Lesson One
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1. On your sheet answer the following question: On a scale of 1 to 10, how much of a risk taker are you? Explain your reason
2. Watch the video "The Raven's Tales: How Raven Stole the Sun" and fill out the sheet as you are viewing
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Free Write: Are you an Eagle or a Raven?
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Are you more like the Eagle (cautious, responsible, considers consequences, reliable, less likely to take a risk)
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Are you more like Raven (impulsive, can be irresponsible, creative, not afraid of risks, ambitious, can be selfish, not as concerned about consequences)
2. Do we need both types of people in the world? Why or why not?
In your freewrite, describe what animal you relate to more strongly and justify your thoughts with SPECIFIC examples from your life. In a freewrite I am not concerned about spelling and grammar, rather quality of your explanations. Your freewrite should be a minimum of 1/2 a page single spaced
4. In a small creative project of your choice, create something that captures 5-8 of the key ideas (plot) of the story. Below the assignment please include the THEME (main message) of the story. Start your theme with “The theme of Raven Steals the Light is that….”
Ideas: Playdough, poem, comic, Script, rap etc.
2. Watch the video "The Raven's Tales: How Raven Stole the Sun" and fill out the sheet as you are viewing
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Free Write: Are you an Eagle or a Raven?
1.
Are you more like the Eagle (cautious, responsible, considers consequences, reliable, less likely to take a risk)
OR
Are you more like Raven (impulsive, can be irresponsible, creative, not afraid of risks, ambitious, can be selfish, not as concerned about consequences)
2. Do we need both types of people in the world? Why or why not?
In your freewrite, describe what animal you relate to more strongly and justify your thoughts with SPECIFIC examples from your life. In a freewrite I am not concerned about spelling and grammar, rather quality of your explanations. Your freewrite should be a minimum of 1/2 a page single spaced
4. In a small creative project of your choice, create something that captures 5-8 of the key ideas (plot) of the story. Below the assignment please include the THEME (main message) of the story. Start your theme with “The theme of Raven Steals the Light is that….”
Ideas: Playdough, poem, comic, Script, rap etc.
Lesson Two
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1. Please write up your classmate interview paragraph. You must have a picture of your interviewee as well (above or below the paragraph is fine, just make sure it all fits on one piece of paper). Ask your partner to supply you with an appropriate picture of themselves that they are ok with being on display.
2. Share to: [email protected] when complete. Please edit carefully as I will be putting these on display
2. Share to: [email protected] when complete. Please edit carefully as I will be putting these on display
Lesson Three
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1. Does technology have a negative impact on our life? Ask students to reflect on how much time they spend on technology a day. Do they think it is a positive or negative thing?
2. Watch two videos: 1. I forget my phone 2. Apple commercial where boy makes Christmas movie AND Holiday- The Surprise
3. Reflect on your sheet. A. Is Technology positive or negative? Justify your thoughts with as many specific examples as you can.
B. Which of the two videos was more accurate. Explain your ideas with as many specific ideas as you can.
4. Our development of technology has led to a lot of problems in the environment, we are now going to watch two contrasting view points of that. All of today will help lead us to a paragraph we will write soon
1. MAN
2. How wolves change Rivers
5. Answer the question: “Is mankind going to destroy the planet and itself? Why or Why not?
6. Make a t-chart on a piece of paper with the following heading: Benefits of technology and Drawbacks of Technology. Write 5-8 detailed examples under each heading. For example: Benefits: Advances in medicine such as penicillin, have lead to life expectancy increasing from an average of 39 years to now in the mid 80s in Canada Drawbacks: Our reliance on oil and gas for our vehicles has caused an huge impact on our environment such as rising sea levels due to global warming.
2. Watch two videos: 1. I forget my phone 2. Apple commercial where boy makes Christmas movie AND Holiday- The Surprise
3. Reflect on your sheet. A. Is Technology positive or negative? Justify your thoughts with as many specific examples as you can.
B. Which of the two videos was more accurate. Explain your ideas with as many specific ideas as you can.
4. Our development of technology has led to a lot of problems in the environment, we are now going to watch two contrasting view points of that. All of today will help lead us to a paragraph we will write soon
1. MAN
2. How wolves change Rivers
5. Answer the question: “Is mankind going to destroy the planet and itself? Why or Why not?
6. Make a t-chart on a piece of paper with the following heading: Benefits of technology and Drawbacks of Technology. Write 5-8 detailed examples under each heading. For example: Benefits: Advances in medicine such as penicillin, have lead to life expectancy increasing from an average of 39 years to now in the mid 80s in Canada Drawbacks: Our reliance on oil and gas for our vehicles has caused an huge impact on our environment such as rising sea levels due to global warming.
