Finishing Up Your Six Word Memoirs

#engchat #sixwordmemoirs #mbedu- 

It seems we are coming to the end of our work with "6 Word Memoirs", and that means that we need to finish polishing and editing, and publish them for the world to see! Exciting right? Ok, here's what you need to know:

(1) You must have 8 of your "Six Word Memoirs" for publishing.

(2) E-mail each of your finished 8 "Six Word Memoirs" to the class Flickr account:
not48effect@photos.flickr.com

(3) Each of these 8 "Six Word Memoirs" must be posted as separate entry, on your blog by Tuesday, October 1rst.

(4) A "published" photo MUST HAVE a photography credit either on the picture or as a caption underneath the photo. You've take the photo yourself, you must have a photo credit.

(5) Each photo "Six Word Memoir" must have a Writer's Note attached to it. The Writer's Note is your opportunity to explain your process for writing the six words, as wells as how you selected the photo and how it connects to the six words. Each writer's note must be 100 words in length.

Things to write about in your Writer's Note:

(1) How does the image and the words fit together?
(2) What editing techniques did you performed on the photo? Why?
(3) How did you use punctuation to clarify your message?
(4) Discuss your font: color, style, placement. How was it appropriate for the text and image?

See postings below for examples and inspiration:
http://ateenreadersresource.blogspot.ca/2012/03/i-have-run-out-of-ideas-for-creative.html
http://captainxcabbage.blogspot.ca/2012/03/sixwordmemoir3.html
http://crizelyneve.blogspot.ca/2012/02/six-word-memoir-1.html#!/2012/02/six-word-memoir-1.html

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Blog Fieldtrip!

One week ago, I warned you that you'd be getting visitors to your blog . . . At today it's happening!  For today's class you are going to be visiting your classmates blogs, exploring their posts, and contributing meaningful comments to things you find of intereste.  Remember, meaningful comments are meant to extend a conversation (no flirting, or empty cheerleading).  At the end of class, come back here to Cre8tive Havoc, and leave a comment on this post, discussing which blogs you visited, and what your comments. reactions were!


Here's a list of your classmates blogs, now off you go:

 

http://jeremywoodscw.blogspot.ca/

 http://ashlynerickson.blogspot.ca

 http://emilypedreira.blogspot.ca

 http://daniellerobak.blogspot.ca/

 http://creativewritingkendra.blogspot.ca

 http://katherinegursky.blogspot.ca/

 http://kelliejefferycw.blogspot.ca

 http://aslimon.blogspot.ca/

 http://twichenko.blogspot.ca/

 http://tailasoltys.blogspot.ca

 http://rebeccascreativewriting.blogspot.ca

 http://wrestle-talk.blogspot.ca/

 http://numberyourblessings.blogspot.ca/

 Http://jaredcw.blogspot.com/

 http://robertstephenson002.blogspot.com

 http://steffannuytten.blogspot.ca

 http://madelainelapointe.blogspot.ca/

 http://paigescwblog.blogspot.ca/

 http://michelle-zhou.blogspot.ca/

 http://lollibrary.blogspot.ca/

 http://erinscwblog.blogspot.ca/

 http://colbycw.blogspot.ca/

 http://brempel.blogspot.ca/

 Http://cre8tivecaitlin.blogspot.ca/

 http://shelbyscwblog.blogspot.ca/

 http://donovanross10.blogspot.ca/

 http://caseyscwblog.blogspot.ca/

 http://k3nnycr3ativewriting.blogspot.ca/

 http://cashmoneyash.blogspot.ca/

 http://selenaelyse.blogspot.ca/

http://caseygrade12blog.blogspot.ca/

 http://emilyroseneufeld.blogspot.ca/

 http://jchua22.blogspot.ca/

http://cinderellla1.blogspot.ca/

 http://maddieswidnicki.blogspot.ca/

 http://alishajoanne.blogspot.ca/

 Http://ameliamack.blogspot.com

 http://sierrascreativemind.blogspot.ca/

 http://colinsenglishblog1.blogspot.ca/

 http://me-with-you--for-honour.blogspot.ca/

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A New Layer to Storytelling

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Photo Editing!

