Creative Writing—4th 6 WEEKS ASSIGNMENTS AND DUE DATES

JAN. 9 Thurs. 10 Fri.

-Devotion project assigned (several grades -Satire Day
attached) -“Ninth Graders Like” piece due [daily grade]
-Mentor Text: “Ninth Graders Like,” by -Devotion proposal due [quiz grade]
Andrew Simmons -Liberator article assigned
-“Ninth Graders Like” writing assignment
14 Tues. 16 Thurs.
-Devotion reading time and journal entry -Devotion reading (no journal entry today)
-Liberator article due [daily grade] -Mini-lesson: Story Structure
-Mini-Lesson: Freedom within Form -Journal entry: map out movie structure
-Drabble writing
20 No School-MLK Day 21 Tues. 23 Thurs.
-Devotion reading and journal entry -Watch and discuss Kubo and the Two Strings
-Mini-Lesson: Structure and Tension: Watch -Devotion reading if time (no journal entry today)
Kubo and the Two Strings
-Journal entry: Map Kubo’s Structure
28 Tues. 30 Thurs. LATE START 31 Fri.
-All Devotion Day! -Devotion Journal log due @ beginning -Watch and discuss Moana
-Devotion journal entry of class [MAJOR GRADE] (do not put -Journal Entry cont’d: Map Moana’s structure
-Journal check [quiz grade] this on turnitin.com
-Structure and Tension cont’d: Watch Moana
-Journal Entry: Map Moana’s structure
FEB. 4 Tues. 6 Thurs.
-Work Day: Devotion Creative Piece -Devotion Creative Piece due [MAJOR
GRADE]—BRING FIVE COPIES
-Devotion Reading Log due [daily grade]
11 Tues. 13 Thurs.
-Mini-Lesson: Conflict -Mini-Lesson: “Conflict” in genres other
-Journal Prompt: Levels of conflict in than fiction
family -Journal Prompt: Poem or Personal Essay
-Mentor Text: “Speech Sounds,” by -Polished Piece assigned (major grade for
Octavia Butler next 6 weeks)
-Various Mentor Texts
18 Tues.
Prompt: Poem or Personal Essay
(whichever you didn’t write last class)
-Journal check for NEXT 6 weeks [quiz
grade]
25 Tues.
-Mini-Lesson: Show, Don’t Tell Revisited:
Crafting and Winnowing
-Time to work on Polished Piece
Various unscheduled Participation Checks will also count as daily grades (see our syllabus for details).
20 Thurs.
-Mini-Lesson: Character creation revisited
-Journal Entry: Character Backstory for
Portraits
27 Thurs. 28 Fri. LAST DAY OF 4th SIX WEEKS
-Polished Piece due [MAJOR GRADE -All make-up work due in printed copy and on
FOR NEXT 6 WEEKS] turnitin.com by 3:50 p.m.
-Journal Prompt: Pre-writing for large -NaNoWriMo assigned (various due dates)
project -Journal Prompt: NaNoWriMo prewriting