Animated Poetry

Animated poetry:

Go to Poetry 180:  Billy Collins' web site:
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/


Select a poem to "animate" (shorter poems work best).
Copy and paste your poem on a Word document.
Find images on Google that help to express the mood or imagery of the poem.
These will be backgrounds for the text.

Go to Movie Maker.  Take a tour and follow the instructions on how to use it.
Copy and paste text into Movie Maker.
Copy and paste your images as well into Movie Maker to support the text.

ANIMATE YOUR POEM!
continue to work on your Montana Short Story.

Montana 1948

AGENDA:

Montana 1948 Discussion and test

As time permits, work on completing stories for Thursday.

Montana 1948

AGENDA:

Finish reading the book for Tuesday.  There will be a TEST on the book.

Finish Study Guide II and turn in.

WRITING:  Work on completing your Montana 1948 short story.

Montana 1948 part II

AGENDA:

BELLWORK:  Adjectives (handout)

HANDOUT:  Study Guide Montana 1948 Part II

THINK, PAIR, SHARE: Work on Study Guide, Montana 1948 Part II with a partner.

If you have not finished reading Part II, READ!!!  There will be a quiz on Wednesday on your reading and a class discussion about the book.

WRITING:  Use time today to work productively on your Montana short story

Pronouns/Journaling/ Montana 1948

AGENDA:


BELLWORK: PRONOUNS

Journaling:

Permission to practice:  10 minutes I remember/I don't remember

“Through practice you actually do get better. You learn to trust your deep self more and not to give in to that voice that wants to avoid writing.”
— Natalie Goldberg Writing Down the Bones

The challenge: I remember (select one)

• Your earliest memory. Capture every detail. Document the quality of the memory — is it as sharp as HDTV or hazy and ethereal, enveloped in fog? Write for 10 minutes. Go.
• Your happiest memory. Tell us the story of the happiest memory of your life. What happened? Get it all down, no detail left behind. The clock is ticking — get writing.
• Your worst memory. Record the pain, the anger, the shame, the terror, the hurt. You’ve got ten minutes to relive it. Keep your fingers typing.
• Freestyle memory. Write I remember at the top of your post, hit start on the timer, and write about the first memory that comes to mind. Ten minutes. Don’t stop.
• I remember/I don't remember

 

Finish  and turn in study guide/  Work on Montana Short stories
HMWK: For Monday, read PART II in Montana, pg. 102

Montana Short Story

Montana Short Story assignment

Your Montana story is to be written in the first person POV  (I).  It should begin with a PROLOGUE in the present that may be only a paragraph or so long from the point of view of the protagonist several years after the main incident in the story (he or she is older and wiser).  Then FLASHBACK to the key incident that made him or her "grow up."  Let your story be a "coming of age" story.  At the end, write an EPILOGUE from the point of view of the character in the present.

USE MLA HEADING, TIMES NEW ROMAN font 12 pt. only, and double space! 

2. Literary Word of the Day:  Bildungsroman

n literary criticism, a Bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.ʁoˌmaːn]; German: "novel of formation/education/culture"),^[1] novel of formation, novel of education,^[2] or coming-of-age story is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age),^[3] and in which, therefore, character change is extremely important.^[4]
 

Montana 1948 Study Guide 1

AGENDA:

Bell Work: Noun handout

Montana 1948
Continue to work on web quest
If you haven't finished the "Prologue Writing exercise,"  Finish that and save.

STUDY GUIDE: Working with a partner or small group, work on the study guide to record your understanding of the text.  Pay special attention to the page numbers.  CITE TEXT EVIDENCE to support your CLAIMS (or refer to page numbers),

As time permits, we will discuss the study guide questions as a whole class.

Homework: Read to pg. 

Montana 1948

AGENDA:

Period 3:  Take the grammar quiz from the previous post and post your results.

Period 4:
mcdn1.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Montana-1948-Larry-Watson-Family-Tree-with-Key-1061932/original-1061932-1.jpg




Read the Prologue aloud and discuss.

Write Montana 1948 exercise.

If time permits, let's do a WebQuest
and create a padlet (formerly known as wallwisher):

http://montana1948webquest.weebly.com/

http://padlet.com/marcy_gamzon/mf8qb2uff6n7
isearch for images and information on the web:

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1948.html

http://www.brainyhistory.com/years/1948.html


HOMEWORK:  READ PART 1 (pg. 54) for Tuesday

Welcome Back SOTA Creative Writing Majors!

AGENDA:

Welcome to SOTA's  Creative Writing Lab and the Creative Writing program. Ms. Gamzon

1. Explanation of seating arrangement, how to sign in to the computer for the year and save this blog as a favorite

 2. Review Course Criteria/Writing Lab procedures and assign lockers!

3. Activity: Pass out journalls.  Watch how to be awesome: Write your response in  your journals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwlhUcSGqgs

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.

Example:
Alexander Christie is currently a 9th grade creative writing major at School of the Arts. He is 13 years old. He currently lives with his parents in Rochester, New York and has a sister studying theatre in New York City. In his free time, he enjoys reading books and writing short stories. His family is very supportive of his writing and everything else he is invested in. Although he hasn’t written any long term pieces of writing, he hopes to write and publish a novel someday. Aside from writing, he also enjoys singing, dancing, and acting in various productions. He loves living in an arts community and being able to do the things he loves. Going into his 9th grade year, he is excited to be learning new things about writing and himself. He hopes that he can continue to express himself through the arts after school, and share his knowledge with the world.

Share these bios.  Learn how to 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

http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm
The Blue Book
www.grammarbook.com

Take the pretest and post your results:
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/grammar_pretest.asp

HMWK:  Get course criteria sheet signed for 10 points
Read Montana 1948 to pg. 54 (Part 1) for Friday's class