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Creative Writing Unit (nine-week unit with four days/week of class)

Creative Writing Unit (nine-week unit with four days/week of class). Created by Heide AW Kaminski Taught February/March 2012. Day One. What is a short story? Pre-quiz Make a folder and fill with: Short story glossary, fill in some blanks together Editing marks

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Creative Writing Unit (nine-week unit with four days/week of class)

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  1. Creative Writing Unit(nine-week unit with four days/week of class) Created by Heide AW Kaminski Taught February/March 2012

  2. Day One • What is a short story? • Pre-quiz • Make a folder and fill with: • Short story glossary, fill in some blanks together • Editing marks • Short story rubric for your final project • Read “Future Tense” by Robert Lipsyte

  3. Day One Words from the story to know Strut Manufacture Ordinary Mimic Tofu Composition Margin Iota Obstacle Probe Bespectacled Monotone Vivid Conspiracy Dominate Humanoid First assignment: Crossword puzzle, worth five points 

  4. Day Two • Writing prompt # 1 – by the end of this unit you will have written 30 shorts based on the prompts, each is worth one point, you will handwrite them during the week and type them up in Fridays and put them in your folder after I grade them. You have 5 minutes for each prompt. Go! Where is she going?

  5. Day Two • Today we are going to make a mini-book about the story we read yesterday. In it, we will have three pages describing the major characters in the story, one page for the plot summary, one for the conflict, one for the resolution and one for the setting. Add a cover page and the total page # is eight. Your book will be worth 10 points, as I will give two extra points for creating a super cover page! • Discuss story board

  6. Day Three – writing prompt What is behind this door?

  7. Day Three • What is “show” versus “tell” • Getting Into Character Map – think about your story you will write and fill in the character map – you need to fill in ten attributes and, of course, the top of the page. Worth 12 points! It goes into your folder after I grade it! • Plot Diagram – this is also for the story you will write, worth 5 points and it goes into your folder after I grade it. • The Big Question – again, this is about your story, worth 6 points, it goes into your folder after I grade it. • DON’T PANIC! YOU WILL HAVE TOMORROW TO FINISH ALL THIS 

  8. Day Four –writing prompt What is he smiling about?

  9. Day Four • Finish the three items from yesterday (character map, plot diagram and big question), as you have to turn them in for grading TODAY • Work on your story 

  10. Day Five – writing prompt What is her story?

  11. Day Five • What are the different points of view and why would you chose a particular one for your story? • Take notes, you will have to turn in a paper to me, giving an example of each, worth three points

  12. Day Six – writing prompt What is going on?

  13. Day Six • Elements of fiction: dialogue, blocking, interior monologue, setting, character description, figurative language, personification, flashback, scene and summary • Short-short story, “Neighborhood Hassle” • Find an example of each component in this story, 10 points

  14. Day Seven – writing prompt What is he smiling about?

  15. Day Seven • Today we are going to have a “Writing Workshop,” and the topic is… “Recipe of Yourself” First order of business: example and brainstorming for interview questions You will get into pairs, and have five minutes each to interview one another (be sure to take notes!), then you will create a recipe of your interview partner on the computer, find a nice image that fits your recipe to go with it Last, but not least: PRESENT YOUR PARTNER TO THE CLASS! (Oh, and get 10 points for doing a great job!)

  16. Day Eight – writing prompt What is your favorite song? Why is it your favorite?

  17. Day Eight We have some maps to work on for the short story you are writing: Character map, conflict map, resolution map, setting map. These need to be turned in by the end of next week for 12 points. Don’t procrastinate!

  18. Day Nine – writing prompt Chose a room or location that is familiar to you and pick 10 objects in that room/location that are pleasing to you. Why do you like them? Mrs. K’s favorite place to be is Hamburg, Germany  I can give you 10,000 reasons why…

  19. Day Nine Office staff College students http://www.cs.rochester.edu/research/vision/people/ http://fanmaster911.homeschooljournal.net/2011/06/23/autism-advocacy-people/ Women in Tibet A very unusual family http://www.tibetanwomen.org/press/2007/2007.07.20-get_involved_tpm.html http://www.examiner.com/tv-in-national/little-people-big-world-returns-april-5-with-200th-episode

  20. Day Nine • Chose a picture • Chose one person in the picture, circle him/her • Write ten questions about this person, for example, “How does this person relate to the other people in this picture?” Turn it in for 10 points!