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Lesson Four
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1. In this unit we will learn all the components that go into interesting and engaging creative writing creative writing
2. One of the most important parts of a piece of creative writing is the beginning. It is an important first impression that can make your reader continue, or put your story down.
What are some ways writers attempt to make their beginnings engaging?
-show the events or characters in action, don’t tell the reader what they are doing.
-begin in the middle of the action, not at the literal beginning of the story, that way you can grab the reader's attention and then fill in details as you go along
-withhold important details to make your reader want to read on and want to figure out what happens next (create suspense)
-ask a question
-Introduce the main character(s). Show they doing something that lets the reader being to infer (guess) what their character is like
-say something unusual or shocking
-start with a metaphor, simile, analogy or in-depth imagery
-start with a striking or controversial statement
-a description of the setting
-set the mood or atmosphere (how the setting make the reader feel)
-Use a lot of action at the beginning
Let's watch three Hollywood film to see how they do it. Watch the beginning of Casino Royal, The Lion King and Scream:
How do they meet sections from the list of effective beginnings?
Lion King:
-a description of the setting (very in-depth look at the setting)
-set the mood or atmosphere (how the setting make the reader feel) (wonder where all the animals are going)
-Use a lot of action at the beginning (hundreds of animals running to something)
-start with a metaphor, simile, analogy or in-depth imagery (ceremony with the baby)
-Introduce the main character(s). Show they doing something that lets the reader being to infer (guess) what their character is like (Mufasa looks noble, clearly the baby is important)
-show the events or characters in action, don’t tell the reader what they are doing. (Animals running to unknown place)
-begin in the middle of the action, not at the literal beginning of the story, that way you can grab the reader's attention and then fill in details as you go along (don't show this is about a baby until near the end)
-withhold important details to make your reader want to read on and want to figure out what happens next (create suspense) (Don't know where the animals are going)
Scream:
-show the events or characters in action, don’t tell the reader what they are doing. (Audience doesn't know who she is talking to)
-begin in the middle of the action, not at the literal beginning of the story, that way you can grab the reader's attention and then fill in details as you go along (starts with the phone ringing)
-withhold important details to make your reader want to read on and want to figure out what happens next (create suspense) (don't know who is on the phone)
-ask a question (Who is the caller)
-say something unusual or shocking (Phone call is threatening, killed her boyfriend)
-a description of the setting (night, alone)
-set the mood or atmosphere (how the setting make the reader feel) (Girl is alone, at night, scary music)
Casino Royale
-show the events or characters in action, don’t tell the reader what they are doing. (Bond is talking to a man, flashes back to him killing someone)
-begin in the middle of the action, not at the literal beginning of the story, that way you can grab the reader's attention and then fill in details as you go along (it starts with Bond talking to the man about something that already happened)
-withhold important details to make your reader want to read on and want to figure out what happens next (create suspense) (Don't know who the characters are)
-Introduce the main character(s). Show they doing something that lets the reader being to infer (guess) what their character is like (Bond is a popular character people already know a lot about)
-say something unusual or shocking (Beginning is in black and white, movie is in colour, makes the audience wonder why)
-set the mood or atmosphere (how the setting make the reader feel) (Starts in Prague, part of the former Soviet Bloc)
-Use a lot of action at the beginning (fighting etc.)
3. Here is an example of how to take a boring beginning and make it more engaging
The Beginning: Tips for opening creative writing:
In today's fast-moving world, the first sentence of your short story should catch your reader's attention with the unusual, the unexpected, an action, or a conflict. Begin with tension and immediacy. Remember that short stories need to start close to their end.
EXAMPLE:
I heard my neighbor through the wall. (Dry and uninteresting.)
The neighbor behind us practiced scream therapy in his shower almost every day. (The second sentence catches the reader's attention. Who is this guy who goes in his shower every day and screams? Why does he do that? What, exactly, is "scream therapy"? Let's keep reading...)
The first time I heard him, I stood in the bathroom listening at our shared wall for ten minutes, debating the wisdom of calling the police. It was very different from living in the duplex over middle-aged Mr. and Mrs. Brown and their two young sons in Duluth. (The rest of the paragraph introduces I and an internal conflict as the protagonist debates a course of action and introduces an intriguing contrast of past and present setting.)
4. Take a look at the pictures on the powerpoint (below movie clips or see the picutre of all of them together below). Pick one and write an effective beginning with vivid description. At least 5 sentences, but don’t worry about writing the whole story, just the beginning. If you go to the end of the powerpoint you will see an example of an engaging beginning on a photo. Please ignore the length, I went a little overboard. Yours doesn't need to be that long!
