Create a Children's Story, either in Google Docs or Google Slides, of at least 7 pages that uses your skills for short story and poetry.
Rubric?- the final project must exhibit your imaginative energy as well as your planning of the Children's Story that you have been working on already. This project will receive more points if it has a visual embedded into each page that mirrors the content/text on the page.
This work should resemble a Children's story's complexity, like the ones we have researched thus far.
DUE DATE: May 15th (Regardless of Absence) This must be shared with me on Google by the end of the class period on May 15. After that time, it is late and will have points deducted.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Friday, May 8, 2015
Writing Children's Lit!!!!!
A. Journal- For 10 silent minutes, brainstorm and write about what you would create if you were paid to write a children's story. DO NOT share this with me, but write it into your documents (Google).
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B. Blog Activity- Now that you have explored some Children's Literature, it should be clear that deeper things are embedded in the meaning of the work.
So, it is time to take the next step in creating a work such as this- a children's story.
There are a number of different ways to begin. Whichever way you choose, share what you complete this period in the last Google document that you created for your children's lit research- clearly label and date today's work, as it will be graded.
Here are the possible beginnings of your idea(s)/ creative work:
1. Decide on what underlying theme your story will discuss through the subtle use of a story.
2. Create a cartoon character or characters, through written description of course, and a setting (environment) that children will respond to.
After you have completed one or both of the approaches above, create a plot plan in the format of a list, so that you are able to begin writing the story from beginning to end.
Remember, share anything and everything you create.
Have fun!
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B. Blog Activity- Now that you have explored some Children's Literature, it should be clear that deeper things are embedded in the meaning of the work.
So, it is time to take the next step in creating a work such as this- a children's story.
There are a number of different ways to begin. Whichever way you choose, share what you complete this period in the last Google document that you created for your children's lit research- clearly label and date today's work, as it will be graded.
Here are the possible beginnings of your idea(s)/ creative work:
1. Decide on what underlying theme your story will discuss through the subtle use of a story.
2. Create a cartoon character or characters, through written description of course, and a setting (environment) that children will respond to.
After you have completed one or both of the approaches above, create a plot plan in the format of a list, so that you are able to begin writing the story from beginning to end.
Remember, share anything and everything you create.
Have fun!
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Children's Literature
Ultimately, we will write our own children's story!!!
Project Explanation:
Our first step, however, is to analyze some "classics" of Childrens' Literature. The meaning of the story goes much deeper than what simply happens in the story itself. Childrens' stories are intended to explain deeper and more mature ideas in a simple way- through a story with characters and an environment children are likely to respond to.
Instructions:
From the list of children's books below, choose two to research on the internet. After you have found the information, write your findings into a Google document that you will share with me by the end of this period that will be graded. Of the two books, you should complete the steps below for at least one book, by the end of this period. Ultimately, you will research two of the titles below.
For each of the books you research, include the following information:
1. a plot summary of the story- in your own words, not copied and pasted from a website or other electronic media.
2. an analysis of the story; what interpretations have other people come up with- what does the text really mean?
3. explain at least one of the characters in the story; what do they look like and what is their personality?
4. include work cited information on all of the internet sources you use.
List of Texts:
Where the Wild Things Are
The Legend of the Lorax or any other Dr. Seuss
The Giving Tree
Love You Forever
This information should be written into a new Google document titled Children's lit.
Project Explanation:
Our first step, however, is to analyze some "classics" of Childrens' Literature. The meaning of the story goes much deeper than what simply happens in the story itself. Childrens' stories are intended to explain deeper and more mature ideas in a simple way- through a story with characters and an environment children are likely to respond to.
Instructions:
From the list of children's books below, choose two to research on the internet. After you have found the information, write your findings into a Google document that you will share with me by the end of this period that will be graded. Of the two books, you should complete the steps below for at least one book, by the end of this period. Ultimately, you will research two of the titles below.
