TUESDAY 9.8: Orientation
Unit Goal: N/A
Objective: By the end of the period SWBAT describe and follow classroom guidelines and procedures and will understand grading scales and procedures.
Handouts: Orientation Prezi, FALL 2015 SYLLABUS
WEDNESDAY 9.9: Choose your own adventure
Unit Goal: At the end of the Creative Non-Fiction Unit, students will create a portfolio which shows student’s ability to use point of view, establish voice, and apply characterization in original writing.
Objective: After completing Choose your own adventure” writing exercise, students will be able to write a story that includes a distinct point of view, clear voice, and detailed imagery to convey characterization.
Handouts: Notes
THURSDAY 9.10: Writing Workshop 101
Unit Goal: At the end of the Creative Non-Fiction Unit, students will create a portfolio which shows student’s ability to use point of view, establish voice, and apply characterization in original writing.
Objective: After reading from Sherman Alexie’s “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist-Fight in Heaven,” students will be able to apply the Lerman Method to discuss the author’s point of view, voice, and use of imagery and practice writer’s workshop etiquette and procedures.
Handouts: Lerman Method, “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist-Fight in Heaven”
FRIDAY 9.11: Establishing Mood and Setting through Vivid Imagery
Unit Goal: At the end of the Creative Non-Fiction Unit, students will create a portfolio which shows student’s ability to use point of view, establish voice, and apply characterization in original writing.
Objective: By completing “I don’t Know Why I Remember…” writing exercise, students will be able to pinpoint and describe using vivid imagery previously unexplored that remains important in some emotional way.
Handouts: Notes, from “I remember” from East of Eden by John Steinbeck