Creative Writing 1st Semester 2015-2016

Sunday

(WEEK
ONE)

Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

Friday

10

11

NO SCHOOL

DUE: no homework,
first day of class!

DUE: no direct
homework today.

DUE: SSR Book.

What is Creativity
500 word paper.

FOCUS: What is
Creative Writing
look and feel like?

FOCUS: Why read in

creative writing?

DUE: Syllabus
Signature,
Composition
Notebook, Collage
Materials, and
Binder.

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-SSR and Reading
Rates
-Discuss/Turn in
Responses.
-What do you make of
this picture?
-Read, Teeth
-Review Literary
Devices
-Reread Teeth and
label the literary
devices
-WN Response
-Closing: one thing I
did/learn today.
-HW: bring in your
favorite snack for
Monday!

-Opening: Wordle
-Wartegg Chart
-Pair-share your most
creative
sketch/results
-Review Syllabus
(wordle, M&Ms)
-What is Creativity?
Paper Introduction
-Mentor Text
-Closing: exit slip
(comment, question,
concern)
-HW: Syllabus
signature,
composition
notebook, collage
materials, and binder
due Thursday. SSR
Book due Friday. What
is creativity paper due
Friday.
13
(WEEK
TWO)

Wednesday

-Opening: Read, So you

want to be a writer
-Why read in creative
writing? Quote response.
-Gallery Walk
-Finding an SSR book
quick review
-Book Talk/Text Study (The
Things They Carried)
-Library visit
-Workshop (if time) What is
creativity paper
-Closing: exit slipwhy
read? What did you learn
about reading?
-HW: Syllabus and
Composition Notebook due
Monday.

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15

16

FOCUS: Why poetry?

-Opening: Prose
Reading: what makes
this great creative
writing? (The White)
-Setting up Writers
Notebooks, Collage
Time
-Writing Topics Heart
Map
-Why Poetry? Revisit
The White (syntax,
diction)
-WN response
-Closing: what is one
thing you have learned
about poetry?
-HW: 500 word
response, What is
Creativity due
Monday. SSR Book due
Monday.
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DUE: Bring in your

favorite snack.

DUE: AWUBS
Grammar packet.

DUE: Bring in your

favorite photograph.

DUE: Work on reading

rates.

What are AWUBs

and how can they
improve my
writing?

How can I use

imagery in my
writing?

How can perspectives

change your writing?

What are FANBOYS and

how can they improve
my writing?

-Opening: SWT/SSR
-WNyour photograph

-Opening: SWT/SSR
-Review AWUBS, grammar
notes

-Opening: SSR/SWT
Song Lyrics, Fly

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Red Journals, but use 3
AWUBS

Saturd
ay
12

FOCUS: What are

literary devices?

18
DUE: FANBOYS
packet due. Reading
Rate #1.
How can I mirror
cummings writing?
-Opening: Check
reading rates: SSR/SWT
--WN: Are humans

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(WEEK
THREE)

Away and lit devices

review.
-HW Calendar
-When I was Little
-AWUBS: how to
lengthen syntax, and
grammar rules.
-AWUBS write
-Closing: write down a
sentence about
creative writing and
use ONE AWUBS.
-HW: AWUBS packet
due Tuesday (if you
didnt finish it in class
today.)

-Mentor Text: Sour

Patch Kids
-5 Types of Imagery (the
five senses) Mystery
write.
-Poetic Write: appeal to
the five senses when
describing your snack.
-Closing: one thing I
learned today was
-HW: Bring in a favorite
photograph for
Wednesday.

- Mentor Text/Book
Study: Little Bee. WN
Prompt: Most Days I
wish I was
-A New Perspective:
mentor text Mirror
and The Art of Racing
in the Rain
-Rewrite: photograph
response from a new
perspective
-Closing: share.
-HW: Work on reading
rates!

-Mentor Text: Hands

-Slam Poetry Video,
Hands
-FANBOYS: another way to
lengthen syntax, and
grammar rules (circle all
the punctuation)
-Revisit, Hands and her
use of FANBOYS.
-Poetry Write, My Hands
(mimic poem)
-Closing: share your best
line and use of a FANBOYS
-HW: FANBOYS packet due
Friday. Reading rates due
Friday!

innately good, evil,

neither, both? Respond.
-Humanity Pictures
and Response
-Read, Humanity I
Love You.
-Writing: Do you own
Humanity poem
-Closing: one thing I
learned, or liked about
todays poem was
-HW: no homework

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COMPUTERS: CART

COMPUTERS: CART

COMPUTERS: CART

How can I use dashes?