Try using the app Quipio

or

http://www.picmonkey.com

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Weekly Reading Assignment #3

This week, I would like you to share the text connections you found while reading during Friday's class.  Use the headings down below to share two text connections that you found.  This week we are not using "Twitter" format, and as such you should be explaining your connections in a paragraph length response. 

Once you have posted your 2 text connections, you can spend the remainder of class time working on your blog for my first visit on Wednesday.

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This Week's Reading Strategy- Text Connections

#engchat #readingstrategies

 

Research shows that effective readers all possess similar characteristics of “reading greatness”. Two such characteristics are:

They activate their background--they reflect on what they know before reading and  . . .

They connect that knowledge to the during and after stages of their reading experience. Below are three different types of connections:

 

Text to Self                              (t-s)
Connect your own experiences to something that has happened in the text.
“This reminds me of when I . . .”

Text to Text Connection                     (t-t)
Connect this text to other texts such as other novels, poems, short stories, and magazine articles.
“This is different/the same as another book I read. . .”

Text to World Connection                  (t-w)
Connect events or issues that have taken place in the world to what you are reading.

While reading, use post it notes to record the various types of text connections you experience.

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First Writing Project: Six Word Memoirs

#mbedu #engchat #sixwordmemoirs

The first writing style we will be focussing on is a microform called six word memoirs. For those of you who haven't heard of this writing phenomenon, here's a short video to explain:

http://youtu.be/mBnP0DoGjRI

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjymZhgf

 

Your writing assignment:

-Write 8 different six word memoirs. One for each of the eight categories: love, hate, growing up, my past, my future, me, family, and confession.

- Select your best SIX and create visuals (photos, drawings/doodles, collages) to accompany them.

- All visuals accompanying your Six Word Memoirs must by originals, created by you.

Due Date: TBA

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Personal Additions

Your blog should be an extension of you and reflect your personality in a professional manner. The best way to accomplish is through personal additions!

Personal additions are your chance to include items you find inspiring, interesting, and/or worth commenting on into your blog and WRN. Items that could be considered personal additions include (but are not limited to):

·Poems/Song Lyrics

·A list of confession

·A list of inspirational quotes

·“I know for sure that . . .”

·A sketch of a character/scene from your novel

·Consider “big questions”

·To you, what is love?

·What would be your priority if you wanted to repair the world.

·What would you like to never end?

·Write a letter to your future self.

·Rant

·Comment on an interesting article in the newspaper, or a magazine.

·React to a piece of art/music. ..

·Post- movie reflection

TWO NOTES OF CAUTION!

(1) Give credit where credit is due! Always credit the creator and/or original source of the item. If it is an item you found on the Internet, always add the URL of the original source, and give the name of the person who created/wrote the item. If you wrote/created it, then give yourself props! Remember, claiming someone else's work as your own is considered plagiarism!

URL Shortener:

http://goo.gl/

(2)Cut, paste and think.Don’t leave your addition on its own; add your own commentary to the item. If you just cut and paste, the item seems random and unconnected to your blog as a whole.



http://mrg.bz/nQ9FXP

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Reading Tweet #2

#engchat #mbedu #readingtweet

This week's Reading Tweet is slightly different from last week.  Once again you will be composing 5 tweets about your reading on Friday, but this week you must include at least three of the following hashtags in your tweets, in a meaningful way:

#dystopian
#bigidea
#favquote
#johngreen
#writingstyle
#conflict
#foreshadowing
#timetravel
#scifi
#romance
#title
#lifelesson
#bookormovie


Your first tweet should once again introduce your book and current page of reading:

Where'd U Go Bernadette (123) My #favquote so far "Hello, can I help you with something?  If not please step aside because I'm going to kick the **** out of life" (100)

And your subsequent quotes will include questions, comments, and/or predictions, as well as content related to the above mentioned hashtags:

!- Love how the above quote shows the chutzpah Bernadette used to have. Clearly something has changed. But what? #prediction

"If you don't create, Bernadette, you will become a menace to society" She already is! I think this is one reason for her lost chutzpah. #comment #bigidea

This book is written like a puzzle, Bee is collecting the e-mails, paperwork and personal accounts that document her mother's breakdown #writingstyle

Bernadette has outsourced a PA from India.  I think the PA becomes and important part of the plot, b/c she has access to lots of B's personal info #foreshadowing

Don't forget to post your tweets in the comment section of this post! All tweets should be posted by tomorrow.  You will also need to check back by mid week to add your replies to your classmates posts.

