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Questions? Concerns? Please see me or email me.Mrs. ChausseEnglish TeacherRoom 43- available before and after school, B and F periodslchausse@clintonpublic.net

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All dates are due dates. Absent? Make certain to email me an electronic copy of your assignment. Turnitin.com Class ID 7583957 Enrollment password creative

Publish Your Work: Teen Ink Journalism Camps: Week Long CT journalism camp High School Investigative Journalism Workshop- Boston Univeristy

@Creative Writing Poetry  Final Exam: All students except juniors who have an 85 or above and seniors who have a 90 or above must take the final exam on Friday June 13th at 10:00 am. The exam has three sections:  
 * 1) Presentations of Once and Future You projects- each student will present the project.
 * 2) All students will listen, critique and evaluate their classmates' projects.
 * 3) Students will create a piece based on a prompt. This piece may be a short story, poem, or play.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #ffef00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday June 10- Once and Future You Projects should be complete. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #0bb000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Students will work on projects on Wednesday June 4th (after film), Thursday June 5th, Friday June 6th (juniors) and Monday June 9th. Projects should be completed by the beginning of class Tuesday June 10th.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Wednesday May 28th <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">- Complete the Teen Ink poetry assignment:

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Tuesday May 27- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> Review your poetry portfolio pdf. Fill in the poetry portfolio rubric. Make notes on what you want me to notice.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Friday May 23- Poetry Portfolios should be completed, placed in Mr. Enoch's dropbox and uploaded as a pdf to your class wiki.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday May 21- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Be prepared to film your poem for the video, or bring the filmed poem to class.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday May 20- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Make certain all parts of your portfolio are complete. The portfolio should be on the Creative Writing wiki.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Friday May 16- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Poetry booklets including all images, cover page, table of contents, and final reflection must be completed. All must be in electronic format. Upload to creative writing wiki page.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday May 14- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1. All images for the poem must be completed. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2. Written reflection is due. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">In class- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Final edits and table of contents-- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Complete Peer Review Document #1

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday May 13- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1. Finalize any additional poems for your poem booklet. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2. Complete introduction. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3. Finalize images for your cover and two additional poems.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Monday May 12- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1. Finalize at least 4 more poems: type, title, layout on landscape document <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">2. Add to your introduction, the information on these four poems. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">3. Create images for a minimum of two of your poems. How will your page look?

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Friday May 9- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1. Revise and finalize a minimum of FOUR poems for your portfolio. Type in Word or Google Docs -landscape. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">2. Begin your introduction. Identify yourself, your interests. Explain your experience with poetry. Write a short paragraph introducing each of the four poems. What was your inspiration? What form is the poem? Why this subject? Type in Google Docs or a Word document- landscape. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">3. Decide how you will create your images: free hand on paper to be scanned, your photographs, works- photos found on internet. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> YOU MUST PROVIDE A WORKS CITED PAGE IF YOU USE OTHER PEOPLE'S IMAGES. USE BIBME OR EASY BIB TO PROPERLY CITE IMAGES.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday May 5- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Create a poem. Use a new form-or free form. Your poem should be at least twenty lines. Or use one of the formats: sonnet, diamonte, tanka and create more than one poem. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16.666667938232422px;">@Creative Writing Poetry

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Friday May 2 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">- Choose one of the new formats from the packet distributed in class. Create a poem. Use your journal for inspiration.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Thursday May 1 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">- Draft of

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Wednesday April 30- Second Draft Where I am From Poem

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Tuesday April 29- Draft of

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Friday April 25- Complete the lists for your

Thursday April 24- Bring your poem in your pocket! Poetry Poem Doc

Wednesday April 23- Complete answer to Finding Forrester questions.

Wednesday April 9-Thursday April 10th- Make certain to finalize answers to the Finding Forrester questions that were covered by the movie in class each day. Finding Forrester- The Key to Writing Scene

Wednesday April 9- Make certain you can answer the following questions:

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday April 8- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Upload your fiction story to turnitin.com. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Turnitin.com Class ID 7583957 Enrollment password creative

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday April 7- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Final fiction pieces are due.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday May 31- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Come prepared to work on your fiction project. Your final fiction piece may be a short story, one act play, children's book or comic.

