Monday, November 27 - Friday, December 1

Friday

 Today is International Vestival Day 

1. Story dice
2. poetry Kahoot - dadams@sd71.ca
3. extra poetry Kahoot - https://create.kahoot.it/details/poetry/2d92f584-99a8-47ce-b67a-42001c94b202
4. Quizlet reminder
5. Work on your monologue.

Thursday
1. Creative writing fun: story dice
2. Poetry terms & devices: diction and dramatic monologues.
3. http://www.monologuegenie.com/almost-16-monologue.html  Example monologues
4. Write a monologue - details in OneNote
5. Peer edit micro-fiction


Wednesday
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Happy National Chocolates Day

1. Self-assessment of your stand alone "Alien/the Other" text response - do this in OneNote. You should have had a peer-assessment done on Monday.
2. A couple more sample micro fictions for you:

Last bit of class time on the Micro fiction stories. Rubric etc. is in a document in OneNote/collaboration space - which is where you should put your story, on the page with the pseudonym you created Monday.

Tuesday

Reminder: Please have your "What can 'the other' teach us about ourselves?" stand alone text response in OneNote no later than tomorrow please. 
1. 10 minutes of Creative fun: open up OneNote and create a page called "Play". Next, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_that_retell_a_work_of_literature. On your page write the first word from the web site that jumps out at you. For example, you might try to begin with the most random NOUN from the website that you can find. Next to it put 5 verbs. Keep adding words. Focus on selecting words based on their SOUND rather than their meaning. Start a new line when you feel it is right. Compose at least 15 lines poetry or prose.
When you're done, if you like your results, post it to the comments section on this web site: http://thewritepractice.com/fun-writing-exercise/#comments
2. Terms and devices for poetry: connotation vs denotation, consonance vs alliteration vs assonance, dissonance vs cacophony vs euphony
3. Finish working on your micro fiction story from yesterday.

Monday
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Happy National Electric Guitar Day! 
Can you name the guitarist in the photo?

1. Creative fun: Quick, draw! https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/
 http://www.languageisavirus.com/cutupmachine.php
create a nom de plume for today - - use one of the name generators at: http://www.languageisavirus.com/nanowrimo/word-meter.php
my favourite is the Benedict Cumberbatch name generator!
2. Peer edit your partner's response paragraph. There is a peer response form for you to complete in OneNote next to your partner's paragraph.
3. Terms and devices for poetry: connotation, denotation, consonance, diction, dissonance...
4. Creative writing - back to that flash fiction opportunity!

FUN! PRIZES!

FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE: X VERSUS Z 

OR


FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE: a picture is worth 50+ words


Place your story into the collaboration space in Office 365. Identify yourself using only your "nom de plume" 
If you want to collaborate with another student, that is fine, just come up with 2 different flash fiction stories. Put both of your noms de plume on the work for the collaboration space AND in the Assignment space. 
Even if you don't win a prize from the contests below, we will have a class competition. I have one rule before I go out and buy prizes: everyone present today must submit a flash fiction. We will judge the entries in class next tomorrow. 

Here is a good 50 word story about an image:

The first time the balloons came, it was raining. They emerged from the clouds, plump rotting plums, panting out thick gold coins that rattled down our streets. The thunder spoke: ‘consider this payment in advance.’ Today we saw them approaching, we do not know what they have come to take.

Post OneNote collaboration space using your pseudonym(s).

X

  1. Robots
  2. Vampires
  3. Monkeys
  4. Demons
  5. Pirates
  6. Kaiju
  7. Goblins
  8. Dragons
  9. Ghosts
  10. Gods
  11. Time Travelers
  12. Cops
  13. Librarians
  14. Bards
  15. Skeletons
  16. Interdimensional Floating Jellyfish Creatures
  17. Aliens
  18. Cats
  19. Werewolves
  20. Musicians

Y

  1. Zombies
  2. Monks
  3. Spiders
  4. Heroes
  5. Fairies
  6. Robots
  7. Assassins
  8. Mutants
  9. Cannibals
  10. Mermaids
  11. Scientists
  12. Evil
  13. Serial Killers
  14. Cultists
  15. George Washington
  16. Superheroes
  17. Artificial Intelligence
  18. Swamp Monsters
  19. Cheerleaders
  20. Elves
Thursday
1. Creative writing fun: story dice
2. Poetry terms & devices: diction and dramatic monologues.
3. http://www.monologuegenie.com/almost-16-monologue.html  Example monologues
4. Write a monologue - details in OneNote

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