November 11, 2010

Bell-Ringer: Painting --  Write about this illustration.  You could create a description, poem, brief story, etc.  Do something creative.  Picture Prompt A 

Information about a Utah Poetry Contest! -- Don't let me forget!


Miss Alaenius  (spelling?) and/or Love That Dog.

Reminder of  Story Grammar and writing process.

Most short stories follow this pattern: Plot Map, Plot Diagram, Story Map, Story Grammar, etc.
1. Exposition -- introduces the main characters and setting and gives any necessary background information.
2. Rising Action -- introduces the problem or problems, then builds tension.
3. Climax -- the problem is solved or things somehow change.
4. Falling action -- What do the characters do after the problem is solved or after there is a major change?
5. Resolution -- What was the end result?

We will be in the computer lab.
You will be able to work on your stories for your children's books.

September 1, 2010

Don't forget to bring your Me-Bag if you signed up for today:
Liam
Hannah
Rachel
Karla
Megan
Brogan
Brice
Monica
Kennedi

Bell-Ringer:  Students read a poem called "A Slice of Life" and responded to it in their composition books.
2.  We discussed the Writing Process, and students wrote about their own writing process.
3.  Students presented Me-Bags.

August 30, 2010

 August 30, 2010

Hand in disclosure signatures and VIP forms if you have them ready to return.  They are due by next time.
Don't forget your composition books.

1. Bell-Ringer: Responding to  poem/ writing about summer 
2. See the class blog. 
3. Students continue to share their "headlines."
4. Receive the Me-Bag Assignment.  . . .
5.  The Writing Process -- What is it?  What is yours? (circles?)

Next time:

PREWRITING is what you do to get ready to write (draft).
We use PREWRITING to
-- Gather Ideas and Details
-- Focus (narrow) the topic
-- Decide on a tentative organization for the piece
Much of PREWRITING happens before we start to draft (actually write it down), but we often go back to PREWRITING activities when we need more ideas and details, or need more focus, or decide to modify the organization.

September 4

Students taped into their notebooks a prompt for writing about their "writing process." They told in pictures and/or drawings about the process they go through when they write.

We went to the computer lab so each student could type up a personal narrative (a story about an experience of his or her own).