Five Facts of Fiction Pixton Comics
 * 1) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Ubuntu,Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Go to **Pixton.com/activate**
 * 2) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Ubuntu,Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Enter the Activation Code: ** XRPW-R7 **

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday March 28th- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Come prepared and ready to participate in today's presentation by T S Krupa.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">two questions for T.S. Krupa

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday March 26- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Bring a favorite children's book to class.

Five Facts of Fiction Pixton Comics
 * 1) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Ubuntu,Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-size: 14px;">Go to **Pixton.com/activate**
 * 2) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Ubuntu,Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-size: 14px;">Enter the Activation Code: ** XRPW-R7 **

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday March 25- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Fiction March TeenInk assignment is due.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday March 24- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Post two questions for T.S. Krupa who will visit our class on Friday March 27th.

In class:

Watch your classmates' voice thread monologue. At the end of the Voice Thread, leave a comment about the content the monologue. Explain what impressed you. Ask any questions that you have about the character or monologue.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday March 21- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Finish creating Voice Thread by the end of class today. Upload to wiki.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday March 18- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Make final revisions to your monologue. Bring a printed copy to class. Upload a copy to your wiki.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday March 17- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Revise, refine your monologue. Bring a printed typed copy. Upload a copy to wiki.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday March 14- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Plan your monologue on the character from your painting

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monologues from film Monologue handout monologues in film

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Fifty Greatest Monologues Film.com

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday March 13- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Complete the artwork character profile.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday March 12- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Work on your monologue.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Monday March 10- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Choose a favorite fictional character. This can be from a favorite book, tv show, movie. Fill out the Character handout.

Due Friday March 7- Your toolbox is due today. Upload your Toolbox to the Creative Writing Wiki Toolbox page.

Due Wednesday March 5- Bring your revised paper to class with your purple sheet. Sbbmit drafts with the revised paper. Explain why you chose this paper. Upload the revised paper to your wiki.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Tuesday March 4- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Be prepared to begin working on your toolbox. Tools for Toolbox: Mixbook  VoiceThread Glogster EDU 2CA233 Animoto a4echaub0e978 Biteslide CDPCI5NE

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Friday February 28- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Read On Writing Toolbox pages 103-131. Write down the tools King needs in his toolbox on the toolbox provided.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Thursday February 27- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Revised draft of memoir is due today. Place on wiki. Bring a printed copy to class.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due at the end of class on Wednesday February 26- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Teen Ink assignment

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due no later than Monday February 24- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Complete your blog entry to the Freedom Writers. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-align: left;">

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Wednesday February 12- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Submit a draft of your memoir piece. Bring a print copy to class. Upload a draft to your wiki.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Monday February 10- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Choose a topic for your memoir. Write your memoir statement.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Friday February 7- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Read chapters 12-22 pages 22-51 On Writing

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Monday February 3- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Revise Who I Have Become. Place revised copy on wiki. Print a copy to bring to class.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Thursday January 30- <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Read ON Writing 1-22 In Class- Complete the blog entry on On Writing

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Due Monday January 27- Tuesday February 2- Daily Topics Assignment - Bring your item on your assigned date. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Would you like to read Safe and Sound by T.S. Krupa?

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Due Monday January 27- Draft of your Who I Have Become Essay. Bring a printed copy. Upload a copy to your wikispace: ChausseCreativeWritingWiki. Remember to bring in your object for your daily topic share!

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Due Friday January 24- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Add a photo or a favorite quote to your wiki page on the class wiki. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Creative Writing Wiki

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Assignment for class:

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Due Wednesday January 22: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Add a minimum of three journal prompts to the class Daily Journal Prompt Google Drive Document <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Visit the @Journal Prompts page of this wiki for ideas and inspiration. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Bring a photo of yourself from 9 or more years ago (10 or under).Join the Creative Writing Class Wiki
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">Visit my Creative Writing Blog
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5;">Follow the directions for creating your own blog. Make certain to personalize your blog.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5;">Write your Who I Have Become paper. Save the a copy of your draft to your wiki. You may upload it to Google Docs and share it as a link. Bring a copy to class on Monday.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5;">Begin reading On Writing chapters 1-11.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Due Friday January 17: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Bookmark Chausseclasses Creative Writing. Explore the Journal Prompt resources. Each student will contribute three prompts to the class list.