Monday, January 23, 2015

Announcements and Reminders:       Sit at  your assigned seat. Were you able to bring a composition book?  If not, bring one as soon as you can. Use a piece of lined paper cut to fit into your composition book.  I will be checking for them by  January 25.  Your disclosure documents are due by. . . . January 27.    Sooner is better!    Remember that your collages -- the pictures/words/etc.-- were due last time.    Your bio-poems are due Friday. We will use the computer lab next time to edit and finish My Writing Process and Bio-Poems.

Targets for Today: Write a variety of things!

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Scribbles:  Brady Pryor and Christina McMurray       Brady's Prompt:       Appointment Clock Pairs January 23       Christina's Prompt:  Christina, bring it next time, please.        Appointment Clock Pairs Next time:  January 27 -- Tristan Diamond and Ella Smith                    January 31:  Lilly Spencer and Jayden Fitzgarrald 2. Conventions lesson -- Revising and Editing                Make needed corrections on the Splash Mountain Essay. the time we went two splash mountain             We drove to california and went to disneyland  we got  our tickets and went in.  We got on splash mountain  I felt  nervous. When the ride started up  I got really nervous.  I could  here people screaming.   I was really really really scared, but  soon it was over.   i felt closer to my dad because of that.     After that we went and ate hamburgers.   I ate alot of fries to.    I will never forget that trip!!!!!!!                Compare.                Discuss.  Corrections for "Splash Mountain" Then ---                Look at Revision and Editing:     Taking Notes:  Copy these into your composition book                         under "Editing Reminders for Me."  ARMS  [Use your ARMS to Revise] Add Remove Move around Substitute    A.R.M.S. Revision Strategy Why Proofread and Edit?  It makes reading possible. What are "conventions"?     Conventions are agreed-upon rules and forms. When your reading a novel and come upon a typo, what do you do?  Research shows that it takes as few as five or six misspellings in a three-hundred-word text for readers to say, "I can't read this." Readers need all the help they can get.  As writers we follow the rules and observe the forms so. .             -- our writing will be read.           -- we'll be taken seriously.           -- we won't appear ignorant or arrogant. SMILES [Use your SMILES to Edit Your Work.] Sentences -- Make sure each sentence has a subject and an action -- a verb. Marks -- End each sentence with a punctuation mark. Indents -- Indent each new paragraph. Letters -- Start each sentence with a capital letter. Editor -- Use any editing program available, and check your own spelling, etc. (Spelling -- Double-check for the words you tend to misspell.) In your composition book  under "Editing Reminders for Me" take notes on this discussion:                      Creating your own proofreading list in your composition book                         under "Editing Reminders for Me."  Use a clean, complete page.

______________'s Proofreading List Obvious stuff Circle and look up every word I'm not 100% certain of. Capitalize first, last, and important words in a title. _____________________ ______________________  _____________________  ______________________

More notes:  
Titles:  
Capitalize the first, last, and important words in a title.

Don't capitalize articles (a, an, the), conjunctions (and, so, but. . . .), or prepositions (of, in, with, to. . . .) unless they come at the end or beginning of the title.

The important words carry meaning: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjective. 

Titles:   Try correctly capitalizing these titles before you check them. 

1.  between a rock and a hard place









Between a Rock and a Hard Place





2.  tomorrow when the war began







Tomorrow When the War Began






3.  the one I've been waiting for






The One I've Been Waiting For



Now make up one of your own and write it out without capital letters. 
Trade with another student to correct it. 

If You Were Absent: See above for what we did.  Set up your composition book if you haven't. Write to the Scribble prompt.  That goes in your composition book under Scribbles. Edit the "Splash Mountain" piece. Take notes as directed above. Keep working on your assignments for   About Me - Collage.doc.

Vocabulary: Prewriting:  The things you do to get ready to write:  gathering ideas, selecting what you will write about, selecting details, organizing. Drafting:  The drafting phase of the writing process entails the actual composing/writing of the text.

Music

Prompt:  Write about music -- anything about music.

marching band
Country music
electrical music
Classic music
Pop music
playing music
dub step
R&B
fantasy music
how you listen to music -- radio, iPod, phone, family members, computer, concerts,
neighbors music -- blaring from cars
loud music
too quiet
horror music -- soundtracks
how you feel after you listen to music
specific events --
piano
guitar
clarinet
flute
marimba
sing
cello
harmonica
drums
banjo
baritone



A Song about writer's block and more:
https://soundcloud.com/stephaniemabey/stop-motion/s-Kv4k9




Did you bring favorite music (without lyrics)?
Writing with Music!
Prepare to respond to music with writing -- describing what you hear or what it makes you think of, writing wherever the music leads you.


