Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLydvk5QqmR3h7c4MtMUC1pXjU6NlVMUr1
Animoto:
http://animoto.com/play/jFe5PVsLKX1DVU44tGcJ3Q
http://animoto.com/play/48kWO09QeoO2QXsea8K1UQ
http://animoto.com/play/LP0DESKOvB1vN5yTgSd03...
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Virtual Book Chat
Use this link to share the questions, comments, predictions and text connections you have while reading "The Buried Life".
https://todaysmeet.com/cre8t...
Monday, 26 May 2014
Social Fiction "Hand In"
At long last it is here- today is the day your Social Fiction Project is due! You will be publishing your SF project in two places- on your blog, and here in the comments section. Use the comments section below to post the link to your blog where you've posted your Social Fiction. See my comment below for an example of how to post your lin...
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Creating Dialogue
#engchat
Remember those visual writing prompts I had you find last week? Today we are going to be using them to create a dialogue. Your purpose for this dialogue is to highlight character/personality of the people in the visual.
Things to note:
· There must be at least two people participating in this dialogue.
· Each person must speak at least five times.
· Descriptive tags should be utilized to describe...
Formatting Dialogue
Formatting Dialogue- Using Quotation Marks
Punctuation is always inside the
quotation marks
“ ,”
“ .”
Never use
two periods in...
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Field Trip!
The best way to learn about how to write dialogue effectively, is to go out and observe dialogue in it's natural habitat! Your mission is to go out into the school and eavesdrop in on a conversation. Listen to the conversation for about 10 minutes, record the content and your observations. Make your notes as specific as possible as we will be debriefing as a class upon your return.
Happy Creeping!
Discuss the dialogue that you overhead:
1. Talk about the process of eavesdropping:
...
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
May 13- Solitary Confinement
(1) What did you do/write/create today?
(2) What did you learn (About yourself, your story, your writing, et...
Monday, 12 May 2014
May 12- Solitary Confinement
(1) What did you do/write/create today?
(2) What did you learn (About yourself, your story, your writing, et...
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Solitary Confinement
For today's class you will be working on your writing project. If you have selected to do Newspaper Blackout Poetry, you should be "shopping for images" to help you create your trio of poems. If you have selected to do Social Fiction, then you should be looking for a story seed (consider your story molecules, or the IO9 visual prompts we explored in class yesterday). at the end of class you will be coming back to the room...
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Choose Your Own Project Adventure: Option B- Social Fiction
Social Fiction is a form of writing that combines a traditional short story with the modern narrative of Social Media. You will be creating a Social Fiction story. You may work alone, or with a partner.
Fiction
- Short story based on a visual prompt
- 500-1000 words in length (feel free to exceed this word count)
- Includes examples of: imagery, dialogue, and non-verbal body language, “so what” and any other writing techniques discussed in class.
Social
- You will create an actual social media profile for plot- or character(s)...
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Choose Your Own Project Adventure: Option A- Newspaper Blackout Poetry
#newspaperblackoutpoetry #austinkleon #engchat #mbedu
Our next writing project involves "Creativity through Subtraction"
Here's two videos to give some background:
A sample of Austin Kleon's Blackout Poetry:
Creative Writing 101- By Austin Kleon
http://www.austinkleon.com/
Some links to explore:
http://www.austinkleon.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deathtogutenberg/sets/72157594575556771/
So here we go!
You are...
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