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Reading Tweet Rubric

#engchat #mbedu #rubric

Great job posting your Reading "Tweets" last week!  It was nice to see all the conversations about books and reading that resulted from your posts and replies.  See below for a rubric that clarifies the assessment of your Reading Tweets from last week:

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Share Your Blog Address

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Digital Footprint

Although this is a Creative Writing class, sometimes I think of it as a Creative Ways of Writing class. It is with that in mind that I introduce Sunni Brown and her passion for doodling.

In today's class what we are going to think and doodle about is the concept of our digital footprint. According to Wikipedia a digital footprint is;

• A trail left by an entity's interactions in a digital environment; including their usage of TV, mobile phone, Internet and world wide web, mobile web and other devices and sensors. Digital footprints provide data on what an entity has performed in the digital environment; and are valuable in assisting behavioural targeting, personalisation, targeted marketing, digital reputation, and other social media or social graphing services.
• In social media, a digital footprint is the size of an individuals online presence; as it relates to the number of individuals they interact with.
• A collection of activities and behaviours recorded when an entity (such as a person) interacts in a digital environment. It may include the recording of activities such as system login and logouts, visits to a web-page, accessed or created files, or emails and chat messages. The digital footprint allows interested parties to access this data; possibly for data mining, or profiling purposes.

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Reading "Tweets"

#engchat #readingtweets #educhat 

Reading Reflection:

Today, you will using the format of Twitter to compose "Tweets" about the post it notes you took while reading on Friday. Your reading tweets will contain 140 characters or less - ncluding spaces and punctuation. In total you will create 5 "tweets:

- An intro tweet that gives the title of the book, the page that you are currently on, and your initial reaction to the book:

The Girl i/t Steel Corset (203) my 1rst steampunk book. I enjoy the dark mystery- great change from the Dystopian fic I've been reading #intro

-Your second tweet will discuss a question (?) you had while reading:

?- Is Finley Jayne the only character with superpowers? My guess= no, there will be a group of character to soon be introduced #question

 -Your third tweet will discuss a comment you had while reading:

Favourite quote so far " ___________________" (pg 123) #comment

-Your fourth tweet will discuss a prediction (!) your had while reading:

!- This is definitely going to be part of series/trilogy. Too many characters, to much conflict going on to all be resolved in 1 book. #prediction

-Your last tweet will ask an open-ended, discussion question for your classmates.

Anybody else read any steampunk? Or tired of dystopian fiction? The Hunger Games was great, but I'm tired of all the copycat books. #discuss


You will be composing these tweets on paper today in class, and tonight you will post them in the comments section of this post. You will need to post all five of your tweets, but you should also read and respond to what your classmates post.

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Questions, Comments, Predictions- Reading Strategy

#metacognition #engchat #readingstrategies

During Friday's free reading class, I introduced you to a reading strategy that would help keep you "reading actively" during the period.  Your job was to use post-it notes to keep track of the following:

 

Questions (?)

·      While you are reading you may find yourself asking questions.  These questions might be about plot or character or any other element in the novel.

Comments

·      As a reader you respond to what you are reading. These comments and opinions are important and need to be recorded on Post-it notes.

 Predictions (!)

·      The author will often leave clues that allow you as a reader to create predictions about the plot, and characters.

 

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Welcome Cre8tive Writing Students of 2013-14!

Hello and welcome to Cre8tive Havoc, the "mother blog" for our class's adventure into blogging! This will be a common space for all students taking Creative Writing this year, so don't be suprised if you see some new names and faces here. This mother blog will be a place where various assignments and resources will be posted. My hope is that you will be checking is here on a regular basis while also maintaining your own blog, and visiting the blogs of your fellow classmates.

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