Welcome to SOTA's Creative Writing Lab and the Creative Writing program...
1. Review Course Criteria/Writing Lab procedures and assign lockers
2. Introductions--About the Author--Using Word on the Mac--How to log in, go to blog, save as favorites,
Write
a short biographical paragraph about yourself in the 3rd person (he or
she)for the publication of your new book. Describe yourself to let your
reading public know more about who you are, what you have accomplished,
what interests you, and what your life is like.
Share bios. Post in comments on blog.
3. Visit Grammar and Style Websites--Using the internet
Stephen Fry on Language:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY&feature=youtube_gdata
Grammar Girl
www.grammar.quickanddirtytips.com
Grammar Bytes
The Blue Book
www.grammarbook.com
Take the pretest and post your results:
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/grammar_pretest.asp
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AGENDA: 1. Welcome and Introductions Welcome to SOTA's Creative Writing Lab and the Creative Writing program. Welcome video: htt...
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Choose ONE of the following topics and discuss it in a well-developed essay. You may use your book to provide text-based details. Post yo...
Reyenne Stevens is a creative writing major at School Of The Arts. She loves the lead singer of the band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain and she loves the singer Marina And The Diamonds, also Lana Del Rey. She lives with her mother and little sister. Her music taste is interesting and two years ago she had a weird obsession with the rapper Eminem. Reyenne considers herself trippy like Nirvana for some odd reason. Her idols are James Dean, Kurt Cobain and Marina And The Diamonds. Reyenne’s favorite scary movie is the old evil dead movies and the remake of evil dead movies.
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ReplyDeleteRobert Johnson is a creative writing major at School Of The Arts but he is also interested in dance. He is 14 in the 9th grade lives in a house with 4 people, his mother named Carmen, sister named Natazia. Grandmother named Ynes, and himself. He was born in Rochester and has stayed there his whole life. Although he has never been out f Rochester he wants to travel around the world.
ReplyDeleteNandi Jeffries was born and raised in Rochester, NY. She attends School of The Arts and majored in creative writing. She loved to write and create things of her own and hopes to use that in her later years. She would like to graduate high school and attend college and be a part time intern for a magazine. When she graduates college she wants to go straight into working for vogue magazine or writing articles for others. Her dream is to eventually own her own magazine and make lots of money.
ReplyDeleteJasmina Rizvanovic is a 15 year old female residing in Rochester, New york. She attends the School of the Arts in the ninth grade in which she majors in creative writing. She lives with her mother father and 3 older sisters who have Bosnian roots. She enjoys socializing with friends as well as cosmetology and fashion. Jasmina enjoys traveling and learning new things. She enjoys all genres of music as well as going to see her favorite artists in concert.
ReplyDeleteAmanda Dala is a 9th grade creative writing major (even though she is assumed as a visual arts major) at School of the arts and this year will be her 3rd year in the school. Her birthday is on October 9th. She was born in Fairport but grew up in Rochester. Due to her father’s alcohol and smoking problems, her mother moved out of Fairport when Amanda was only 2 years old. She mainly writes poetry and fantasy stories whenever she has time to think about it (which would be a LONG time) Her mother is a refugee from the Vietnam War ( is where her inspiration came from).
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ReplyDeleteLeilanis Molina was born in Arecibo, PR in 1998. She was born in the near middle of Hurricane George while the Hurricane struck the island. At the 5 years of her birth she came to the United States to Penfield, NY. Her life their was very calm living in a trailer park not knowing any English at all. Living there with her 3 sisters , her mother and her father. Her mother and father would dream of somewhere farther than their simple trailer. Like most people coming from other places they would have what’s called an “American Dream” on most occasions they wanted something more then that for they’re family.