2. One of the most important parts of a piece of creative writing is the beginning. It is an important first impression that can make your reader continue, or put your story down.
What are some ways writers attempt to make their beginnings engaging?
-show the events or characters in action, don’t tell the reader what they are doing.
-begin in the middle of the action, not at the literal beginning of the story, that way you can grab the reader's attention and then fill in details as you go along
-withhold important details to make your reader want to read on and want to figure out what happens next (create suspense)
-ask a question
-Introduce the main character(s). Show they doing something that lets the reader being to infer (guess) what their character is like
-say something unusual or shocking
-start with a metaphor, simile, analogy or in-depth imagery
-start with a striking or controversial statement
-a description of the setting
-set the mood or atmosphere (how the setting make the reader feel)
-Use a lot of action at the beginning
Let's watch three Hollywood film to see how they do it. Watch the beginning of Casino Royal, The Lion King and Scream:
How do they meet sections from the list of effective beginnings?
Lion King:
-a description of the setting (very in-depth look at the setting)
-set the mood or atmosphere (how the setting make the reader feel) (wonder where all the animals are going)
-Use a lot of action at the beginning (hundreds of animals running to something)
-start with a metaphor, simile, analogy or in-depth imagery (ceremony with the baby)
-Introduce the main character(s). Show they doing something that lets the reader being to infer (guess) what their character is like (Mufasa looks noble, clearly the baby is important)
-show the events or characters in action, don’t tell the reader what they are doing. (Animals running to unknown place)
-begin in the middle of the action, not at the literal beginning of the story, that way you can grab the reader's attention and then fill in details as you go along (don't show this is about a baby until near the end)
-withhold important details to make your reader want to read on and want to figure out what happens next (create suspense) (Don't know where the animals are going)
Scream:
-show the events or characters in action, don’t tell the reader what they are doing. (Audience doesn't know who she is talking to)
-begin in the middle of the action, not at the literal beginning of the story, that way you can grab the reader's attention and then fill in details as you go along (starts with the phone ringing)
-withhold important details to make your reader want to read on and want to figure out what happens next (create suspense) (don't know who is on the phone)
-ask a question (Who is the caller)
-say something unusual or shocking (Phone call is threatening, killed her boyfriend)
-a description of the setting (night, alone)
-set the mood or atmosphere (how the setting make the reader feel) (Girl is alone, at night, scary music)
Casino Royale
-show the events or characters in action, don’t tell the reader what they are doing. (Bond is talking to a man, flashes back to him killing someone)
-begin in the middle of the action, not at the literal beginning of the story, that way you can grab the reader's attention and then fill in details as you go along (it starts with Bond talking to the man about something that already happened)
-withhold important details to make your reader want to read on and want to figure out what happens next (create suspense) (Don't know who the characters are)
-Introduce the main character(s). Show they doing something that lets the reader being to infer (guess) what their character is like (Bond is a popular character people already know a lot about)
-say something unusual or shocking (Beginning is in black and white, movie is in colour, makes the audience wonder why)
-set the mood or atmosphere (how the setting make the reader feel) (Starts in Prague, part of the former Soviet Bloc)
-Use a lot of action at the beginning (fighting etc.)
3. Here is an example of how to take a boring beginning and make it more engaging
The Beginning: Tips for opening creative writing:
In today's fast-moving world, the first sentence of your short story should catch your reader's attention with the unusual, the unexpected, an action, or a conflict. Begin with tension and immediacy. Remember that short stories need to start close to their end.
EXAMPLE:
I heard my neighbor through the wall. (Dry and uninteresting.)
The neighbor behind us practiced scream therapy in his shower almost every day. (The second sentence catches the reader's attention. Who is this guy who goes in his shower every day and screams? Why does he do that? What, exactly, is "scream therapy"? Let's keep reading...)
The first time I heard him, I stood in the bathroom listening at our shared wall for ten minutes, debating the wisdom of calling the police. It was very different from living in the duplex over middle-aged Mr. and Mrs. Brown and their two young sons in Duluth. (The rest of the paragraph introduces I and an internal conflict as the protagonist debates a course of action and introduces an intriguing contrast of past and present setting.)
4. Take a look at the pictures on the powerpoint (below movie clips or see the picutre of all of them together below). Pick one and write an effective beginning with vivid description. At least 5 sentences, but don’t worry about writing the whole story, just the beginning. If you go to the end of the powerpoint you will see an example of an engaging beginning on a photo. Please ignore the length, I went a little overboard. Yours doesn't need to be that long!