  21. Day Ten – writing prompt Fast Food Restaurants/part one: Why are they called fast food? Elaborate!

  22. Day Ten • Remember the photos from last week? We are going to revisit them today! You have one of two choices: • Option one: write a one-page description of the photo from the p.o.v. of your chosen character • Option two: write a one page mock interview with your person, answering at least five of the questions you created on Friday! Whichever option you chose, it is worth 10 points! • If we still have time at the end of class, please work on your story 

  23. Day 11 – writing prompt Fast Food Restaurants/part two: There is a new fast food restaurant in your town that only serves healthy food. You are a newspaper reporter assigned to write about it.

  24. Day 11 • We are going to read a new short story today: “The Necklace,” by Guy de Maupassant and we will discuss the story elements and finish off with a crossword puzzle about the story • If we still have time at the end of class, please work on your story 

  25. Day 12 – writing prompt Fast Food Restaurants/part three: A funny thing happened at the restaurant on the first day. Write about it.

  26. Day 12 • We are going to go over some important short story terms today. Take notes and put it in your activity folder. There are 25 terms I will be covering, so if you have all 25 with a brief explanation written down for your folder, you will receive 25 points  • Finish the words search for the activity and get another 5 points!

  27. Day 13 – writing prompt: Fast Food Restaurants/part four Think of one customer in the restaurant and describe him or her in detail. Think of three things that might be in this customer’s wallet/purse/pockets

  28. Day 13 • After your writing prompt, we will utilize today to type your prompts and finish all unfinished work to turn in today! • Remember: one of the two assignment options on Monday, the crossword puzzle from “The Necklace,” and your short story terms 

  29. Day 14 –writing prompt My Favorite Things Make a list of your ten favorite things and write a meaningful sentence about each of these things

  30. Day 14 “Writing Headlines” workshop Three paragraphs each for 1) “Truck Crashes Into Living Room” 2) “Local Female Football Player Surprises Community” 3) Make up your own headline 10 points total: 3 each for #1 and 2 and 4 for # 3

  31. Day 15 – writing prompt What is their story?

  32. Day 15 • Remember your fast food prompts? Today, we are going to work on creative ways to write a menu, worth 15 points • Next, we are going to explore “word variety.” You will have to turn in 42 words at ½ point each, so the total will be 24 points 

  33. Rewrite: pizza steak fish cake rice salad hamburger chicken meatloaf pudding salad mushrooms ham mashed potatoes French fries Day 15 Menu Writing Plain: tuna fish Creative: savory choice morsels of tuna fish topped by melted cheddar cheese. YOUR turn!

  34. “Hello,” Bill said Find other words for “said.” 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) “We heard a loud noise.” Find other words for “noise.” 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) “When I touched it, it felt…” List words for texture. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) “I __________across the room.” List movements 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Day 15 Word Variety

  35. Day 16 – writing prompt Where are they going?

  36. Day 16 • The girls in the photo of our prompt seem to be going somewhere. So let’s talk about “logs.” Then, based on what you wrote in your prompt, write a short log about the girls’ trip, five times of that day and what is going on at that time. 5 points  Video to show (for hurricane log) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O8CjKBsCEo

  37. Day 16 LOG: What Happens as the Hurricane Approaches Our Town? 6 a.m.: Weather forecasters say hurricane will hit our area in about five hours. Homeowners and storekeepers hammer up shields for windows and doors. 7 a.m.: Strong winds are kicking up. Big waves hit beaches. Sun hidden as clouds move in fast. 7:30 a.m.: Local radio advises people to move inland to shelters. Police and firefighters go house-to-house to warn residents. 8:30 a.m.: Hurricane approaching faster than predicted! People along the shoreline being evacuated fast. Flood conditions all along our coast. High winds topple trees. 9 a.m.: I go with my family to a shelter n a school about 15 miles inland. A lot of people are scared. Some of us think it’s real exciting! 10 a.m.: Electric power out. Battery radio at shelter. We learn that the hurricane is affecting all of the East Coast. 11 a.m.: High winds howling all around this shelter. But radio reports storm is turning north-northeast and will leave our area in four or five hours and blow out to sea. Sample of how to turn the log into a story: What Happened as a Hurricane Approached Our Town It started with a 6 a.m. warning from the weather forecasters that the hurricane would soon hit our town. Right away, homeowners and storekeepers began to hammer up shields for windows and doors. Soon after that, at about 7 a.m., strong winds kicked up, big waves hit the beaches, and storm clouds covered the sun. then radio announcers, police and firefighters warned people along the shore to move to inland shelters.

