Things Not Seen/Diagramming Sentences

AGENDA:

1. Morning Reflection:  ba5y3l
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEwQxSDuAtc
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0211/4926/files/P-Sentences-Zoom.jpg?11916733149575478088

Vocabulary:

Every complete sentence contains two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is what (or whom) the sentence is about, while the predicate tells something about the subject.


2. Grammar--take test from previous post and post results on this blog entry

3. Study Guide/ Things Not Seen
Think, Pair, Share:  Discuss questions Ch. 1-5.  Post a response on blog.

4. Finish and post your Author's Bio

HMWK:  Read Ch. 6-10 Things Not Seen

Town Meeting 9/13 Per. 3 Girls

Welcome Back SOTA Creative Writing Majors!

AGENDA:

Welcome to SOTA's  Creative Writing Lab and the Creative Writing program. 
Welcome video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH3akqBwYfo 

1. Explanation of seating arrangement, how to sign in to the computer for the year and save this blog as a favorite.
How to log in: (MM/DD/YYYY)
Go to blog: http://grammarandstyle09.blogspot.com
Save as favorite.

2. Review Course Criteria/Writing Lab procedures and assign lockers!  Return signed course criteria sheet for credit FRIDAY!

3. Activity: Pass out journals.  Pass out Things Not Seen.

4. Morning Reflection #1. POST RESPONSE FOR CREDIT TODAY!
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/does-grammar-matter-andreea-s-calude#digdeeper

5. Introductions--About the Author--Using Word on the Mac--
How to log in: (MM/DD/YYYY)
Go to blog: http://grammarandstyle09.blogspot.com
Save as favorite

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.  Post on blog.

6.. 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

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

HMWK:  Get course criteria sheet signed for 10 points

Read Things Not Seen Ch. 1-5   for Friday

FINAL PORTFOLIO/FINAL EXAM

Agenda:
Poetry projects: Due this Friday, June 1

FINAL PORTFOLIO:

DUE: Friday, June 8th

Here are two (2) parts to your final portfolio.

1. A 4-6 page, double-spaced, typed self-evaluation essay
2. A variety of your best work chosen from all your CW classes

Your final portfolio will count for both 9th-grade creative writing classes and will be reviewed by Mr. Craddock & Ms. Gamzon. It will constitute 20% of your final grade.

Part A. Self-Evaluation Essay

Part B. Portfolio

Select work that you created this year in Ms. Gamzon or Mr. Craddock’s classes. All work should be copies of original work. No journals will be accepted. Follow the guideline below.

Table of contents. Your table of contents should order your portfolio into the following parts:

a. Poetry

b. Fiction

c. Non-fiction

d. Scripts

e. Special projects

Poetry. Choose 6-8 of your best poems. Select work that shows your understanding and growth in the field of poetry. Each poem’s title should be listed in the table of contents.

Fiction. Choose 4-6 of your best fiction pieces. Select work that shows your understanding and growth in the field of fiction. Each fiction piece’s title should be listed in the table of contents.

Non-fiction. Choose 3-4 of your best non-fiction pieces (including text of speeches, etc.) Select work that shows your understanding and growth in the field of non-fiction. Each non-fiction piece’s title should be listed in the table of contents.

Scripts: Choose 1-2 of your best scripts. Select work that shows your understanding and growth in the field of script writing. Each script’s title should be listed in the table of contents.

Special Projects: Choose 3-4 of your special projects (newsletter, slideshow or Prezi, brochure, literary magazine, house on mango street booklet, collaborative story project, human interest video, blog, animated  poetry, etc.) which show your growth and creative ability. Each project should be listed in the table of contents. If you have been working on a project not assigned in class, you may include this work in your special projects. (Example: I am working on a novel, and I haven’t told my teachers or I have written a musical, etc.) Please do NOT print your special project, unless you already have an extra copy. Instead, please talk about these projects in your reflection.

Self Reflection Non-Fiction - Creative Essay:

During the entire freshman year, we have thrown quite a bit of information, projects, and assignments your way. We did not do this to be cruel, but to see how you react to pressure, deadlines, writing & reading skills, and so that you had the opportunity to grow as a writer and a student. It is true that the most important qualification for writers is that they write. Apart from this, reading is also the most important way to improve your writing at this stage. These introductory courses are designed to get you to know yourself as a student and writer a little better. Part of this is the need to self-reflect. Examine the writing rubrics and the material in your portfolio. Reflect on your work this year.

Reflective piece: 4-6 pages, double-spaced. Write about how you’ve grown as a writer this year, what has been easy/hard for you, what areas you feel you need more work in; reflect on your progress as a writer, a reader, and as a student. Write about each selected piece you have chosen to include in your portfolio (per genre): why did you include these pieces in your portfolio? How does the piece show your growth and development as a writer in this particular genre? What did you learn about yourself concerning writing from this assignment or project? Discuss the writing process you used to create the work, where you got your ideas, what you learned about the form or genre of the work as you wrote and revised it, what you learned about yourself as a writer, etc. Discuss special projects and reading that had an impact on you. What did you learn about writing and about yourself through these assignments this year?