COMPUTERS: CART

How can I create

my own digital
portfolio? What is
an ode? -Exploring
Weebly

How can I personalize

my digital portfolio?
Who am I page

How can I use a famous

person in poetry?

DUE: No homework

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Who are you?
Introduction Sample.
Free write..
-Rubric Review
-Set up our own Weebly
pages (who am I, what I
am reading)
-What is creativityblog
post.
-Workshop: create your
own website for Creative
Writing.
-Closing: show off what
you created.
-HW: Work on Weeblys

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-What are some of the
greatest things in the
world? List
-Mentor Text:
Odes
-What is an ode?
Describe.
-Ode Quick-write
-Weebly
Introduction
-Weebly Workshop
-Closing: what is your
favorite line in your
ode? Share.
-HW: Work on
Weeblys, Website Link
due Monday by 1st
hour.

DUE: No homework

DUE: Complete Famous

Person Poem in
Writers Notebook.

How can I use numbers

in my poetry?
DUE: Dash Packet

DUE: No Homework

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Famous Person WN shares
add anyone?
-Wordle Preview
-Beethoven Poem
-Workshop: Famous Person
search OR Weebly
-Closing: shares
-HW: Famous Person Poem
due Thursday in WN.

-Opening: SWT/SSR
- Zombie prompt
-Quote Write Around
dashes
-Mentor Text: how did
the author use the
dash?
-Dash rules, examples,
and experimentation
-Dash Write
-Closing: give me a
dash sentence. Sticky
Note.
-HW: Dash Packet due
tomorrow (if you didnt
finish in class)

-Opening: SWT/SSR
(get new reading rates)
-WN: when looking at
Harper Creek, what are
13 things you should
look at?
-Mentor Text: 13
Ways to look at a
blackbird
-Workshop: Weebly and
SSR Page, Samples
-Closing: what did you
create?
-HW: Weebly Website
Link due by Monday by
1st hour

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(WEEK
FOUR)

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Whats a found
poem and how
can it help me
write in a poetic
structure?
DUE: Weebly
Website e-mailed
by 1st hour.
-Opening: SWT/SSR
-Poetic Features?
WN brainstorm
-Mentor Text:
The Glass
Castle
-What is a found
poem? Sample,
discussion.
-Workshop: Found
Poem
-Closing: how do
you write poetry?
-Found Poem due
Wednesday.

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COMPUTERS: CART
What is our final
project for this
unit? How can I
polish up my found
poem?
DUE: No homework.
-Opening: SWT/SSR
-Poem Anthology
Brief Introduction
-Workshop: Found
Poem, Poems for
Anthology
-Closing: what did you
accomplish?
-HW: Found Poem due
tomorrow.

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How can I use semicolons?

How can I revise

and work on my
poem anthology
project?
STRUCTURE.

DUE: Found Poem.

-Opening: SWT/SSR
-Turn in Found Poem
-WN quickwriteCOLORS
-Semi-Colons Mentor
Sentences
-Mentor Text: semi-colons
-Semi-Colons rules,
examples.
-Semi-Colons write.
-Closing: shares.
-HW: Semi-Colon Packet
due tomorrow (if you didnt
finish in class).

(WEEK
FIVE)

DUE: no
homework.

DUE: no homework
(work on poems)

DUE: Show Mrs. Rutan

one poem to review and
conference on.

Homeco
ming

How can I revise

my poems?

How can I revise

my poems?

How can I revise my

DUE: Semi-colon
packet.
-Opening: SSR/SWT
-What is the poem
anthology project?
-Introduction and
samples to the poem
anthology project
-Look at the poetic
structures you see
observations?
-Mentor Text:
Burnt
-What do revisions look
like?
-Revision Strategy
poetic format and
structure
-Workshop: poetic
format revisions.
-Closing: share a
revision.
-HW: thinking about
the poem anthology
project.
8

2
COMPUTERS: CART

How can I revise and

work on my
anthology project?
DICTION.
DUE: No homework.
-Opening: SSR/SWT
-What are some good
revision techniques?
-SSR/FWT
-Revision Strategy
Words to Avoid
-Hindenburg
Disaster Article
-Workshop: diction
revisions.
-Closing: what word(s)
did you change?
-HW: revising your
poems.

