1/7-1/9

We are drafting short story that will ultimately be finalized and published.

Stuck for an idea for your short story that is due Wednesday at the end of class? Click on one of the links below for some ideas:

http://www.creative-writing-now.com/short-story-ideas.html

A generator of ideas

100 short story prompts

http://suite101.com/article/story-starters-for-creative-writing-exercises-a97096

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002344/StoryStarters.html

1/3/13

We continued the POV activity from yesterday today. If you were out check out the link on yesterday's post.

1/2/13

Welcome back.  Today we talked about point of view and I shared a powerpoint to refresh memories on point of view.  We then began an activity to make us aware of the differences between point of views and why it matters to writers.

12/19

Today we will discuss the difference between plot mapping and digging as a means of approaching a story. I will have a powerpoint for this.  You will then be given time to choose a method and write a scary story.  IF you have no ideas of your own, feel fee to use the following ideas.

1. It was a very dark and stormy night . . .
   
2. I knew there was something funny about that house the minute I stepped foot into it . . .
   
3. She seemed like such a sweet old lady. Who would ever believe that she was really . . .
   
4. It was weird. One day our teacher just . . .
   
5. It looked like a plain, old milkshake to me . . .
   
6. All of the sudden I was trapped!
   
7. If they weren't in such a hurry, they wouldn't have taken that short cut through the cemetery . . .
   
8. No one was ever really sure what was going on down in the new kid's basement . . .
   
9. One night, I looked out the window and I saw the neighbor...
   

10. Sometimes I think my friend has strange powers. Every time he's around... 

11. It was the weirdest thing I have ever experienced! It was a regular old Thursday afternoon. I was walking home from school and as I passed the old abandoned house on the hill, I heard the beating of drums. I knew I should’ve kept walking. I should have gone straight home. But my curiosity got the better of me. I took a deep breath and .....
 

12/17-12/18

We worked on Author posters and on presentations on those stories and what we wish to emulate.  I also collected notebooks on Monday.

12/11

Today we worked on rereading the text we have chosen as the mentor text.  This assignment was explained and the written part started by some.  I collected notebooks and checked not only the IW from last week but also yesterday's work from class.  If you were out, you should plan on turning this in tomorrow.

Monday 12/10

Sorry I am out today.  It's a regular Barf-o-rama at the abode.  Please begin writing in your notebooks with an eye for  a piece of fiction you will focus on bringing to a final draft.  In order to get started click on one of the links below and use the picture as a jumping off point to tell the story behind the picture. You will have 3 independent writes due next Monday and I will collect your notebooks tomorrow.