are more or less creative than you were at five? Why? What do you need, or what did need to make you creative? Time? Resources? Knowledge?, Freedom?... explain you answer

Students will participate in creative centers aimed at reconnecting with their creative selves. Once they have experienced the 'child side' they will switch hats and become an "Indiana Jones." They will spend ten minutes at three of the centers. During the last five minutes students will go to a center they did not visit and take pictures and/or create 'field notes' of the object discovered.

If student were absent they can 'discover' the object in the picture below and take notes about what its appearance in their journals.

__** Wednesday August 27 or Thursday August 28 **__
Journal: Write about a time when you when you 'discovered' something you had never seen or known before..... Connect this journal with the last one. Discuss whether students feel more or less creative and why
 * [|Indiana Jones Theme song]**

Take out their 'field notes' or their pictures. Last class I wanted you to go back to the days of kindergarten centers and have fun with toys... Today I want you to switch your perspective from a child to an adult. From this new perspective they are to create a document of at least 200 words which considers purpose, audience and method of communication in the final product.

Paper Due Friday August 29

 * Work in IMC**
 * See examples below: **



Friday August 29
Journal: What is perception and how does it affect you as a writer? Check out these examples of perception... [|National Institute of Environmental Science]


 * Take Out Archaeology Responses and Share/Give Feedback using the rubric as a foundation and sticky notes as the means of feedback.**
 * (Collect Archaeology Papers) **

Choose one of the following ideas from the come to your senses sheets and write a description Write this in your journals. Share ** (Collect for Participation Grade) **

Tuesday, September 2
Are you feeling more creative yet? Maybe you just need some 'creative confidence.' Watch this clip from David Kelly to learn ways to build your creative confidence. [|David Kelley Building Creative Confidence]

Journal: What is personification? Explain possible uses as a creative writer.

Go on an Inanimate Scavenger Hunt--Take Notes on What You Find

Wednesday or Thursday, September 3-4
Journal: Write two journal entries the way today started from the perspective of one of the objects your observed during the scavenger hunt yesterday.

Practice Description (Do this in your journals) Continue the description with the things provided in class. (Record responses in journal) Remember it can't smell like a rose...or taste like a cookie... (Give readers MORE DETAILS) smell - a rose taste - a chocolate chip cookie touch - sandpaper sound - a gong [|sound of a gong] see - a sunset [|sunset picture]

Then watch the following clip about 'objects come to life.' [|Beauty and the Beast Personification Come to Life]

Take out your notes. Now try to think from the perspective of an inanimate object using the following sheet. Write for twenty minutes.** (Collect Inanimate Object Practice for Participation Credit) **

Now consider the assignment and begin drafting a two to four page DAY IN THE LIFE story about your chosen inanimate object.** DUE: September 9 **


 * Remember that your journals are due on Monday **

=__**Friday, September 5**__= Journal: "Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your stuff starts out being just for you,in other words, but then it goes out., Once you know what the story is and get it right - as write as you can, anyway - it belongs to anyone who wants to read it or criticize it." Stephen King in __On Writing__
 * Remember that your journals are due on Monday **
 * Respond to the quote. Do you agree, disagree and how can the peer editing process affect you as a writer?**

Work in the IMC on papers - ** Rough Draft Due by End of Class Sept 8 **
 * Check out these examples:**
 * Watch the [|video] or read an excerpt from the [|first chapter] of // The Art of Racing in the Rain //, by Garth Stein.
 * Read the short story [|"After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned"] by Dave Eggars.
 * Read the first few pages of [|"A Dog's Life"] by Peter Mayle.

=__**Monday September 8**__= = Journals are Due Today =
 * Inanimate Rough Draft Due by End of Class Today **


 * Journal:** In __ **exactly 50 words** __ write the story of a cat chasing a ball of yarn...write it from the point of view of the yarn.

Go to IMC and Finish Rough Drafts ** (Have Them Checked for a Grade) **

__Tuesday September 9__
Journal: What makes for a good writing conference? Have you ever participated in a writing conference that was actually helpful? What happened? How about a particularly useless one? What happened there as well.


 * Learn how to participate in a writing conference.**
 * [|Good Writing Conference vs. Bad Writing Conference]**


 * Writing Conferences (Students will edit three papers and have three editors look at their paper using the following forms.)**







Final Drafts Due Friday Sept 12 at beginning of class (Final draft, Rough Draft, Three Editing Sheets)

 * Make a list of twenty word that do not have a visual construct (picture) that goes with them. EX: courage, freedom.
 * Then consider the connotation of that word. (the emotional connection readers have to that word)
 * Mark a P beside the word if it is a positive word and an N if it is a negative word.
 * Last, choose two and write a descriptive phrase for each of the five senses for that word EX. Freedom looks like... Freedom smells like.... Freedom sounds like...