DUE: no homework
(work on poems)

DUE: All 5 Polished

Poems

How can I revise my

poems?

How can I write my

foreword?

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GRAMMAR/SYNTA
X

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Red Journals: try
AWUBS, semicolons, FANBOYS,
and Dashes
-Grammar Review
Sheet
-Workshop: Revise
your poems, revisit
grammar
-Closing: one great
grammar sentence
-HW: bring one
poem for me to
conference and
review in class
Wednesday.

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COMPUTERS:
LAPTOPS
12

(WEEK
SIX)

DUE: no
homework.
What do I need to
finish on my
poem anthology
project?
Opening: SWT/SSR
-Review
Checklist: what
do you need to
get done?
-Workshop: Poem
Anthology Project
-Closing: show me
your checklist
-HW: Poem
Anthology Project

poems?
SO WHAT FACTOR
-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Rubric Review
-Mentor Text:
Revising Poetry
-Workshop: Revisions
-Conferencing and
one-one revisions
-Closing: one
revision
-HW: Work on poem
anthology project
COMPUTERS:
LAPTOPS

-Opening: SWT/SSR
-Rubric Review
-Read the poem and tell
me, so what or answer
why is this poem
important, or was written.
-Discussing the so what
factor
-Introduce Reflection
Sheets
-Workshop Time: Poem
Anthology Project
-HW: work on poem
anthology project

TONE
--Opening: SWT/SSR
-What is tone?
Mentor Text
-Poem Study: 10
Things I hate About
You
-Try revising using tone
-Workshop
-Closing: I learned
-HW: work on poem
anthology project

-Opening: SSR/SWT
new reading rates
-Forewords (samples
and discussion)
-Workshop: Poem
Anthology Project
-Closing: status check
-HW: Poem Anthology
Project Final Due
Tuesday.
COMPUTERS:
LAPTOPS

COMPUTERS:
LAPTOPS

COMPUTERS: LAPTOPS

13

14

DUE: POEM
ANTHOLOGY FINAL
PROJECT!
SAT TESTING
What is a personal
narrative?
-Opening: Turn in
Poem Anthology
Project
-SSR/SWT
-Narrative Easy
Steps Mentor Text
-Mentor Text,
Origin Story
-Write your own
-Closing: shares
-HW: no homework.

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16

DUE: no homework

DUE: no homework

How can Stephen

King inspire my
writing?

How can I use

setting to inspire
personal narratives?

Opening: SWT/SSR
-Stephen Kings Bio
-Stephen Kings
Memoirs
-Write Time: Pick a
narrative
-Workshop: Finish a 1st
Draft
-Closing: What did you
pick?
-HW: no homework.

-Opening: SWT/SSR
new reading rates
-Street Poem
-Neighborhood Drawing
-5 Minute Shares
-Narrative Write
-Mentor Text: My
Neighborhood Write
-Revisionstry
something that I tried
-Closing: shares.

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Final Due Tuesday.

-HW: no homework

COMPUTERS:
LAPTOPS

18
(WEEK
SEVEN)

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22

23

DUE: No
homework

DUE: No homework

DUE: No homework

DUE: no homework

DUE: no homework

How can animals

inspire my writing?

What do nontraditional
narratives look like?

How can
school/education
inspire my writing?

What does
expression vs.
reflection look like?

-Opening: SWT/SSR
-Mentor Text: 5
Worst Pets (PairReading)
-Discussion: Topic,
Writing Techniques
-Mentor Text:
Dinosaur (The
Goose Story)
-Try something:
Writing time
-Closing: shares
-HW: no homework

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Mentor Text,
Sick
-Brainstormschool
memories
-Read, Indian
Education. Pairs
-Discussionhow does
this inspire us?
-Write Timewrite
your own version of
your Education.
-Closing: share your
best line OF GRAMMAR

-Opening: SWT/SSR
check reading rates
-Homework sheet:
narrative first drafts
Write a response to this
word: GUILT
-Poem Read, This is
just to say
-Poem Read
expression and
reflection in poem
form, Forgive my
Guilt.
-Write Timewrite your
own guilt poem.
-Closing: share.
-HW: 1st Drafts due for
both traditional and
nontraditional
narratives.

What are the

final writing
projects for the
narrative unit?