  38. Day 17 – writing prompt What is he smiling about?

  39. Day 17 Four writing styles: • Persuasion • Opinion • Information • Creativity

  40. Day 17 To express yourself For example: “One of my biggest pet peeves is when I drive slightly above the speed limit and someone flies right by me. Whenever I speed, there is always a bored cop around the corner and I get the ticket! But when someone passes me, the police is not there! I am so tired of it!” You may use the word “I,” “you” and their forms, as well as opinion words.

  41. Day 17 To inform A research paper, an instructional manual or a newspaper article. You need to use a neutral writing style and may not use the word “I”, “you,” their forms or opinion words. Example: “The driver of the car was clocked at a speed of 35 mph in a 25 mph zone and ticketed with a $90 fine.”

  42. Day 17 To persuade As you are trying to convince someone, you may use the “I” and “you” words. for example: “There is very specific evidence that Global Warming exists. I have a picture of a beach at the Baltic Ocean in Germany from February 1964. My dad is holding me in his arms and he is standing on a frozen solid ocean. In 2007, I went back to the same spot in February and this time it was almost spring weather! That coast has not seen snow and ice in February for years. Could it be any more obvious? Global Warming exists and it affects MY life!” You need to have some convincing evidence that your opinion is correct.

  43. Day 17 To be creative The Christmas stories you wrote for English last semester, as well as the fractured fairy tales were creative writing. This is the form of writing where you can go “crazy.” You can use slang, dialects, improper English if it adds to the writing, imagery, metaphors and whatever else you can think of.

  44. Day 18 – writing prompt Monkey See, Monkey Do… A monkey escaped from the zoo. Write an intro for each of the four writing styles: Opinion Information Persuasion Creativity

  45. Day 18 • Time to type up this week’s prompts and to make sure all of this week’s assignments are in 

  46. Day 19 – writing prompt You made a mistake and your mom’s feelings were really hurt. Write an apology, tell her how you love her and what you will do to make it up to her 

  47. Day 19 Today we are reading and discussing the story “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury (“Fahrenheit 451”) Write a short discussion about benefits and downfalls of technology for 4 points and for the crossword puzzle you can get 5 points 

  48. Day 19– writing prompt Mystery Gift! What is in the box, who is it for, what is the occasion, and how is the recipient going to respond to it?

  49. Day 20 Today we are going to learn some new words that might come in handy for the short story you are writing. They will also come in handy for your SAT’s! After reading the story “Attack of the Killer SAT book” and learning the meaning of the SAT words, you can earn 11 points for a quick mix/match exercise!

  50. Day 20 Writing Prompt – Girls and Education: How do you feel about girls’ education in the USA? Afghanistan 2011-02-24: Girls’ education in Afghanistan, one of the biggest gains for women since the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban, is at risk because of insecurity, lack of funds and equipment and poor teacher-training, aid groups said on Thursday. Women’s education was banned under the government of the hardline Islamist group, now leading a growing insurgency, http://article.wn.com/view/2011/02/24/Afghan_girls_education_in_danger_aid_groups_warn_d/ Girls in Africa http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/english/modules/social/pgr/photo2a.html Crowded and dilapidated classrooms, coupled with insufficient teaching resources and instructional time, reflect well-below average standard of educational institutions.Advanced learning is impeded due to nonexistent basic math and science materials. http://www.asanteafrica.org/ourwork/why.php?gclid=CJ-yusmEqq4CFS6FQAodmltEQw South India 85% of women in Kerala are literate, and girls outnumber boys in higher education. Women with qualifications are more likely to work, and marry later. The average age of marriage for women in Kerala is the highest in India, which again reduces the likelihood of having a large family. http://www.globaleye.org.uk/secondary_summer2002/focuson/case1.html

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