Just in case. . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLckHHc25ww&feature=related

Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians [ 2008 JAPAN ]

http://thepianoguys.com/portfolio/arwens-vigil/

http://thepianoguys.com/portfolio/live-at-red-butte-garden-beethovens-5-secrets/

http://thepianoguys.com/portfolio/rockelbels-canon-pachelbels-canon-in-d/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU9WgD3jZIc
Soundtracks

The Fountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYhg5IOkar8

Somewhere in Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up7fkvkfDXk

Lincoln --

Sacred Heart --

Band of Brothers:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od5saV1Gs8U

Disney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5xAJGlOOe8

Creativity Collage Assignment

Collage of Creativity -- About Me!    Complete the written assignments on Google Drive and share them with me.

 (All work except the picture collage will end up typed or neatly written in black ink.)  Lab Days _______________________

I.  Make a title page for your entire assignment with a creative title, and with your name, class, and the date. 

II.  Create an 8 1/2" x 11" collage of pictures and or other illustrations that represent you and your interests.                                                                                            Due __January 19__

III.  Write bio-poems based on two of the patterns you are given.  Due __January 27___

IV.  Choose three out of the following ten choices. Title each assignment. (Use complete, correct sentences in your writing.)                                                                                                                                 Due __February 6_____

1. Top Ten  -- Create a top ten best and worst list (ten best and ten worst) of things that have happened to you so far in your life.  You must be specific, detailed, and creative.  Don't say -- 1. Born 2. Moved, etc.  Each item should be at least two creative sentences long.  Have a title for your lists -- not "My Top Ten."  Be more creative.  (Use complete, correct sentences in your writing.)

2. Junior High Hang-Ups Poem or Essay -- Write a poem or informal essay about a theme that is important to junior high school students.  For example, friendship, conformity, originality, education, family, finding talents, being yourself, staying away from drugs or other addictions, self-esteem, honor, popularity, careers, status symbols, sports, band, etc. or your own idea.  Use poetry techniques -- metaphors, power words, alliterations, symbols, figurative language, etc.  Don't rhyme.  Your poem must be at least twenty lines long.  The essay must be a page, double-spaced.  Have a creative title. 

                                                                ^{(Page lengths refer to typed pieces.  Handwritten will be longer.)}

3.  How to Survive in Junior High -- Make a list of twenty specific and truly valuable pieces of advice you would like to give new seventh graders.  Your list may be humorous but must contain "true" wisdom and be appropriate.  Have a creative title.

4.  Me and My Shadow -- Do you have someone you are with constantly -- a shadow?  Write at least a half page, double-spaced about how you are alike and yet different.  Why do you make a good pair?  Have a good title.

5.  What if. . .   What if. . . is a big question.  Make a list of twenty what if's.  Be specific and creative. 

6.  My Family -- Write at least a half a page, double-spaced, about how you have affected your family.  What would your family be like without you?  What do you add?  Have a title.

7.  Celebrations of Education -- Write at least two or three sentences celebrating -- notice the word is "celebrate" not "desecrate" each year of your public education.  Be sure to include the grade, teacher, and school.  Be specific.  Have a title. 

8.  Honoring Me -- Design a certificate with a border and a graphic that honors you for some specific but perhaps hidden talent.  Make this a talent of character rather than ability.  Be specific and creative -- not just "Good Friend."

9.  My Golden Rules -- Make a list of ten very specific and original-to-you rules to live by.  What wisdom and advice do you have to offer the world gleaned from your own experience.  Have a title.

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10. Fifteen Minutes of Fame -- Someone once said, "Everyone will experience fifteen minutes of fame in his or her lifetime."  What will your fifteen minutes be?  You may write in short story form -- narrative -- or explanatory style.  This must be at least a half of a page, double spaced.  Have a creative title.                                                   (Dorsey, 1-17-06, Adapted from materials presented by Brenda Burr and Launa Strong)

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:       Check the seating chart today for your assigned seat. Were you able to bring a composition book?  If not, bring one as soon as you can. Use a piece of lined paper cut to fit into your composition book. Your disclosure documents are due by. . . . January 27.

Targets for Today: Write a variety of things! Share my interests through a "creativity collage."

Today’s  Agenda: Scribbles: Rachel Lefler and Adelein Aaron Next time: Brady Pryor and Christina McMurray Appointment Clocks  Making Appointments     On one of the last pages of your notebook, draw a big clock face with just the numbers -- no hands.   It should fill  a whole page. Move around the classroom to make "appointments" with other students.  Find one other student and pick a time on the clock face.   Near that number on the clock face, you will write your name on his or her clock and he or she will write his or her name on your clock.  Move on to another student and do the same thing with him or her.    Keep making appointments until all numbers have been used.   For each number on the clock you will have an "appointment"  with  one other student. Put together Collages.  They are due today. Some time in Lab 202 -- finishing collages and, if time, beginning bio-poems.    About Me - Collage.doc

If You Were Absent:  About Me - Collage.doc

Vocabulary: