Alliance Cindy and Bill Simon Technology Academy
Digital Agenda- Week 9
Dates: 9/30- 10/4
Teacher:
Arehart
Date:
9/30
Mon
Subject/Course:
Creative
Writing
Grade:
Do Now:
See list at end
Standard(s):
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when
writing or speaking.
Learning Objective (s):
Students will review the six rules of editing dialogue.
Assessment:
TURN IN YOUR JOURNALS 1 -16!!!!!!
Monday DO NOW Edit: Editing of dialogue to review the 6 rules.
Direct Instruction: Model Dialogue on Overhead (from character)
Collaborative: Groups!!! Rotating papers. Embody or BE your favorite characters from the characterizations you wrote.
Teacher:
Arehart
Date:
Tues Subject/Course:
10/1
Creative
Writing
Grade:
Do Now:
See list at end of week.
Standard(s):
W.2.1.c: Write fictional, autobiographical, or biographical narratives: Describe with concrete sensory details the sights, sounds, and smells of a
scene and the specific actions, movements, gestures, and feelings of the characters;
Learning Objective (s):
Students will locate and edit 4 sentences from the stories they receive back. Students will self-evaluate for their progress in narrative techniques such
as SHOW NOT TELL
Assessment:
Graded editing assignment (half point per error). Self-evaluation.
PASS OUT FOLDERS and STORIES!!!!
Tuesday DO NOW: What are the essential elements of scenery descriptions? What are the essential elements of a dialogue?
Edit: 4 Editing Sentences from your own paper.
Independent: Self Evaluation in Preparation for Benchmark.
Look through the stories you have written so far as well as the journals.
Describe your creative writing process.
Which elements of story writing are you good at?
Which elements of story writing do you still need to work on?
Which elements of editing do you still need to work on?
Teacher: Arehart
Date: Wed Subject/Course: Creative Writing
10/2
Grade:
Do Now:
See list at end of week.
Standard(s):
W.2.1.c: Write fictional, autobiographical, or biographical narratives: Describe with concrete sensory details the sights, sounds, and smells of a
scene and the specific actions, movements, gestures, and feelings of the characters;
Learning Objective (s):
Students will edit dialogue for punctuation. Students will write scene descriptions with vivid images and dialogue with action tags.
Assessment: 16 errors in dialogue worth .25 points each.
Three PART Benchmark Final for Unit 1.
Monday DO NOW edit:
Walter was sitting in the library eating chips and chatting with his friend Andrew.
“hey, give me some chips Andrew said”. “Get your own” Walter said.
“What do you two think you’re doing,”? asked the librarian, “don’t you know this is a
library,”? asked the librarian.
“I do what I want!,” Andrew said, but he put away his chips and stopped talking.
FOUR EDITING SENTENCES:
1. Copy down a sentence from your own paper
which was corrected for grammar, punctuation,
or spelling.
Copy it down with the mistake.
2. Write down what type of mistake it is. (For
example, run-on, fragment, punctuation of
quotation, spelling, verb agreement).
3. Then, write the sentence again, with the
correction.
DO THIS FOR 4 SENTENCES. If you are unsure
about some, you can do extra sentences, so you
can be sure to earn all 4 points.
Characterization through Values
Positive
Negative
Helping Others
Being a do-gooder/ Busybody
Treating others as equals Having no standards
Physical courage
Bullying
Moral courage
Stubborn
Honesty
Tactlessness
Being an individual
Being a misfit, eccentric
Friendship
Cliquishness
Being agreeable
Being a yes-man
Being firm
Being a bully or tyrant
Relaxing,having a good time Being irresponsible
Excitement
Thrill seeking
Love
Overly romantic, naive
Liking new experiences
Being a radical
Liking old things
Money, material things
Family loyalty
Patriotism
Getting ahead, Power
Being a stick-in-the mud,
conservative
Miserliness, greed
Clannishness
Narrow-mindedness
Ruthlessness, Megalomania