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-Opening: SSR/FWT/Check
1st Drafts
-Red Journals
-Being Non-traditional
with writing (recipe,
personal ad, greeting card,
letter, play, magazine,
picture book, how to,
invitation, comic strip,
obituary).
-Revisit your red journals
and write in a nontraditional format
-Important things in my life
list
-Mentor Text:
Encyclopedia of the
Ordinary Life
-Write time: make your
own encyclopedia
-Closing: share what you
created with a partner.
-HW: no homework
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Due: 1st Drafts of

traditional and
nontraditional
narratives

COMP: CART

COMP: CART

DUE: Simple
Sentence Packet

DUE: no homework

How do I use

How do I improve

-Opening: SWT/SSR
-Traditional
Narrative
Introduction and
Expectations
-What would you
save? Prompt Write
-Prized
Possessions
Mentor Text
-Prized Possessions
Write
-Closing: shares
-HW: no homework

25
(WEEK
EIGHT)

How should I organize

my narratives?

-HW: work on
narratives

29

30

COMP: CART

COMP: CART

DUE: no homework

DUE: Both Narrative

2nd Drafts (Typed)

What is show vs.

How do I use

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simple
sentences?

my leads and paper

organization?
-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Simple Sentence
Reviewadd in some
to your narratives!
-What is bed-to-bed
writing?
-Narrative Rubrics
-Mentor Text:
Great leads
-Lead stylesclassify.
-Lead rewrites
-Workshop: revise
your drafts for a
better lead, type 2nd
drafts
-Closing: I tried
-HW: 2nd narrative
drafts TYPED due
Friday.

1
Nov.

-Opening: SWT/SSR
Check Narratives
-Mentor Text: We
real cool and
We real old
-Simple
Sentences:
grammar rules,
practice.
-Find more
examplesposter
from SSR book.
-Writing: do a
creative response
and use simple
sentences.
-Revise and add in
some simple
sentences to your
narratives!
-Closing: what did
you learn today?
-HW: Simple
Sentence packet is
due tomorrow.
2
COMP CART

(WEEK
NINE)

DUE: No
homework.

PD DAY

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Mentor Text: Parts of a
Story
-My Narrative:
techniques to try
-Workshop: Typing Drafts
-Closing: what did you
accomplish?
-HW: 2nd typed narrative
drafts due Friday.

tell? Why is show

better? (IMAGERY)

dialogue?

-Opening: SSR/SWT
Water for
Elephants Mentor
Text
-Show Not Tell
samples, discussion
-Workshop: revise your
narratives for show
not tell imagery,
begin typing.
-Conferencing.
-Closing: something I
am proud of in my
narratives are
-HW: Narrative 2nd
Drafts due Friday
(typed)

-Opening: SSR/SWT
new rates
-Check 2nd Drafts
Americanisms
Mentor Text
-How does dialogue
impact a story?
Discussion
-Mentor Text: using
dialogue and active
verbs
-Workshop: revise your
narratives for stronger
dialogue and active
verbs-Closing: what did
you learn today?
-HW: 3rd Drafts and
Final Drafts due
Thursday.

4
COMP CART

5
COMP CART

6
COMP CART

DUE: No homework

DUE: NARRATIVE
FINAL DRAFTS DUE.

DUE: no homework

How can I revise

my tenses?

What else do I need to

do to polish/finalize my
narratives?

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Tenses MiniLesson
-MLA Header
-Workshop: finishing
narratives/3rd drafts
-Conferencing
-Closing: where are

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Mentor Text, Tips for
Personal Narrative
-Workshop Time: final day
to work on narratives
-Closing: what is one
change or addition you
made?

What can I upload

onto my Weebly
page?
-Opening: Turn in
Narratives/Reflectio
n Checklist
-SSR/SWT
-WN: What are some of
you best pieces of
writing from this class

How can I use audio

to personalize my
webpage?
-Opening: SSR/SWT
New Reading Rates
-Audio Uploads and
SSR Pagediscuss,
samples, rubric.
-Workshop: Weeblys
-Closing: I am proud
-HW: Weebly Uploads,

you at?
-HW: Final Narrative
Drafts Due
Thursday.

-HW: Final Narratives due

Thursday.