For each of the books you research, include the following information:
1. a plot summary of the story- in your own words, not copied and pasted from a website or other electronic media.
2. an analysis of the story; what interpretations have other people come up with- what does the text really mean?
3. explain at least one of the characters in the story; what do they look like and what is their personality?
4. include work cited information on all of the internet sources you use.
List of Texts:
Where the Wild Things Are
The Legend of the Lorax or any other Dr. Seuss
The Giving Tree
Love You Forever
This information should be written into a new Google document titled Children's lit.
Friday, April 17, 2015
April 17
After you have completed your last document on Poetry and shared it with me, follow these directions:
Task- write a play in a setting (historical time and place) besides our own, with at least 3 different characters, a strong sense of the setting, an identifiable conflict and at least 3 events that take place during the play. The length of the play must be at least 7 double spaced pages in a 12 point font- it must be typed.
I encourage you to work in pairs on this project.
Step 1- Research the Setting: decide the when and where in the context of history. Then, answer the following questions about that time and place. You will be able to find most of this information on the internet.
What did the people of this time and place wear?
How did they travel?
What is their language like?
What events happened during their time? List at least 3.
What kind of music and literature was popular during this time and place?
What did the average person during this time and place believe in, philosophically and/or religiously?
TURN IN THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS (above and below) TO ME FOR A GRADE- share it in a document. Be sure to include your name in the title of your document.
Step 2 - Plot Outline and Characters (Cast): decide what will happen and what the characters are "like".
1. List the characters, including their names, their personality qualities and their background.
2. Create a diagram of the events that take place during the play- decide on how the play begins, ends and what happens in between. Include this in your Google Doc.
Task- write a play in a setting (historical time and place) besides our own, with at least 3 different characters, a strong sense of the setting, an identifiable conflict and at least 3 events that take place during the play. The length of the play must be at least 7 double spaced pages in a 12 point font- it must be typed.
I encourage you to work in pairs on this project.
Step 1- Research the Setting: decide the when and where in the context of history. Then, answer the following questions about that time and place. You will be able to find most of this information on the internet.
What did the people of this time and place wear?
How did they travel?
What is their language like?
What events happened during their time? List at least 3.
What kind of music and literature was popular during this time and place?
What did the average person during this time and place believe in, philosophically and/or religiously?
TURN IN THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS (above and below) TO ME FOR A GRADE- share it in a document. Be sure to include your name in the title of your document.
Step 2 - Plot Outline and Characters (Cast): decide what will happen and what the characters are "like".
1. List the characters, including their names, their personality qualities and their background.
2. Create a diagram of the events that take place during the play- decide on how the play begins, ends and what happens in between. Include this in your Google Doc.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
April 16
Finish the Poetry Google doc from April 14 and share it with me- it was due yesterday, April 15.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Poetry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Poetic Techniques and Forms
Playing with Poetic Patterns:
Complete each of theses activities below. After you have completed these, take a look at the work you have done. Choose and revise at least two poems to be graded. Share your response to these activities in a Google doc to me, by the end of the period.
Imagery- Construct a five line poem, consisting of at least three different types of sensory details(ie- sight, sound, touch, smell, taste) from a moment from your experience, in the space below.
Simile
Select a simile that is an appropriate comparison for any type of emotion and continue to define that emotion in a five line poem below.
Extended Metaphor/ Metaphor
Take the abstract idea of Nature or Spirituality and construct an apt metaphor for the idea. Be sure that this metaphor makes use of the principle of comparison in such a way that defines the abstract idea specifically.
Personification
Create a monster for any emotion of your choosing. Explain what it looks like, how it moves, what it sounds like, smells etc. Be sure that this emotion is described and depicted fully. You may use any form you choose.
Literary Form- Cinquain
Construct a Cinquain about any subject of your choosing. Apply the form:
1. Title noun
2. Description of the noun
3. Action
4. Feeling or effect
5. Synonym of the initial noun
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