ReplyDeleteAfter a couple of years they moved to Rochester NY Leilanis and her sisters start growing up they come to a point where problems strike and the parents separate. Leilanis moved with her mom leaving her sisters with her dad. Growing up with her mom wanting the best for her and being very pressured at the age of 14 Leilanis moved in with her dad. Leilanis still has a relationship with her mother. But decided to move in with her dad. With her dad she lives with her father and her boyfriend his fathers girlfriend and her boy friend and her dads girlfriends daughter.
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DeleteCameron Bennett was born in Rochester, NY on February 26,1999 at Strong Hospital. He is attending School of the Arts as a creative writing major. He enjoys reading, writing, gaming, and socializing. During the course of his life he has presented to the mayor of Rochester, preformed in a pantomime play, and traveled to few countries. The Internet has played an extremely large role in his life by expanding his view of the world and its inhabitants.
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ReplyDeleteOlivia Spenard was born in Rochester, NY, in December 1998. She has a younger sister named Claire, who attends School of the Arts in Rochester with Olivia. Her role as a student at SOTA is as a creative writing major who also has interest in theater. In the previous school year, she performed the role of Lucy in Avenue Q.Olivia has grown up writing poetry, and taking writing camps at Writers and Books, being a big reader as well. A lot of her life has been spent in Boston, visiting her Grandparents and taking in her second favorite city. This previous summer, she traveled to London, England with her Grandmother and the favorite tourist site for her was Shakespeare’s Globe Theater.
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ReplyDeleteJanelys Saez is a thirteen year-old girl. She lives in Rochester, NY, and attends at School of the Arts for Creative Writing. She loves surfing the internet and finding new things, and also loves communicating. Janelys may be shy at first but when you get to know her she’ll get crazy, but mostly she loves food and sweets. She can’t pronounce some English words because of her “accent” that she has. But mostly about Janelys is that she has a main goal and it is to graduate high school and attend a good college.
ReplyDeleteRashi’d Pendleton is a creative writing major at SOTA. He likes to write fiction stories, but he also likes to write non-fiction stories. Rashi’d is very active he plays a lot of different sports. He plays basketball, football, and he likes to box. Rashi’d is 14 in the 9th grade and he have two little brothers that are in the 2nd grade. He loves to read different genres of stories and he also wants to travel the world.
ReplyDeleteGilda Martinez was born febuary 20th, 1999 in Miami, Florida. After living there for 6 years of her life, she came up to Rochester, New York where she is still living currently. She is in the 9th grade, and has a locker partner who she thankfully already knows. Her mother, Cynthia Rivera, resides in Rochester, but her father, Jeremy Martinez, resides in New Jersey. She is the oldest out of four siblings, and is the first child to be accepted in the school of the arts for creative writing. Gilda loves playing Volleyball and softball, but is going to join track in the beginning of this year.She is planning on staying till the end of the final year(12th grade).
ReplyDeleteHetep Shekem is a creative writing major at school of the arts. she is mostly interested in writing poems and fantasy stories. she often uses old, pre-made characters in her stories, and has created multiple major settings to her stories. music and video games are often used as inspiration to her stories.
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ReplyDeleteJahde’ Brown is a 14 year old girl and lives in Rochester, NY. She is a creative writing major at School of the Arts. She lives with her mother and father and younger brother and sister. She likes music and enjoys listening to it. She loves playing and watching sports like basketball and baseball/ softball. Watching movies and playing video games are things she likes to do. She really likes creative writing class, but HATES English class. I know that makes no sense...
ReplyDeleteRosalia Rosario goes to School of the Arts. She is a creative writing major and is going to the 9th grade. She is 13 years old her birthday is November 28th and this year her birthday is on thanksgiving. She has been going to SOTA for 2 years this would be the 3rd year. She was born in New York City and was raised in Rochester, also her mom and dad were both born in New York City. Her mother moved from New York City when Rosalia was 2 years old to start her life over again for a better one. Rosalia has 2 dogs a English bulldog and a little mutt. She has one sister who is 9 years old and is in the 5th grade this year. Her name is Haley Montanez. They have different last names because they have different dads.
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