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Creative Writing

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Freewrite or respond (5 sentences)

Freewrite or respond (5 sentences)

Imagine someone dancing. How are they dancing? To what music? Who’s dancing and why are they tapping those toes?

Housekeeping

  • Quiz on Friday over personal narrative, metaphor, simile, and personification (reviewing today).
  • Finish today's exit slip by tomorrow.

Daily goals

  • Students will be able to read and identify quality writing from expert writers.
  • Students will be able to examine their own prejudices and evaluate the importance of a story.

Review

  • Personal Narrative
  • Metaphor
  • Simile
  • Personification

Sherman Alexie, 1966-present

  • Indigenous American writer and filmmaker.
  • Grew up in Seattle, Washington on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
  • Had familial troubles: father was an alcoholic, mother struggled to support them.
  • Left the reservation high school, to attend a school in town.

While reading . . .

  • Mark text for the signs of a good story (setting, characters, structure, conflict, metaphor, similie, personification, theme, tone)
  • Fill out graphic organizer in your packet

Notebook Exercise

  • Put the date and the words "Identity Brainstorm" on the top of a page in your notebook.
  • What identities have we looked at so far?
  • Timed exercise.
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