Monday, Dec 8 - Friday, December 12
Friday
Following silent reading, we had a rousing review of short story terms and pictionary combined. Afterwards we returned to discussing micro-fiction and I showed two more short Vimeo films which really demonstrate micro-storytelling effectively. Next week you will be writing your own micro-fiction.
Thursday
We spent time today doing a 12 minute write about one of the stories you have on your Listmania list that worked with one of the old exam prompts. Next I asked you to come up with 4 stories from your Listmania lists that you could write about if were faced with the 3 exam prompts that I had on the board. The idea behind this is that you practice coming up with a story that can, in some way, address the prompt. I spoke briefly about micro-fiction at the end of class and by way of an example, we viewed a short film on Vimeo called The Other Side of the Game .
Wednesday
After we marked the Apostrophe quiz from last Friday, we again looked at the 25 exam prompts. We added another category of prompt called"Influences" to the chart and checked-off the prompts that fell into this new category. Next we told stories and discussed the important elements of any good narrative: conflict; plot (introduction, initial/inciting incident, rising action, climax, denouement, conclusion); a strong story starter (jump into action, dialogue, challenge a belief, pose a question, set a scene); strong description (5 senses, vivid verbs, specific language, comparisons such as metaphors or similes); make it relatable, but use hyperbole when appropriate. At the end of the class we began creating personal lists of stories we could tell:
5 of the most influential people in your life
Tuesday
Today most of the class was provided to work on the synthesis piece which is due tomorrow. We also marked the quiz on terms and devices from Friday.
Monday
Well, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around Portable #3. The Christmas Poetree is coming along, but it still needs more quotes from Grade 12s. I returned you term 1 banned/challenged book essays today. They were strong essays overall. Everyone has made significant improvements in their essay writing. We will come back to the essay; however, the focus for the next few weeks is narrative writing. We looked at 25 exam composition prompts and classified them based on whether they reflected change, experiences or life lessons. We will be working for the next few classes on mining you lives for stories you have to tell which you might consider using on the exam. At the end of the class, we did some storytelling with partners.
Following silent reading, we had a rousing review of short story terms and pictionary combined. Afterwards we returned to discussing micro-fiction and I showed two more short Vimeo films which really demonstrate micro-storytelling effectively. Next week you will be writing your own micro-fiction.
Thursday
We spent time today doing a 12 minute write about one of the stories you have on your Listmania list that worked with one of the old exam prompts. Next I asked you to come up with 4 stories from your Listmania lists that you could write about if were faced with the 3 exam prompts that I had on the board. The idea behind this is that you practice coming up with a story that can, in some way, address the prompt. I spoke briefly about micro-fiction at the end of class and by way of an example, we viewed a short film on Vimeo called The Other Side of the Game .
Wednesday
After we marked the Apostrophe quiz from last Friday, we again looked at the 25 exam prompts. We added another category of prompt called"Influences" to the chart and checked-off the prompts that fell into this new category. Next we told stories and discussed the important elements of any good narrative: conflict; plot (introduction, initial/inciting incident, rising action, climax, denouement, conclusion); a strong story starter (jump into action, dialogue, challenge a belief, pose a question, set a scene); strong description (5 senses, vivid verbs, specific language, comparisons such as metaphors or similes); make it relatable, but use hyperbole when appropriate. At the end of the class we began creating personal lists of stories we could tell:
5 of the craziest things you've done
5 journeys you've been on
5 journeys you've been on
5 best gifts you've ever received
5 greatest challenges you've faced so far
5 most important things you've learned so far
5 most frightening experiences you've had
5 most frightening experiences you've had
Tuesday
Today most of the class was provided to work on the synthesis piece which is due tomorrow. We also marked the quiz on terms and devices from Friday.
Monday
Well, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around Portable #3. The Christmas Poetree is coming along, but it still needs more quotes from Grade 12s. I returned you term 1 banned/challenged book essays today. They were strong essays overall. Everyone has made significant improvements in their essay writing. We will come back to the essay; however, the focus for the next few weeks is narrative writing. We looked at 25 exam composition prompts and classified them based on whether they reflected change, experiences or life lessons. We will be working for the next few classes on mining you lives for stories you have to tell which you might consider using on the exam. At the end of the class, we did some storytelling with partners.
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