Creative+Writing+Spring+2016

Questions? Concerns? Email Mrs. Chausse - lchausse@clintonpublic.net See Mrs. Chausse in room 43 before school ( I usually arrive before 7), after school, during F or G period FAQ
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Class Journal Prompts ||= Cool Tools for Writers



@Creative Writing Poetry ||= Teen Ink

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 * Google Classroom

Class Code:

d7t4uj || || Morgan PawPrint

IMPROV Everywhere ||= Turnitin.com

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Dates are the dates assignments are due. Assignments are due at the beginning of the period.

The Once and Future You Final Project Example 1 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Example 2 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Example 3] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Upload your project through Google Classroom. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Dates- <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday, June 7- Mike, Josie, Chelsea <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday June 9- Kevin, Maina <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday June 10- all remaining students present during the exam period. Be prepared. Have your shared link to your project on the Google Classroom table.

<span style="background-color: #e7eb3b; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wedesday May 25- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Video Projects are due.

<span style="background-color: #e7eb3b; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday May 20- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> This is the last day in class to work on Video projects

<span style="background-color: #e6f53b; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday May 17-

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt Discussed video project. Viewed video on creating a storyboard. Viewed creative videos. The videos are available on Google Classroom.

<span style="background-color: #e6f53b; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday May 9- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> end of class:Poetry Portfolio due today <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">@Creative Writing Poetry

<span style="background-color: #e1f032; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday May 2- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Review the handout on limericks: Limerick Handout. Write a limerick. Bring a copy to class.

<span style="background-color: #e2f50a; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday April 28- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Write a list poem. Submit the list poem to turnitin.com. Bring a printed copy to class.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday April 15- Write the image poem. Submit the image poem to Google Classroom.

<span style="background-color: #edd924; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday April 14- Bring a poem for Poem in Your Pocket Day <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">In class <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt Finish reviewing images Work on image poems

<span style="background-color: #edd924; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday April 13- <span style="background-color: #f0eee1; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Work on your image poem. Google Classroom. <span style="background-color: #f0eee1; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">In class <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt Share images and create stories for images

<span style="background-color: #edd924; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday April 8- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Complete image analysis on [|Google Classroom]. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt View poems- Bannana Man; To Television by Robert Pinsky

<span style="background-color: #edd924; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday April 7- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Complete draft of Where I am From poem.

<span style="background-color: #edd924; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday April 6- Read On Writing The Toolbox

In Class <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt Add details to Where I am From document Mark Doty "Golden Retrivals" sensory details

<span style="background-color: #edd924; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday April 5- Make corrections on your short story. Submit to revisions on Turnitin.com <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt Reviewed Formatting Dialogue

<span style="background-color: #edd924; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday March 31- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Bring a favorite poem to class. Be prepared to read and explain the poem. Poetry Foundation Poetry Poetry Out Loud

In class: shared poems

<span style="background-color: #edd924; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday March 30 - <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Submit the completed Teen Ink assignment to [|Google Classroom] by the start of class today. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Teen Ink assignment

<span style="background-color: #dff01f; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday March 29 In class <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt Submit final copy of short story with rubric, drafts, peer review documents Complete Teen Ink assignment on Google Classroom.

<span style="background-color: #dff01f; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Monday March 28- <span style="background-color: #f8fae6; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Bring a printed copy of your short story. Upload it to turnitin.com. Your story must be complete.

In Class- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt Peer review of short stories

In Class Thursday March 24- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt Self review short story Work with peers through silent conference on short story

<span style="background-color: #dff01f; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due end of class Tuesday March 22- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Short story; submit to turnitin.com. Bring a printed copy of the short story to class on Thursday March 24th.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">During class on Monday and Tuesday March 21-22 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt Work on short story.