10

(WEEK
TEN)

DUE: no
homework

DUE: no homework

What is fiction
writing like?
What can I do to
finish my
Weeblys?
-Opening: SSR/SWT
and Fiction
Prompts.
-Exit slip: what do
you want to learn
about fiction?
-Nanowrimo.org
project share
-Workshop:
Finishing Weebly
Uploads.
-Closing: I really
like
-HW: Weebly
Uploads, Revisions,
and Audio due by
Friday.
COMP CART

What is fiction
writing like?
-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Fiction Writing
Prompts, WN
-Fiction
Introduction
elements (2 mentor
texts)
-Short Story Study
-Writing timeend of
the world.
-Closing: what did you
learn?
-HW: no homework.

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DUE: no homework
Why is character so
important to fiction?
*Opening: SSR/SWT
*WN: Your favorite
character(s) and why.
Quick-write
-Mentor Text:5 Facts of
Fiction
-Film Study: Stranger than
Fiction
-Closing: what do you
notice about the main
character?
-HW: Write a WN page
about a character(s) you
would like to create. Do a
character profile

and why?
-Weebly Work: Poem
and Narrative Page
-Revisions
-Closing: what did you
publish?
-HW: Weebly Uploads,
Revisions, and Audio
due next Friday 11-13.
12

Revisions, and Audio

due by next Friday.

DUE: Character
Profile

DUE: Weebly
Uploads, Revisions,
and Audio Due.

What are you

learning from the
film? How can you
create a character
(8 ways)?

-Opening: SSR/SWT
check character
profiles.
-Mentor Text: Eight
Ways to Reveal
Character
-Film Study,
Stranger than
Fiction
-Reflection: what are
you noticing for fiction
writing?
-Closing: fiction will
-HW: no homework

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What are you

learning from the
film? Why is POV
important?
-Opening: SSR/SWT
new reading rates
-POV and how it
shapes your story.
-Film Study Cond:
Stranger Than Fiction
-Reflection: what are
you noticing about
fiction writing?
-Write: revisit a fiction
write you have
done/start a new one
using a technique from
the film.
-Closing: shares
-HW: WN response
about film due Monday.

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(WEEK
ELEVE
N)

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20

DUE: no
homework.

DUE: Film
Paragraph
Response

DUE: No homework.

DUE: No homework

CART

FOCUS: What writing

structures can I use?
FIRST CHAPTERS

FOCUS: What
writing structures
can I use?
CONFLICTS

DUE: No homework.

Focus: What
writing
structures can I
use?
EPOSIDIC
FICTION

*Opening: SSR/SWT
*Discuss Film
Paragraph Response
*Mentor Text:
What is episodic
fiction?
*Discussion
*Mentor Text:
Spin
*Write Time: try it!
*Closing: what did
you think of this
structure?
*HW: Film
Paragraph Due
Tomorrow.

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FOCUS: What
writing structures
can I use?
FLASH FICTION
*Opening: SSR/SWT
*Turn in film
paragraph
*Mentor Text: what
is flash fiction
*Mentor Text:
Ramona and
Sorry Dan, But
Its
*Discussion
*Write Time: try it!
*Closing: the mentor
text taught me
*HW: no homework.

*Opening: SSR/SWT
*Mentor Text/Jigsaw
two chunks in groups of
4, 8 Ways to Write a 5Star Ch. 1
*Discussion: Class List
great first chapters should
have
*Mentor Text: The
Virgin Suicides
*Write Time: try
something
*Closing: I noticed
*HW: no homework.

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CART

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CART

25
CART

DUE: No homework

DUE: No homework

DUE: No homework

What writing
structures do I
need to
strengthen in my
story? PLOT

Can I use a quest in

my story?

How can I use dialogue

in my story?

-Opening: SSR/FWT
- You are on a quest
WN prompt
-Quest: Mentor Text

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Create some dialogue!
-Mentor Text: 7 Tips

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FOCUS: What is my
fiction story going to
be?

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-What types of
conflicts can there be?
-Mentor Text:
Conflict types
-Mentor Text: Night
Life
-Discussion
-Workshop: what
conflict(s) are in your
story? Write time.
-Closing: I learned
-HW: no homework.

-Opening: SSR/SWT
new reading rates
-Mentor Text: 9
Short Story Tips
-Object Prompt: write
time.
-Workshop: Fiction 1st
Draft/Planning
-Conferencing
-Closing: my story is
sticky note.
-HW: no homework.