Lesson Five
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1. Choose a photo from the internet. It can be any photo that you like, but it should have a lot of elements in it that you can describe in detail.
2. Write a 7-10 sentence (minimum) descriptive paragraph about the photo. It can be describing in detail what is going on in the photo, or you can become the character in the photo and describe (using your five senses) what you are experiencing. You should use at least one poetic device (metaphor, simile etc.). Print off a copy of the assignment as we are going to use it in tomorrow's class to learn how to edit creative writing.
3.Take a look at the example above (the lacrosse photo) if you need help getting started.
2. Write a 7-10 sentence (minimum) descriptive paragraph about the photo. It can be describing in detail what is going on in the photo, or you can become the character in the photo and describe (using your five senses) what you are experiencing. You should use at least one poetic device (metaphor, simile etc.). Print off a copy of the assignment as we are going to use it in tomorrow's class to learn how to edit creative writing.
3.Take a look at the example above (the lacrosse photo) if you need help getting started.
Lesson Six
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1. In this lesson we will learn how to use dialogue correctly in our writing. Below are the
Dialogue
1. Dialogue can add sophistication to your writing, as long as you use it properly. Here are a few rules to help you remember to do so:
A. A speaker's exact words (also called dialogue) must be surrounded by quotation marks. Thoughts are not dialogue and therefore do not require quotation marks
Example: "I love being on time," said Jacob.
Example where you do not need quotation marks: I can’t believe Matthew said that, Ben though as he cringed internally.
B. Dialogue is less formal than other kinds of writing. To make your characters sound natural, you may use short sentences and contractions in dialogue.
C. Commas and periods are always placed inside the closing quotation marks.
Example: "I love writing,” confessed Carter.
D. Use a comma to introduce a quotation after a dialogue tag.
Example: Samara replied, "I can’t live without my cellphone."
E. If dialogue is split or separated, use quotation marks to surround each part that is spoken.
Example: "Yes," said Seb, "I love reading and writing; in fact, I want to do both everyday!"
F. If a quotation is not split or separated, don't close the quotation until the speaker is finished. This could sometimes involve numerous sentences.
Example: "A good way to succeed in this class is to bring Mrs. Fitton Starbucks. This is almost the number one way to do well in English First Peoples" said Mrs. Fitton.
G. Be careful not to use the word "said" too often. Use other livelier verbs, such as "whispered," "yelled," "mumbled," "cried," and "confessed."
H. In a conversation between characters, start a new paragraph each time the speaker changes.
Example:
One day Mitchell was sitting alone quietly in the classroom. The silence was broken when Mat wandered in. “Hi,” said Mitchell. “How are you?”
“I’m great,” replied Mat “How have you been?”
“Oh, you know, getting by.” Mitchell had been sullen and withdrawn ever since his favourite hamster had died. Mat was worried that Mitchell was traumatized by his passing.
Assignment
Option One: Go to this site and pick a writing prompt:
https://writingprompts.tumblr.com/post/17477297690/my-28-most-tried-and-true-writing-prompts
Option Two: Use the story prompt in the picture below (Use characters from products in your pantry to create a story (ie. Aunt Jemima, Campbells Soup become inspirations for a character in a story).
Dialogue
1. Dialogue can add sophistication to your writing, as long as you use it properly. Here are a few rules to help you remember to do so:
A. A speaker's exact words (also called dialogue) must be surrounded by quotation marks. Thoughts are not dialogue and therefore do not require quotation marks
Example: "I love being on time," said Jacob.
Example where you do not need quotation marks: I can’t believe Matthew said that, Ben though as he cringed internally.
B. Dialogue is less formal than other kinds of writing. To make your characters sound natural, you may use short sentences and contractions in dialogue.
C. Commas and periods are always placed inside the closing quotation marks.
Example: "I love writing,” confessed Carter.
D. Use a comma to introduce a quotation after a dialogue tag.
Example: Samara replied, "I can’t live without my cellphone."
E. If dialogue is split or separated, use quotation marks to surround each part that is spoken.
Example: "Yes," said Seb, "I love reading and writing; in fact, I want to do both everyday!"
F. If a quotation is not split or separated, don't close the quotation until the speaker is finished. This could sometimes involve numerous sentences.
Example: "A good way to succeed in this class is to bring Mrs. Fitton Starbucks. This is almost the number one way to do well in English First Peoples" said Mrs. Fitton.
G. Be careful not to use the word "said" too often. Use other livelier verbs, such as "whispered," "yelled," "mumbled," "cried," and "confessed."