__**Wednesday or Thursday Sept. 10-11**__
Journal: What are five specific things you hope to get out of the writing conference today?

Today students will conference with two additional students as well as the instructor on their inanimate paper using the forms provided on Tuesday.

When not in a conference students will work on their sense posters in groups of no more than three people.(See Assignment Below)
 * Posters **** DUE Monday Sept 15 **

Ticket Out... What is something helpful that came out of the conference today? What about something that did not work?

=__**Friday, Sept 12**__=

** IMC for fifteen minutes to finish and submit papers to turnitin.com **
Sense Poster Work Time ** POSTERS DUE MONDAY SEPT 15 **

__Monday,Sept 15__
Journal: Story Sticks... If absent, use the line below as the first line in a story you will begin.
 * Dad gave me a wink, like we were pals or something.**

In your story include a sensory description of the following thing
 * a sidewalk with a crack**


 * Present sense posters COLLECT **


 * ZOOM Books Introduction - Create a Zoom Book that reflects an element of changing perception like Istvan Banyai's book __ZOOM__. **

(Zoom Books Due Friday, Sept 26)
[|Zoom by Istvan Banyai at Youtube]

When finished work on Zoom Books.

=__**Tuesday, Sept 16**__=
 * Journal: paint chip character builder (See Below) **

Writing Story Builder: Form a paint chip network. In randomly assigned groups of four decide how the people can be connected...as a family...a work unit...neighbors..etc. Then work together for fifteen minutes and create a story using the personalities formed during the last class as a basis for the characters.

Zoom Book Planning if time ** (Books due Friday, Sept 26) **
 * See Grading Rubric Below**

__Wednesday or Thursday, Sept 17 or 18__
Journal: Story Cards...If absent Start a story in your journal using these three items.
 * Character:** farmer
 * Situation:** group photo
 * Setting:** time machine

Zoom Book Work Time (Work in class. Students may go to IMC and check out Netbooks if needed)

__**Monday, Sept 22/Tuesday, Sept 23**__
 ==** Journal: ** Write about a 'dream trip' to a place you have always wanted to visit. Describe what you know about it and why you would like to visit there. Why did you choose that place? What would you like to do there? ==  Zoom Book Work Time ** (ZOOM BOOKS DUE FRIDAY) **
 * Journals DUE WEDNESDAY or THURSDAY **

Consider the importance of setting using the message via airmail sheets

__Wednesday, Sept 24, Thursday, Sept 25__

 * Journals DUE WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY **

**Journal:** Assume the identity of the one 'stranded' in your airmail sheet and write a journal entry from that perspective
 * Turn your message via airmail into a paper airplane
 * Take them to the top of the commons stairs and launch them
 * Retrieve one that is not yours and complete the tale
 * ** Share and Collect **

__Friday, Sept 26__
No Journal Today

Present Your Zoom Books Using the Author's Chair and the Document Camera. ** COLLECT **

Then Choose one of the following setting - mood examples and have an in class setting-mood write around and share



Homework: Bring a potato with you to class on Monday.

__Monday, Sept 29__
__Journal:__ Choose three of the character traits from the sheet below and write about a 'day in the life' for a character with those traits.



Now you will create a potato person as a visual representation of character traits. Using the sheet below create a Spud Person. Then fill out the e-harmony profile seeking your soul spud. Include a one page introduction of the spud and the date they are seeking.




 * Letter and profile due before you leave class today **

__Tuesday, Sept 30__
NO JOURNAL Find Your Soul Spud based on the E-Harmony Profile you created.

Now go to the IMC and work with your "date's creators" to create a response. Requirements are: At least one typed page Descriptive Details of Setting Descriptive Details of Character At least ten interchanges of dialogue

We will share/collect these next class.