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NO SCHOOL
THANKSGIVING

28

NO SCHOOL
THANKSGIVING

*Opening: SSR/SWT
*Genre Types
Poster Write
Around
*Plot Mentor Text
*Workshop: Type
your stories: clarify
plot and genre!
*Closing: I learned
*HW: work on
stories!
29
(WEEK
TWELV
E)

-Map out a quest:

Teacher Model
-Write time: you try a
fictional quest story
-Type Time
-Closing: shares
-HW: no homework

for Dialogue
-Workshop: type time
-Closing: I learned
-HW: no homework! Happy
Thanksgiving!

Day

30

DUE: No
homework

DUE: Your fiction

draft and
reviews/comments.

DUE: Your fiction draft

and reviews/comments.

DUE: Your fiction

draft and
reviews/comments.

DUE: Your fiction

draft and
reviews/comments.

What am I learning
about fiction from
my peers?

What am I learning
about fiction from
my peers?

*Opening: SSR/SWT
*6 Student Reviews
(10min. discussions)
*Workshop: Anything
you can revise? Add?
*Closing: I learned
*HW: Post fiction draft
and do reviews.

*Opening: SSR/SWT
*5 Student Reviews
(10min. discussions)
*Workshop: Anything
you can revise? Add?
*Closing: I learned
*HW: Post fiction draft
and do reviews.

CART

CART

What can I do to
finish typing my
fiction draft?
What can I expect
for writing
workshop?
*Opening: SSR/SWT
*What will writing
workshop look
like? Project
Review
*Workshop: keep
your fiction
story/review
rubric.
*Create Class
Google Doc
*Sign up for days.
*Closing: what did
you accomplish?
*HW: Fiction drafts
due this week!
Review sessions
Tuesday-Friday!
CART (Social
Studies)

What am I learning
about fiction from
my peers?
*Opening: SSR/SWT
*5 Student Reviews
(10min. discussions)
*Discussion: what did
you notice about the
review process?
*Workshop: Anything
you can revise? Add?
*Closing: I learned
*HW: Post fiction draft
and do reviews.
CART

What am I learning
about fiction from my
peers?
*Opening: SSR/SWT
*6 Student Reviews
(10min. discussions)
*Workshop: Anything you
can revise? Add?
*Closing: I learned
*HW: Post fiction draft and
do reviews.

CART

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13)

13
(WEEK
14)

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11

DUE: No
homework

DUE: 2nd Fiction

Drafts

DUE: no homework

DUE: no homework

Boot Em to the Curb

What can I
conference about
with Mrs. Rutan?

What can Pride and

Prejudice teach me
about fiction?

What can Pride and

Prejudice teach me
about fiction?

DUE: no homework

What will I be
graded on for the
fiction story?
-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Mentor Text:
Hemingway 7
Tips
-Rubric Review
-Workshop:
revisions,
conferencing
-Closing: share a
great line.
-HW: 2nd Fiction
Draft due Tuesday
check ins.

-Opening: SSR/SWT
check 2nd drafts
-Mrs. Rutan
Conference sheet
-Workshop: revisions,
conferencing
-Closing: what did you
add grammar wise?
-HW: no homework

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Names Mentor Text
-Introduce Pride and
Prejudice
-Film Study: Pride and
Prejudice
-Closing: What did you
notice?
-HW: no homework (work
on stories!)

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Film Study: Pride and
Prejudice
-Closing: What did you
notice?
-HW: no homework
(work on stories!)

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16

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18

Due: no homework

DUE: Fiction Final Draft

and Reflection

DUE: no homework

DUE: no homework

What can I book

talk?

How can I book talk?

CART
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Due: Fiction
3rd/4th Drafts.
Pride and
Prejudice
Response.
What kind of
reflections can I
do for my fiction
story?
-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Pride and Prejudice
Closing Discussion
-Reflection Piece:

CART

What else can I do

to finish my fiction
story?
-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Review Rubric
-Workshop: Final
workshop day!
-Closing: I learned,
exit slip
-HW: Fiction Final
Draft due Wednesday
12-16.

What have I been

reading this semester?
What can I recommend
to my peers?
-Opening: Fiction
Reflection and Turn in
-SSR/SWT
-Book Talk Project:
Description, Example,
Structure
-Workshop

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Book Talk Example
#2
-Workshop: Your book
talk
-Conferencing: what
are you creating?
-Closing: pair-shares
-HW: Book Talks Jan. 4th

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What can Pride and

Prejudice teach me
about fiction?
-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Mentor Text:
Zombie and Pride
and Prejudice
-Pride and Prejudice
Response
-Film Study: Pride and
Prejudice
-Closing: What did you
notice?
-HW: Pride and
Prejudice Response due
Monday.