<span style="background-color: #dff01f; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Thursday/Friday March 17-18- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Create a setting for a fictional story.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">During class on Friday: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt Elements of setting [|Story plot] Choose format of fiction assignment : Comic [|Short Story] One Act Play

During class on Thursday: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt Elements of setting

<span style="background-color: #dff01f; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Wednesday March 16- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Review the discussion topic and questions assigned to you. Come prepared to work with your group on the questions. [|Questions on Freedom Writers]

<span style="background-color: #eff243; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Thursday March 10- <span style="background-color: #f2f2c7; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Voice Thread Monologue Assignment- Assignment is on Google Classroom.

During class: Watch The Freedom Writers. Answer questions on the video.

<span style="background-color: #eff243; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Tuesday March 8- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Write a monologue from a different character's perspective. The monologue should be related to one of the other two monologues. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">In Class

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Journal Prompt

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">share monologues

<span style="background-color: #eff243; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Friday March 4- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Write the monologue on the painting you selected in class. <span style="background-color: #eff243; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tracy Chevalier: Finding The Story <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt

<span style="background-color: #eff243; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday March 2- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">In class <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Watch 2011 Top 12 Monologues <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Choose a picture. Write a monologue

<span style="background-color: #eff243; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday March 1- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Finish reading part two of On Writing. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Make certain final copy of memoir is printed. Bring the final copy with the draft and rubric. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">In class:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt

<span style="background-color: #eff243; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday February 25- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Bring a copy of your memoir to class.

<span style="background-color: #eff243; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday February 23- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Read 12-22 On Writing. Be prepared for a discussion and quiz.

<span style="background-color: #d7f22d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday February 19 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">- Answer the question on On Writing chapters 1-11 that was assigned to you. Make certain to type your answer, to submit it to turnitin.com and to bring a printed copy to class. Question Assignment

<span style="background-color: #f7fa69; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Wednesday February 17- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Read through chapter 11 page 22 of On Writing by Stephen KIng. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Make certain you have your three photos for class. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px; line-height: 23.0455px;">In Class <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Revised memoir. Submitted to turnitin and Google Classroom.

<span style="background-color: #e8f43a; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday February 11- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Bring three photos to class today. You may bring digital images. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wrote journal prompt 1 and 2 for the first of your photos <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Created a Creative Writing Advertisement <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt

<span style="background-color: #f7fa69; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday February 10-

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Daily Topic Share

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">share future topics <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Story starters

<span style="background-color: #f7fa69; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday February 9, 2016- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Bring three photos from different points in your life. Bring in photos which show you doing something. You may bring electronic copies. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Daily Topic Share <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Thursday February 4- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Stephen King's book On Writing chapter 4 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Daily Topic Share <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt

<span style="background-color: #f7fa69; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday February 3- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Stephen King's book On Writing read chapters 1-3, pages 1-8 <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Daily Topic Share <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Journal Prompt

<span style="background-color: #f7fa69; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday February 2- Tuesday February 9: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Bring in your item for Daily Topic Share on your assigned date. Write your paper, upload it to turnitin.com. Bring a copy of the paper and your classmate's papers (with your comments) on the assigned due date. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">In Class- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Mrs. Chausse shares her daily topics paper <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Three students share their daily topics <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Students enroll in turnitin.com <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Students add journal prompts

<span style="background-color: #e2fe20; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday February 1- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Began Google Classroom assignment on journal prompts <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Choose Daily Topic Share date <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wrote about Mrs. Chausse's Topic Share - listened to explanation of Daily Topic Share project <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px;">Completed/ shared Journal Prompt

<span style="background-color: #e2fe20; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Friday, January 29- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Participated in Public Interview <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Created a list of future topics. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Completed/ shared Journal Prompt

<span style="background-color: #dded21; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wednesday, January 27- <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Created Heart Map <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Completed/ shared Journal Prompt

<span style="background-color: #eeef23; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Due Tuesday, January 26: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Join Google Classroom - enrollment code zxa5ps <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Enroll in turnitin.com <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">In class: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Share Creativity videos <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Completed/ shared Journal Prompt

<span style="background-color: #d8e522; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Monday, January 25: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">In class: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">What is Creativity? Share your creation with me on Drive: lchausse@clintonpublic.net