Rubric

_____ Table of Contents 10 points

_____ Reflective Essay (4-6 pages) 30 points

_____ Poetry (6-8 poems) 10 points

_____ Fiction (4-6 short stories) 10 points

_____ Non Fiction (3-4 creative essays/speeches) 10 points

_____ Special Projects (3-4 special projects) 10 points

_____ Grammar (Work is clean, copy-edited, free of errors) 10 points

Penalty: (-1/2 point for each grammar error. Up to -10 points)

_____ Portfolio turned in complete and on time 10 points

Penalties:

• Late portfolios (-10 points per day late)

• Handwritten work (-1 for each handwritten page)

• Grammar errors (see above)

Poetry Project

AGENDA:

Continue to work on your POETRY PROJECTS.  DUE: Friday, June 1.

You will be preparing your FINAL PORTFOLIO the following week.Instructions coming soon.

New prompt: Steal a Line: First Line

AGENDA:

First Line Exercise
Take one line from a poem of your own that is unfinished or a poem by another poet. It does not matter where the line occurs in the poem, but you want to select the best line from the poem. Use this line as the first line of a new poem. Try to maintain the same quality of sound, language and thought that the first line presents.
(by Stephen Dunn, from The Practice of Poetry, Robin Behn and Chase Twichell, eds.)

Continue to work on poetry project.  If you have not done a "Shoveling Snow with Buddha poem" work on that and turn it in.

Revise and edit your poems.  Share poems with peers.

• MAKE SURE YOUR POEMS SHOW AN UNDERSTANDING OF STRUCTURE!  BE CONSCIOUS OF LINE-BREAKING AND ENJAMBMENT.
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• POEMS SHOULD SHOW A VARIETY OF STYLES AND GENERALLY SHOULD BE 12-20 LINES LONG.
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• POEMS SHOULD HAVE LINES SINGLE-SPACED.
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• DOUBLE SPACE TO INDICATE STANZAS.
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• POEMS SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN ONE STANZA UNLESS THE PROMPT SPECIFICALLY ASKS FOR LESS.
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• POEMS SHOULD USE POETIC LANGUAGE: IMAGERY, METAPHOR, SIMILE, SENSORY DETAILS, ETC.

New Model Poem--Rita Dove

AGENDA:

Here's a new model for poetry writing--the dramatic monologue (interior monologue)

Dramatic Monologue

Dramatic monologue in poetry, also known as a persona poem, shares many characteristics with a theatrical monologue or soliloquy: an audience is implied; there is no dialogue; and the poet speaks through an assumed voice—a character, a fictional identity, or a persona. Because a dramatic monologue is by definition one person’s speech, it is offered without overt analysis or commentary, placing emphasis on subjective qualities that are left to the audience to interpret.

Whose voice is this?  George Zimmerman
"Trayvon Redux"

Think of a person in the news or just a character you can imagine in a dramatic situation.  What are they thinking?  What were they thinking?  Whose voice is this?

OR

Use a powerful quote as an epigraph to respond to in a poem.
In literature, an epigraph is a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component. The epigraph may serve as a preface, as a summary, as a counter-example, or to link the work to a wider literary canon, either to invite comparison or to enlist a conventional context.

Trayvon, Redux

By Rita Dove

    It is difficult/to get the news from poems /yet men die miserably every
    day/for lack/of what is found there./Hear me out/for I too am concerned/
    and every man/who wants to die at peace in his bed/besides.
    William Carlos Williams, “Asphodel, that Greeny Flower”

    Move along, you don't belong here.
    This is what you're thinking.  Thinking
    drives you nuts these days, all that
    talk about rights and law abidance when
    you can't even walk your own neighborhood
    in peace and quiet, get your black ass gone.
    You're thinking again.  Then what?
    Matlock's on TV and here you are,
    vigilant, weary, exposed to the elements
    on a wet winter's evening in Florida
    when all's not right but no one sees it.
    Where are they – the law, the enforcers
    blind as a bunch of lazy bats can be,
    holsters dangling from coat hooks above their desks
    as they jaw the news between donuts?

    Hey!  It tastes good, shoving your voice
    down a throat thinking only of sweetness.
    Go on, choke on that.  Did you say something?
    Are you thinking again?  Stop! – and
    get your ass gone, your blackness,
    that casual little red riding hood
    I'm just on my way home attitude
    as if this street was his to walk on.
    Do you do hear me talking to you? Boy.
    How dare he smile, jiggling his goodies
    in that tiny shiny bag, his black paw crinkling it,
    how dare he tinkle their laughter at you.

    Here's a fine basket of riddles:
    If a mouth shoots off and no one's around
    to hear it, who can say which came first –
    push or shove, bang or whimper?
    Which is news fit to write home about?




Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She is the first African-American to have been appointed since the position was created by an act of Congress in 1986 from the previous "consultant in poetry" position (1937–86). Dove also received an appointment as "special consultant in poetry" for the Library of Congress's bicentennial year from 1999 to 2000.^[1] Dove is the second African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1987, and she served as the Poet Laureate of Virginia^[2] from 2004 to 2006.