-Opening: SSR/SWT
new reading rates
-Revisit Rubric: what
do you need to work
on?
-Workshop: Teacher
check in, final revisions
-Closing: one
celebration
-HW: Book Talks Jan. 4th

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sample,
expectations.
-Workshop: your
story and reflection
piece
-Closing: pair-share.
-HW: Fiction Final
Draft due
Wednesday 12-16

CART

-Closing: My book
-HW: Book Talks Jan. 4th

CART

CART

CART

CART
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25

CHRISTMAS BREAK

CHRISTMAS BREAK

CHRISTMAS BREAK

CHRISTMAS BREAK

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CHRISTMAS
BREAK
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29

30

31

CHRISTMAS BREAK

CHRISTMAS BREAK

CHRISTMAS BREAK

CHRISTMAS BREAK

CHRISTMAS
BREAK
4

7
DUE: no homework

DUE: Book Talks

DUE: no homework

DUE: no homework

10

What are some

great books to
read?

What are some

great books to
read?

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Book Talks
-Closing: Exit slipI
would read
-HW: no homework

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Finish Book Talks (if
needed)
-WeeblySSR Page
Expectations
-Workshop: Fixing
your SSR Page
-Closing: I created
-HW: work on SSR
page

11

What have I learned

and accomplished from
SSR this semester?

CART

-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Mentor Text: How to
Use ReadingBetter
Writer
-Workshop: Weebly and
SSR page
-Closing: Create another
tip
-HW: SSR Weebly Page due
Monday.
CART

12

13

26

DUE: no homework
What have I learned
and accomplished
from SSR this
semester?
-Opening: SSR/SWT
-Mentor Text: 10
Reading Reasons
-Add a reason/white
board
-Workshop: Weebly
and SSR page.
-Find your old what is
creativity paper.
-Closing: I learned
-HW: SSR Weebly Page
due Monday.
CART
14

What is creativity?
What do I need to do
to finish my SSR
page?
-Opening: SSR/SWT
-What is creativity:
your first
response/revisions
-Workshop: Weebly
add fiction story
-Closing: what is
creativity?
-HW: SSR Weebly Page
due Monday
CART
15

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31

18

1
*Opening: SSR/SWT
*Sample Speech
and structure
*Work Shop: your
speech and final
exam page
*Closing: shares
*HW: Work on
Weeblys

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20

21

22

FOCUS: FINAL INTRO

FOCUS: GREAT WORK

CLASS: 7:45-9:06

EXAM: 7:45-9:15

*Opening: SSR/SWT
*What do you think of
what you created this
semester?
Reflections/WN
*Final Exam
Overview
*Sample Speech
*Workshop/Brainstor
m
*Closing: what is the
final?
*HW: Work on
Weeblys
2
*Opening: SSR/SWT
*What kind of extras
can you add on your
page? Audio
*Workshop: Weebly
*Closing: what did
you do
*HW: Work on Weebly

*Opening: SSR/SWT
*Finest Work
Reflections
*My Weebly: how did I
upload my greatest work?
*Workshop: Your greatest
work
*Closing: what did you
upload?
*HW: Work on Weeblys

FOCUS: WEEBLY SET

UP

FOCUS: CREATIVITY
SPEECH

*Opening: SSR/SWT
*Review Rubric
*Explore student
websiteshow did
they set theirs up?
*Discussion
*Workshop: set-up
your Weebly
*Closing: how would
you score?
*HW: Work on Weeblys
4

*Opening: SSR/SWT
*Creativity Quotes
*Reread, revisit my
speech
*Discussion/Model
*Workshop: set up your
creativity page
*Closing:
*HW: Work on Weeblys

3
*Opening: SSR/SWT
*Rubric Review
*Conference: Teacher
Review
*Workshop: Weebly
*Closing: What did you
revise?
*HW: Presentations
tomorrow!

NO CLASS

5
LAST DAY OF
SCHOOL!
*Opening: Rubric and
Checklist
*Workshop: final
revisions
*Presentations
*Closing: My favorite
part of creative writing
was

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