Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Monday

1. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Monday Turn in your typed creative non-fiction draft to the front table. Have out your novel (fictional text) to read  Quietly read for approx. 15 minutes Remember… • no electronics out/on during reading time • you are receiving credit for being on time, • ready to read with your choice, independent reading novel, • and actively reading during the given time. • If you do not have your book with you, must read “Salvation” or “The Chase” (on the front table) If you finish reading a book, let me know. You’ll need to fill out a ½ sheet review and post it in the room! Homework: Spend 10 – 30 minutes reading from your choice, independent novel tonight! Turn in your final creative non-fiction narrative no later beginning of period Wednesday.

2. Past, Present, Future Monday • Summative creative non-fiction • Introductions, transitions, descriptive language • Writing & conference time • Summative creative non-fiction • Peer feedback • Summative creative non-fiction • Dialogue • Conclusions • Peer Feedback

3. Creative Non-FictionMonday Standard(s) 2. Reading for All Purposes: 1. Literary criticism of complex texts requires the use of analysis, interpretive, and evaluative strategies 3. Writing and Composition 1. Style, detail, expressive language, and genre create a well-crafted statement directed at an intended audience and purpose Objective: you will be able to… • Give and receive feedback from a peer in order to make improvements to your own writing. • Identify common characteristics of the dialogue in order to use it correctly in your own writing. Relevance: • By interpreting complex texts, providing evidence, and communicating ideas, we are not only practicing the skills need in any workplace or postsecondary setting, but also we are examining aspects of ourselves and others and how these as well as social and historical events impact the way in which we communicate. • Examining and practicing writer’s craft allows us to better represent our own thoughts in any workplace or personal situation. Inquiry Question(s) • How do our experiences shape us? • What can I learn from this writer’s craft? • What topics are best for developing and planning a work of creative nonfiction? What genres are most appropriate? • If you were invited to write a short story about an event in your life or that of another person, what would you write about and why? • How does structure affect clarity?

4. Summative, In Brief 500-1000 word creative non-fiction story • Content: What is this about? What happened? • True life, personal, past experience that helped shaped the writer • Single, focused event • Personal lesson learned/life lesson, a realization • Tone: How does the narrator feel? • Theme: What realizations/lessons does the narrator have? Why are these ideas important? • Organization • Beginning, hooks – Middle – End, realization • Transitions • Craft Tools: What stylistic tools does the writer use? Does the writer imitate the stylistic devices of the mentor text? • Conventions/Presentation • Spelling, Usage, Grammar, Mechanics • Typed, double spaced, 12 point, Time New Roman font • Original title • Properly headed

5. Activity: DevelopWe Do Monday Purpose: to giveand receive feedback from a peer in order to make improvements to your own writing. Tasks: • Read aloud one of the papers given to you and your pattern • With your partner, discuss the elements on the feedback sheet • Fill-in a score for each line (4-0) AND provide valuable written comments to your peer on the lines provide and on the back if needed. • 4 - Excellent, high, perceptive, extensive • 3 - Good, thoughtful, sufficient • 2 - Average to weak, some • 1 - Weak, limited, minimal, few to none • Move on to the next paper. Outcome: Discussscores and comments with the writers What did you do well? What do you need to improve?

6. Creative Non-FictionMonday Standard(s) 2. Reading for All Purposes: 1. Literary criticism of complex texts requires the use of analysis, interpretive, and evaluative strategies 3. Writing and Composition 1. Style, detail, expressive language, and genre create a well-crafted statement directed at an intended audience and purpose Objective: you will be able to… • Give and receive feedback from a peer in order to make improvements to your own writing. • Identify common characteristics of the dialogue in order to use it correctly in your own writing. Relevance: • By interpreting complex texts, providing evidence, and communicating ideas, we are not only practicing the skills need in any workplace or postsecondary setting, but also we are examining aspects of ourselves and others and how these as well as social and historical events impact the way in which we communicate. • Examining and practicing writer’s craft allows us to better represent our own thoughts in any workplace or personal situation. Inquiry Question(s) • How do our experiences shape us? • What can I learn from this writer’s craft? • What topics are best for developing and planning a work of creative nonfiction? What genres are most appropriate? • If you were invited to write a short story about an event in your life or that of another person, what would you write about and why? • How does structure affect clarity?

7. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Tuesday Have out your novel (fictional text) to read  Quietly read for approx. 10 minutes Remember… • no electronics out/on during reading time • you are receiving credit for being on time, • ready to read with your choice, independent reading novel, • and actively reading during the given time. • If you do not have your book with you, must read “Salvation” or “The Chase” (on the front table) If you finish reading a book, let me know. You’ll need to fill out a ½ sheet review and post it in the room! Homework: Turn in your final creative non-fiction narrative no later beginning of period tomorrow. Spend 10 – 30 minutes reading from your choice, independent novel tonight!