__Wednesday, or Thursday October 1, 2__
Journal: Describe someone you don't know very well in class as a practice for the 'stalk a stranger' character sketch

Finish Soul Spud Responses ** Share and Collect **


 * Before Tuesday Seek Out A Stranger and Take Character Notes (a page of hand written notes) **

Journal: Think about your favorite fairy tale. Begin a rewrite either changing the character to include one of the ones created so far in class...paint chip, potato, story sticks, air plane sos, stalk a stranger... or changing the setting or plot.
 * __Friday,__ **** __October 3__ **

Use The True Story of the Three Little Pigs as an Example of a Fairy Tale Re-Write. [|The True Story of the Three Little Pigs]

Work in groups of three or less and rewrite a fairy tale of your choice ** COLLECT **

Journal: Would You Rather Questions...
 * __Monday, October 6__ **
 * Journals Due Monday, October 20 **





Finish your fairy tale rewrites - Share and collect

Story Write Around Using NPR Three MInute Fiction [|NPR Three-Minute Fiction]

Journal: Describe the setting in which you found your stranger. Include what things looked like...the sounds you heard...the smells if applicable... :)
 * __Tuesday, October 7__ **

Stranger Notes ** (Grade Check) **



Go to IMC and work on character sketches ** (Character Sketch Final Draft Due Friday) **

__ Wednesday or Thursday, October 8, 9 __ Journal: What is a subplot and how might it be used in the story you are creating? How about a plot of tension and release? What does that mean and how might you use it to add interest to your character sketch or your ultimate 5-10 page short story?





Go to IMC and begin you create your rough draft
 * Rough Draft (at least three pages - due Wednesday or Thursday, Oct 15,16 **
 * Final Draft (at least five to ten pages) Due to Turnitin.com by Wednesday Oct 22, 2014 **

__ Friday, Oct 10 __
 * Character Sketches Due **

Journal: Trade character sketches with someone. Read the sketch and then create a caricature (exaggerated cartoon image) of that character. What did you include and leave out? What stood out about the character? How would they talk? accent? tone? How would they walk? Show your partner the sketch and discuss your impressions of the character
 * Collect Notes and Character Sketches
 * Finish story concept sheets ** (Check for a grade) **


 * Three Page Rough Drafts Due Wednesday or Thursday, Oct 15,16 **

__ Monday, Oct 13 __ Journal: Make a list of ten I REMEMBER STATEMENTS. Explain two of them. Begin Autobiography with the Memory Maps Autobiography Assignment

Memory Maps

= __Tuesday,Oct 14__ = Journal: Write about Friendships, New and Old and how they have affected your life...

Use the period to work on short stories (Rough Draft Due Wednesday or Thursday)

__ Wednesday __ Journal: What are three ways you are childish and three ways you are child-like. Explain one of each
 * Rough Drafts of Short Story Due (at least three pages for 30 points) **
 * Peer Conferences about Drafts **

__No School Thursday or Friday October 16,17__
= __**Monday, October 20**__ = Journal: Create the pie graph of your life (Real and Ideal) Explain the difference
 * Journals Due **

Work on final drafts of stories or autobiographies (3rd in Sommerfeld's Room) (4th in Lobdell's Room) (6th in IMC)

__Tuesday, Oct 21__
No Journal Work on Autobiographies

__Wednesday, Oct 22__
No Journals Short Stories Due to Turnitin.com

__**Monday, October 27**__
Journal: What does it mean to be successful?

Consider the following poems and create one of your own. Use Two of the Elements Listed on the Sheet Below (Imagery, Metaphor, Rhythm or Rhyme)
 * Collect for a participation grade **

Continue Working on Autobiographies ** DUE Tuesday NOV 7 **

**__Tuesday, October 28__**
Journal: a list of ten things you are... I am short, I am honest, I am a procrastinator...

Consider the following and create an I am poem of at least ten lines.



Continue Working on Autobiographies (Time in the IMC on Wednesday of Thursday)

__Wednesday and Thursday, October 29.30__
__**No Journal**__ Students will work Autobiographies in IMC (Due November 7) Remember to Bring a Snack for the Barnes and Noble Story Swap Coffee Shop on Friday.

__Friday, October 31__
Journal:What did you learn about writing through the process of writing the short story. Did it help you to improve your writing? Why or why not?

Read Three Other Stories and Provide Feedback to the Author. Share one page or the best part of your story in the Author's Chair

Remember Autobiographies are Due Tuesday.

__Monday, November 3__
Journal: What is poetry? [|What is Poetry]

Read Billy Collins // Introduction to Poetry //

Choose a song and analyze its poetic elements. Present your findings to the class. Due ** Wednesday or Thursday Nov 5,6 **



Elements of poetry 'dictionary'

__ **Tuesday, November 4** __

 * Journal: Do you like poetry? Do you like music? Would you consider all music as poetry? Why or Why Not? **


 * Autobiography Check for Understanding - Due Friday **
 * Wednesday or Thursday Students Will Present their Stories or Present Music as Poetry **


 * Students will read ten poems and record their findings. Then choose one, copy the text, and illustrate it in some way. See sheet below. **
 * Due Friday If Not Before **

__** Wednesday, November 5 or Thursday, November 6 **__
__** No Journal **__
 * Students Will Present Short Stories (2-3 pages) **
 * Students Will Present Music as Poetry Presentations (2-4 minutes) **

Autobiography Due
__**No Journal**__


 * Have You... **
 * Finished Your Autobiographies? **
 * Completed the Ten Song, One Illustrated Poem sheet? **
 * Presented the Music as Poetry Presentation? **

__ **Monday, November 10** __
__ **No Class for Seniors CMAS Testing** __ Journal: Make a list of things you like to do in your spare time? Interest? Hobbies? Sports? Now choose one and write ten descriptive phrases about it?

Create Concrete poems and/or try your hand at a found poem.. [|Definition and Examples of Found Poetry] [|concrete poem examples]

__Tuesday, November 11__
__**No Class for Seniors CMAS Testing**__ Journal: What is an epitaph? Create one for an inanimate object, one that fits your theme and one for yourself.

Examples of Famous Epitaphs

__ Wednesday and Thursday November 12, 13 __
Journal: What is your favorite color? What does the color sound like? What does the color smell like?

Make a list of twenty things that are that color.


 * Share Your Autobiographies in a Walk Around Using Stars and Wishes Sheets **


 * Introduce Poetry Notebook Choices - **** Notebooks DUE Monday, November 17 **

Listen to excerpts of three of the selections and write a poem in response to the titled color as you listen. [|Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color -1965]

Create Color Poems using the journal from today and examples from __ **Hailstones and Halibut** __ __ **Bones** __, by Mary O'Neill

__ **Friday, November 14** __
__ **Teacher Work Day No School for Students** __

__ Monday, November 17 __
Journal: Consider Consonance, Assonance and Alliteration...Create a sentence for each one in your journal


 * Consonance: Cracked pepper combined with Krispy Cream crumbs create incredible snack cookies. **
 * Assonance: Shine brightly, smile through the bad times, and try to climb out of your depression. **
 * Alliteration: Simon sent several sand dollars simultaneously to his sisters Sandy and Susie in Sacramento and Sweden. **


 * Create a poem that features consonance, assonance or alliteration and follows your theme. (5 points participation grade) **

__** Assonance: **__
 * Poems to use as resources: **
 * **Daffodils by William Wordsworth**
 * **How Happy is the Little Stone by Emily Dickenson**
 * **The Lotus Eaters by Alfred Lord Tennyson**
 * **Fire and Ice by Robert Frost**


 * __Consonance:__**
 * The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
 * The Sleeper by Edgar Allen Poe
 * The Road That Has No End by Joseph Burrows

__**Alliteration:**__
 * The Latest School by G.K. Chesterton

Discuss __**Ekphrastic**__ Poetry

[|The Poet Speaks of Art]
Poets have used art as inspiration for centuries. John Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is one famous example, but even ancient poets such as Homer have turned to artwork as a source of stimulation for their writing. Honor Moorman notes: "William Blake said that poetry and art are 'ways to converse with paradise' (Farrell 6). In the Phaedrus, Plato observes that when paintings and poems are put together, they 'seem to talk to you as if they were intelligent' (qtd. in Foster and Prevallet xv)... Georgia Heard calls language 'the poet's paint' (65), and many other writers and artists have commented on the parallels between these two modes of expression." (46-47) In Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art, Jan Greenberg explains her belief in "the power of art to inspire language" (4). She notes that "What the poet sees in art and puts into words can transform an image . . . extending what is often an immediate response into something more lasting and reflective."

 Use these examples as an additional reference. [|Keats - Ode on a Grecian Urn] Consider the painting below. Create an image filled poem in response to the painting.



Then consult the published excerpt of the poem created by Wallace Stephens in response to the painting.


 * Homework: Using your theme as a guide, find a painting or work or art to use as the inspiration for a poem to put into your collection. (Consideer using assonance, alliteration or consonance in the poem.) **

__**Tuesday, November 18**__
Journal: (Journals Due Today) What is a creed? How about a credo? What are things you believe to be true?

Watch the following clip from the movie Bull Durham. Then using the sheet provided create your own Credo Poem. Be sure to give it a title! :) This could be used as your version of success in the poetry notebook or as a formula poem choice.

[|Bull Durham I believe...]



Continue with the formula idea and create four formula poems using the examples below. (Two of them will appear in your poetry notebook.) Here are several examples of formula poetry.



Remind students that the field trip permission slips and eight dollars are due on Friday. No students can go with missing assignments in the grade book.

__ Wednesday or Thursday, November 19 and 20 __

 * Collect Formula Sheets **

Journal Think about the books you remember from your childhood. Why did you like them? Looking back what is a book that would have interested you or help

Using your chosen theme create a poem containing at least two stanzas. Use the resource below as a starting point.

[|Guide to Verse Forms: Stanzas]

Poetry Notebooks and Children's stories work time

__ Friday, November 21 __
Poetry Notebook Work time

__Monday, November 24, Tuesday November 25__
Journal" What writing assignment that you did this semester would lend itself to the creation of a short, five minute film? Why?

Check out the examples of five minute films.
Student Created Examples: [|Youtube Glitter a Unicorney Horror Story]

[|Sundance Award Winning Short Films] [|Five Minute Movies Shorts Bay] [|Short Short Films 5] [|YouTube Five Minute Movies]

Short Film Assignment
Your assignment is to create, film, edit, and produce a short film of five minutes or less.

All elements of the film must be produced using original material unless you can provide written permission from all persons holding the copyright.

Requirements: [|How to Write a Script]
 * short film worksheet
 * script/storyboard

Storyboard template

create a timeline of the project
 * conference with Skoric
 * video shot and captured
 * video edited
 * short film shown to class in the auditorium

You may work by yourself or in teams. All teams must e approved by Skoric

__Pre-Production__
Select a genre and create the general storyline Complete the Short Film Worksheet Write Script/Storyboard Create Timeline and Conference with Skoric

__Production__
Shoot the video Capture the video

__Post-Production__
Edit the film

__**Possibilities for Editing the Film**__
 * Animoto - See Skoric for class code**
 * [|Animoto]**


 * Movie Maker**
 * [|How to Use Movie Maker - Youtube]**
 * (Step up from Movie Maker with Wax)**


 * IMovie - for Macs**
 * [|How to Use IMovie Youtube]**
 * Step up from IMovie with Blender)**

__**For all movies:**__ Add a Title Add Rolling Credits to the End Show the Film and Await the Applause


 * Acceptable Genres are: **
 * **Action**
 * **Adaptation**
 * **Animated**
 * **Anime**
 * **Art**
 * **Autobiographical Documentary**
 * **Comedy**
 * **Coming of Age**
 * **Crime**
 * **Documentary**
 * **Drama**
 * **Family**
 * **Fantasy**
 * **Food**
 * **Horror**
 * **Mocumentary**
 * **Musical**
 * **Mystery**
 * **Romantic Comedy**
 * **Satire**
 * **Sci-Fi**
 * **Suspense**
 * **Thriller**
 * **War**
 * **Western**
 * **Teen**

__**Monday, December 1**__

 * Poetry Notebooks Due **


 * Journal: Do you write the same when you write a thank you letter to your grandmother and when you text your friend to thank them for buying you the concert tickets for Friday? How are they different? Why? Does that mean you are being FAKE? Why or why not?**


 * Consider audience when you complete the audience sheet below COLLECT**


 * Children's Story Assignment Sheet (Due Dec 9)**

__**Tuesday, December 2**__

 * Journal: Which students are you working with for your final film? Will you have the equipment necessary to complete the assignment? If not, what will you need?**


 * Students will work with their groups on the film and be ready to conference with Skoric by tomorrow or Thursday.**

__**Wednesday or Thursday, December 3 ,4**__

 * Journal: Have you come to appreciate poetry more, even if you still don't love it? What did you like about the unit? What did you dislike? Why?**


 * IMC for Teacher Surveys**


 * Share Poetry Notebooks (At least on poem each in the author's chair)**


 * Movie Conferences with remaining time**

__**Friday, December 5**__
Students on the field trip need to fill out the following form on the trip.

Students will go to the IMC to take a Virtual Field Trip and Fill Out the Alternate Field Trip Form Use the following form for the 'field trip'

When students are finished collect the forms and they can work on their children's stories or their movies.

__Monday, Dec 8__

 * Collect Field Trip Adventure Packets **

Work on Children's Stories

__**Tuesday, Dec 9**__
Frosting Sandwich/Share Stories in the Tent
 * Children's Stories Due **

__Wednesday, Dec 10 and Thursday, Dec 11__
Plan Write Film Edit
 * Movie Work Time**

__Friday, Dec 12__

 * Movie Work Time**

__**Monday, Dec 15**__

 * Movie Work Time**

__**Tuesday, Dec 16**__

 * Watch the following trailer and think about the menu you might create.**
 * [|Studio-C Teddy's Short Story Joint]**


 * Menu Final**

__Wednesday, Dec 17 or Thursday, Dec 18__
Show Student Created Movies Finish Menu Final