Friday, July 17, 2015

Prewriting Exercises


Prewriting Techniques:
Video about gather ideas --  take notes -- what she says/my responses

Six Traits:  IDEAS

Creative Writing --

1) freewriting

2) focused freewriting

3) brainstorming

4) clustering

5) questioning
Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?

6) keeping a journal

7) observing
        watching
        listening

8) reading with a focus =
preview, skim, take notes

9) listening with a focus =
seek background info, create list of info needed, take notes

10) imagining

11) gathering
quotes, ideas, etc.









Prewriting Techniques:

1) freewriting       

2) focused freewriting     friendship, highway, child
3) brainstorming             a place I enjoy  or a place I don’t like

4) clustering                   heroes, movies, holidays, dreams

Spidering -- plot -- problem   -- lost, jungle 
                                                  --  

5) questioning                  sports,   -- focus on one sport but let yourself expand
Who?                                     players -- baseball, basketball, soccer, etc.  fans 
What?                                    excitement, stadium on day of game, tailgate parties, foods, TV, uniforms,                                    
 Where?                                     stadiums, school playing fields, back lots,
When?                                    times to practice, time to watch, time to arrive for game, game over
 Why?                                     social, emotional, physical outlet
How?                                             getting to play, getting to see the games

       What do I know?  What would I like to know?  Where can I get more information?  What would I like to focus on?  What is my point of view?  Who is my audience?     -- drug addiction


6) keeping a journal     self, assigned    goals, dreams, steps,    problems    analyze self, situation, describe people,  If I could. . . then. . . ,   secrets,    people you admire or are supposed to admire    places to visit    considering things you’ve learned    news     facts   (the average young American witnesses 18,000 TV murders before he or she graduates from high school)

Hunter in So Yesterday  (discuss)

7) observing


8) reading with a focus =
preview, skim, take notes

9) listening with a focus =  (interview a classmate)
seek background info, create list of info needed, take notes
interviewing --  questions 
Practice: Your favorite place to be -- where would you go? A specific place you know. (take notes on where, why, description
What's unique about you?

If you had $5, $100, a million?