H. In a conversation between characters, start a new paragraph each time the speaker changes.
Example:
One day Mitchell was sitting alone quietly in the classroom. The silence was broken when Mat wandered in. “Hi,” said Mitchell. “How are you?”
“I’m great,” replied Mat “How have you been?”
“Oh, you know, getting by.” Mitchell had been sullen and withdrawn ever since his favourite hamster had died. Mat was worried that Mitchell was traumatized by his passing.
Assignment
Option One: Go to this site and pick a writing prompt:
https://writingprompts.tumblr.com/post/17477297690/my-28-most-tried-and-true-writing-prompts
Option Two: Use the story prompt in the picture below (Use characters from products in your pantry to create a story (ie. Aunt Jemima, Campbells Soup become inspirations for a character in a story).
2. Write a 150-250 word story
Criteria:
1. 5 examples of properly formatted dialogue
2. Must (at some point) have a back and forth conversation between two or more people so that I can see that you can properly format dialogue
Note: The story can be a little ridiculous and that is fine. I am not really looking for a believable plot, I'm just concentrating on the skills of using dialogue.
Criteria:
1. 5 examples of properly formatted dialogue
2. Must (at some point) have a back and forth conversation between two or more people so that I can see that you can properly format dialogue
Note: The story can be a little ridiculous and that is fine. I am not really looking for a believable plot, I'm just concentrating on the skills of using dialogue.
Lesson Seven
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1. Type up your personal narrative from the outline you created last class
2. Use the editing sheet to make sure that you are handing in your best work
3. Read your novel for at least 20 minutes.
Personal Narrative Creative Writing Final Assignment Instructions:
One of the First People's Principles of Learning (the pedagogy I have been using throughout this course) indicates that learning requires the exploration of one's identity. To help us explore that, we will be writing personal narratives as a summative assessment for the creative writing unit. This will allow us to think back on a moment in our life that had some sort of significance to us and helped (even in a small way) make us who we are.
Please write a personal narrative (any story from your own life, can be big or small, but you should have learned something or took away something from it.). Your story must some how (loosely is fine) relate to one of the themes we have studied in this course:
1. Persevering and showing resilience through adversity
2. Innovative thinking and new perspectives (for example, have you ever had an experience you thought would be terrible and ended up really liking? Started a new job or sport? traveled somewhere else and learned a new perspectives? Started a new school? Had any new experience that changed your thinking?
Size: 300-500 words minimum (more is fine) multi-paragraph story (meaning don't write just one long paragraph, break up your writing into separate paragraphs).
Criteria:
1. Engaging beginning
2. Sentence variety (sentence size and beginning)
3. Descriptive writing (use language that appeals to your five sense and use at least one poetic device)
4. Properly formatted dialogue (if you choose to use dialogue)
5. Memorable ending (bring it back to your beginning and/or explain what you learned)
6. Edited using the editing creative writing sheet
2. Use the editing sheet to make sure that you are handing in your best work
3. Read your novel for at least 20 minutes.
Personal Narrative Creative Writing Final Assignment Instructions:
One of the First People's Principles of Learning (the pedagogy I have been using throughout this course) indicates that learning requires the exploration of one's identity. To help us explore that, we will be writing personal narratives as a summative assessment for the creative writing unit. This will allow us to think back on a moment in our life that had some sort of significance to us and helped (even in a small way) make us who we are.
Please write a personal narrative (any story from your own life, can be big or small, but you should have learned something or took away something from it.). Your story must some how (loosely is fine) relate to one of the themes we have studied in this course:
1. Persevering and showing resilience through adversity
2. Innovative thinking and new perspectives (for example, have you ever had an experience you thought would be terrible and ended up really liking? Started a new job or sport? traveled somewhere else and learned a new perspectives? Started a new school? Had any new experience that changed your thinking?
Size: 300-500 words minimum (more is fine) multi-paragraph story (meaning don't write just one long paragraph, break up your writing into separate paragraphs).
Criteria:
1. Engaging beginning
2. Sentence variety (sentence size and beginning)
3. Descriptive writing (use language that appeals to your five sense and use at least one poetic device)
4. Properly formatted dialogue (if you choose to use dialogue)
5. Memorable ending (bring it back to your beginning and/or explain what you learned)
6. Edited using the editing creative writing sheet
Lesson Eight
1. Read novel up to first deadline
2. Complete literature Circle Role.
2. Complete literature Circle Role.
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1. Read for a minimum of 20 minutes.
2. Create found poem or black out poem to reflect a theme of "We Were Children"
3. Write the theme you were trying to show with an explanation below.
2. Create found poem or black out poem to reflect a theme of "We Were Children"
3. Write the theme you were trying to show with an explanation below.