"What's Going On" Picture Prompts

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/lesson-plans/whats-going-on-in-this-picture/

An Elephant on Your Car?

Topsy-Turvy

Respond in your composition book to the picture prompt.  If you are absent, here is the optical illusion.  You need to look at it right side up and upside down.

http://thedabbler.co.uk/2010/12/gustave-verbeek-%E2%80%93-the-upside-down-cartoonist/

See the above website for a whole comic strip of topsy-turvy pictures that tell a story.

What Does this Painting Mean to You?

James Christensen's "Lawrence Pretended Not to Notice That a Bear Had Become Attached to His Coat" (http://www.hiddenridgegallery.com/store/james-christensen/lawrence-pretended.html).

March 31, 2011

Bell-Ringer:  Respond to the Picture Prompt (Outdoor TV  -- see below) in your composition book.

Outdoor TV Picture Prompt

2. " If you give a . . . .  a. . . . . " (Write at least 12 lines.)

We read If You Give a Pig a Pancake  and one about a 13 year old boy.

3.  Work on your underland/down the rabbit hole story  or on your children's book.


B4: Attend the Writers' Conference unless you have been given an alternate assignment.

Beach House?

http://creative-writing.helium.com/how-to/9794-how-to-teach-creative-writing-to-middle-school-students

Astrophotography: Do these photos inspire you?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2011/01/22/133120650/atrophotography?sc=fb&cc=fp

October 4, 2010

Happy October!      Frightening Writing!

Bell-Ringer:
In the photo, to whom does the bicycle belong?  Why is he or she here?  Create a story, description, poem, commentary, etc. as a response. Consider whether it should be written in first person or third person (or perhaps even second person).

An example of story from A Wolf at the Door. 
Creating a plot line for your story.


The Zombie Challenge for October!
Today we will write Zombie Haiku.   The  Haiku form we are using today is a three line poem using a specific number of syllables See the handout on our wiki: http://cavemanenglish.pbworks.com/October-2009-Handouts

Example of Zombie Haiku from Chris Crowe, BYU professor, author, and 'ku Master for the Central Utah Writing Project:

z’ bumper sticker:            "z'" is an abbreviation for zombie.  "'ku" is an abbreviation for haiku.
“a brain is a terrible
thing to waste.” eat up.

Writing Zombie Haiku  
Each student is writing three (3) haiku -- about zombies or something else scary.

Three lines:                                            
1st Line – 5 syllables        one: five syllables            (count them)                 
2nd Line – 7 syllables       two is seven syllables     (count them)                       
3rd Line – 5 syllables        three is back to five        (count them)                  
Have fun!

zombie haiku are                 
highly addictive ‘cuz they       
get into your blood                

beware, seventh grade!          
Dorsey and other teachers    
get into your brains              
                              -- Ms. D.


The Scary Story Challenge for October

We will write scary stories.  Be prepared for more examples. 

Picture Prompt -- Magritte Galconde, 1953

Picture Prompt E

Picture Prompt D

Picture Prompt C

Picture Prompt B

Picture Prompt A