Bellwork: Mug Shot Sentences and Paragraphs
Finish Run, Lola, Run stories
Monday, September 29, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Agenda Thurs. 9/25
Double Writing studio
Period 1
Work on Run, Lola, Run story
Period 2
Continue work on Run, Lola, Run story
If you need a break, go to freerice.com for vocabulary or a grammar practice website
Assignments due:
All Arbitrary stories are DUE!
Post your "Toying With words" exercises
Run, Lola, Run stories due next week!
Period 1
Work on Run, Lola, Run story
Period 2
Continue work on Run, Lola, Run story
If you need a break, go to freerice.com for vocabulary or a grammar practice website
Assignments due:
All Arbitrary stories are DUE!
Post your "Toying With words" exercises
Run, Lola, Run stories due next week!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Agenda 9/23
Bell work: Find the answers to these questions.
What is the difference between a comparative adjective and a superlative adjective?
What is the passive voice?
Class time:
1. Play the game: Toying with Words (handout)
Post good paragraphs on this page
2. Go to Grammar Bytes website
3. Finish/share Run, Lola, Run stories with writing group
What is the difference between a comparative adjective and a superlative adjective?
What is the passive voice?
Class time:
1. Play the game: Toying with Words (handout)
Post good paragraphs on this page
2. Go to Grammar Bytes website
3. Finish/share Run, Lola, Run stories with writing group
Friday, September 19, 2008
Writing Projects
9/19/08
Creative Grammar and Style
Begin working on your "Run, Lola, Run" 3 ending story.
1. Start with your characters (2-6 names proper nouns). Be sure there is a protagonist (main character), an antagonist (the opposition to the main character), some secondary characters, and a real conflict.
2. Add some objects that will appear and reappear in your story (common nouns). Examples: a bicycle, an animal, a street, a briefcase, etc.
3. Add some actions (running, talking, fighting, laughing, screaming, etc.) VERBS
4. Describe some of the actions using adverbs---"ly" words (happily, sadly, cruelly, etc.)
5. Create some settings and timeframes using prepositions (over, under, beneath, above, after, before, on). Think about where and when.
6. You might want to focus on a situation: a divorce, a fight, a love triangle, a breakup, an accident, a wedding, etc.
Creative Grammar and Style
Begin working on your "Run, Lola, Run" 3 ending story.
1. Start with your characters (2-6 names proper nouns). Be sure there is a protagonist (main character), an antagonist (the opposition to the main character), some secondary characters, and a real conflict.
2. Add some objects that will appear and reappear in your story (common nouns). Examples: a bicycle, an animal, a street, a briefcase, etc.
3. Add some actions (running, talking, fighting, laughing, screaming, etc.) VERBS
4. Describe some of the actions using adverbs---"ly" words (happily, sadly, cruelly, etc.)
5. Create some settings and timeframes using prepositions (over, under, beneath, above, after, before, on). Think about where and when.
6. You might want to focus on a situation: a divorce, a fight, a love triangle, a breakup, an accident, a wedding, etc.
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