8. Past, Present, Future Tuesday • Summative creative non-fiction • Peer feedback • Summative creative non-fiction • Dialogue • Conclusions • Homework: Turn in your final creative non-fiction narrative no later beginning of period tomorrow. • Summative creative non-fiction • Final Due • Self-evaluation & Reflection

9. Creative Non-Fiction Tuesday Standard(s) 2. Reading for All Purposes: 1. Literary criticism of complex texts requires the use of analysis, interpretive, and evaluative strategies 3. Writing and Composition 1. Style, detail, expressive language, and genre create a well-crafted statement directed at an intended audience and purpose Objective: you will be able to… • Identify common characteristics of the dialogue in order to use it correctly in your own writing. • Identify characteristics of endings/conclusions in order mentor texts in order to write your own. Relevance: • By interpreting complex texts, providing evidence, and communicating ideas, we are not only practicing the skills need in any workplace or postsecondary setting, but also we are examining aspects of ourselves and others and how these as well as social and historical events impact the way in which we communicate. • Examining and practicing writer’s craft allows us to better represent our own thoughts in any workplace or personal situation. Inquiry Question(s) • How do our experiences shape us? • What can I learn from this writer’s craft? • What topics are best for developing and planning a work of creative nonfiction? What genres are most appropriate? • If you were invited to write a short story about an event in your life or that of another person, what would you write about and why? • How does structure affect clarity?

10. Summative, In Brief Tuesday 500-1000 word creative non-fiction story • Content: What is this about? What happened? • True life, personal, past experience that helped shaped the writer • Single, focused event • Personal lesson learned/life lesson, a realization • Tone: How does the narrator feel? • Theme: What realizations/lessons does the narrator have? Why are these ideas important? • Organization • Beginning, hooks – Middle – End, realization • Transitions • Craft Tools: What stylistic tools does the writer use? Does the writer imitate the stylistic devices of the mentor text? • Conventions/Presentation • Spelling, Usage, Grammar, Mechanics • Typed, double spaced, 12 point, Time New Roman font • Original title • Properly headed

11. Instruction: Obtain We Do Tuesday • Purpose: Identify common characteristics of the dialogue in order to use it correctly in your own writing. Tasks: • What do you notice? • What do they include? • How is the dialogue set up? • Punctuation? • Formatting - Indentions? • Tags? Outcome: Add and/or correct, if needed, dialogue in your piece

12. Dialogue Use a comma between the dialogue and the tag line (the words used to identify the speaker: "he said/she said"): "I would like to go to the beach this weekend," she told him as they left the apartment. Periods and commas go inside the quotation marks in American writing; from Raymond Carver's "Where I'm Calling From": "I don't want any stupid cake," says the guy who goes to Europe and the Middle East. "Where's the champagne?" he says, and laughs. When a tag line interrupts a sentence, it should be set off by commas. Note that the first letter of the second half of the sentence is in lower case, as in this example from Flannery O'Connor's "Greenleaf": "That is," Wesley said, "that neither you nor me is her boy."

13. Dialogue When a new speaker speaks, start a new paragraph; actions and descriptions related to the character speaking typically stay in the say. “You should be a doctor when you grow up,” Mr. Schluter told me, even though his wife, the third grade teacher, thought I was crazy beyond my years. My eyes always looked like I had just hit-and-run someone. “Guilty,” she said. “You always look guilty.” “Why should I be a doctor?” I asked Mr. Schluter. “So you can come back and help the tribe. So you can heal people.”

14. What do you notice? • Purpose: to identify characteristics of endings/conclusions mentor texts in order to write/re-write your own • Tasks: • Read through the 6 mentor text final paragraphs. • What do you notice? • Ideas/content? • Craft tools? • Length? • Outcome: write or re-visit/rewrite your own.

15. Creative Non-Fiction Tuesday Standard(s) 2. Reading for All Purposes: 1. Literary criticism of complex texts requires the use of analysis, interpretive, and evaluative strategies 3. Writing and Composition 1. Style, detail, expressive language, and genre create a well-crafted statement directed at an intended audience and purpose Objective: you will be able to… • Identify common characteristics of the dialogue in order to use it correctly in your own writing. Relevance: • By interpreting complex texts, providing evidence, and communicating ideas, we are not only practicing the skills need in any workplace or postsecondary setting, but also we are examining aspects of ourselves and others and how these as well as social and historical events impact the way in which we communicate. • Examining and practicing writer’s craft allows us to better represent our own thoughts in any workplace or personal situation. Inquiry Question(s) • How do our experiences shape us? • What can I learn from this writer’s craft? • What topics are best for developing and planning a work of creative nonfiction? What genres are most appropriate? • If you were invited to write a short story about an event in your life or that of another person, what would you write about and why? • How does structure affect clarity?

16. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Wednesday • Have out your… • final, typed copy of your creative non-fiction narrative.* • Creative non-fiction summative rubric.* • Go through the sub-lines under each of the 5 grading criterion (see model below) and self assesses using the 4-1 scale • On the back of the rubric, respond to the following: • Explain one idea, element, activity that came easily to you during this writing process. • Explain one idea, element, activity that you found challenging OR one idea or process you would change if you could. ____ Meaning and Originality: Meaningful writing about a meaningful topic, answers “So What?” Content: What is this about? What happened? __4__ True life, personal, past experience that helped shaped the writer __4__ Single, focused event __3__ Background or history of event, culture, etc. provided __4__ 1st person point of view __3__ Setting (specific, limited time and place) If you do not have your final and/or the rubric, have out your novel (fictional text) to read  Quietly read for approx. 15 minutes Remember… • no electronics out/on during reading time • you are receiving credit for being on time, • ready to read with your choice, independent reading novel, • and actively reading during the given time.

17. Past, Present, Future Wednesday • Summative creative non-fiction • Dialogue – punctuation & indentions • Concluding paragraphs – what to include/do • Summative creative non-fiction • Final Due • Self-evaluation & Reflection • Commentary Introduction • Read, annotate, react • Commentary Continued • What is the main idea? What are the supporting details?

18. Commentary Wednesday Standard(s) 2. Reading for All Purposes: 1. Literary criticism of complex texts requires the use of analysis, interpretive, and evaluative strategies Objective: You will be able to actively read the article for a general understanding of main idea and purpose Relevance: • By interpreting complex texts, providing evidence, and communicating ideas, we are not only practicing the skills need in any workplace or postsecondary setting, but also we are examining aspects of ourselves and others and how these as well as social and historical events impact the way in which we communicate. • Examining and practicing writer’s craft allows us to better represent our own thoughts in any workplace or personal situation. Inquiry Question(s) • How do different genres, formats, styles, and craft techniques help readers understand author’s purpose? • How do our experiences shape us? • What can I learn from this writer’s craft?

19. Instruction: Obtain • commentary • [ ˈkämənˌterē ] • noun • an expression of opinions or offering of explanations explanations about an event or situation: • "an editorial commentary" • a descriptive spoken account (especially on a broadcast) of an event or performance as it happens. • synonyms: narration · description · account · report · review

21. We Do – You Do Purpose: to actively read the article for a general understanding of main idea and purpose Tasks: • Read aloud the article • As you read, make annotations on the text and in the margins: • Title – Predictions? Denotations vs. connotations? • Author? - Know the name? Any background information? • Publication information? - What does it reveal? Current vs. not? • What is the purpose? – to show, to persuade, to entertain, to what? Why? • What is the main idea? – what is the point he is trying to make? About what? • What does he specifically include to support his main idea? • Who is the audience? – why? How do you know? • What is the effect? – how could this influence or effect the audience?

22. Activities: Develop & ApplyWe Do Wednesday Purpose: to examine our personal reactions to particular lines of the text “Black Men in Public Space.” Tasks: The Last Word • Individually find one word or phrase or line (no more than one sentence) in the text that you think is the most important. • Copy your quotation on top ½ sheet of paper. • On the bottom ½, explain why you find the quote significant. • Move to groups; number off • The first person in each group reads his/her quote but does not read the explanation. • Go around the group and have each member comment on the quotation. • After everyone has taken about one minute to react/respond to the shared quote, the person who chose the quote shares why s/he selected it. • Discussion continues in this fashion with each person in the group taking a turn. Outcome: Be prepared to report out to the rest of the class and turn in your quotation/explanation 1/2 sheet

23. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Thursday Have out your novel (fictional text) to read  Quietly read for approx. 10 minutes Remember… • no electronics out/on during reading time • you are receiving credit for being on time, • ready to read with your choice, independent reading novel, • and actively reading during the given time. • If you do not have your book with you, must read “Salvation” or “The Chase” (front table) • If you finish reading a book, let me know. You’ll need to fill out a ½ sheet review and post it in the room!

24. Past, Present, Future Thursday • Summative creative non-fiction • Writing & conference time • Summative creative non-fiction • Descriptive Writing • Writing & conference time • Summative creative non-fiction • Conclusions • Writing & conference time

25. Commentary Thursday Standard(s) 3. Writing and Composition 1. Style, detail, expressive language, and genre create a well-crafted statement directed at an intended audience and purpose Objective: You will be able to identify and explain the purpose of characterization, description, imagery, and figurative languagein the excerpts from the mentor texts and then incorporate these into your creative non-fiction piece. Relevance: • By interpreting complex texts, providing evidence, and communicating ideas, we are not only practicing the skills need in any workplace or postsecondary setting, but also we are examining aspects of ourselves and others and how these as well as social and historical events impact the way in which we communicate. • Examining and practicing writer’s craft allows us to better represent our own thoughts in any workplace or personal situation. Inquiry Question(s) • How does structure affect clarity? • How do different genres, formats, styles, and craft techniques help readers understand author’s purpose? • How do our experiences shape us? • What can I learn from this writer’s craft? Homework: Creative Non-fiction Summative = • finish the body/middle paragraphs of your story • add characterization, description, imagery, figurative language • bring a typed, printed draft!

26. Hook, Housekeeping & Homework Friday Creative Non-Fiction SUMMATIVE was due on Wednesday. Did you turn it in? Special Assembly Day Period 3 – Review from yesterday and read Period6 – Artists Share – Auditorium Period 7 - Read