Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Friday, July 17, 2015
Revision
Notice: We don't make you write in cement! You can change what you write to make
it even better!
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?
Tritina Example
Tritina
Example
Early
Evening Tritina
Stanza 1
The
sun was low in the sky. We were going to watch for deer. (1)
It
would be dark soon. (2)
We
had only a little time, but I was with you.
(3)
Stanza 2
I
climbed the ladder of your tree stand and glanced down at the pond. You (3)
followed
and said, "We might not see a deer."
(1)
I
nodded. "But if we're going
to, it will be soon. (2)
Stanza 3
Your
words were magic. Soon
(2)
was
an understatement. I gazed down at
the clover-covered field. So did you. (3)
As
if on due, out of the woods stepped two majestic deer. (1)
Envoy
They
ate and left, too soon. (2) That evening, you (3) gave me a miracle in the shape of
the deer. (1)
Sportsmanship Quotes
Sportsmanship Quotes
It's not about winning or losing. It's about playing your best.
-- submitted by Jacinta Crook
One man practicing sportsmanship is better than a hundred teaching it.
- Knute Rockne
Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
-- John Wooden
Sports should always be fun.
-- Charles Mann
Self-Discipline -- Quotes
Elie Wiesel: Quotes on Self Discipline
Ultimately, the only power to which
man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself.
Jim Rohn: Quotes on Self Discipline
Unless you change how you are, you
will always have what you've got.
Jesse Owens: Quotes on Self Discipline
We all have dreams. But in order to
make dreams into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication,
self-discipline, and effort.
Jim Rohn: Quotes on Self Discipline
We can have more than we've got
because we can become more than we are.
Jim Rohn: Quotes on Self Discipline
We must all suffer one of two things:
the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Disciplining yourself to do what you
know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride,
self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. Brian
Tracy American
Trainer, Speaker, Author, Businessman
If you do not conquer self, you will
be conquered by self.
Napoleon
Hill 1883-1970,
American Speaker, Motivational Writer, ''Think and Grow Rich''
The first and the best victory is to conquer self.
Plato BC
427?-347?, Greek Philosopher
Self-respect is the root of
DISCIPLINE; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Abraham
J. Heschel 1907-1972,
Polish educator, Author
The greatest blessing of our democracy
is freedom. But in the last analysis,
our only freedom is the freedom to DISCIPLINE ourselves.
Bernard M. Baruch 1870-1965,
American Financier
One of the great lessons I've learned
in athletics is that you've got to DISCIPLINE your life. No matter how good you
may be, you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep
you from going to the top.
Bob
Richards American
Olympic Pole Vaulting Champion
The only DISCIPLINE that lasts is self DISCIPLINE.
O.A. "Bum" Phillips American
Football Coach
Seek freedom and become captive of
your desires. Seek DISCIPLINE and find your liberty. Frank Herbert 1920-1986,
American Writer
By constant self-DISCIPLINE and
self-control you can develop greatness of character.
Grenville Kleiser 1868-1953,
American Author
What we do upon some great occasion
will probably depend on what we already are. What we are will be the result of
previous years of self-DISCIPLINE.
Henry
Parry Liddon 1829-1890,
British Theologian
He who lives without DISCIPLINE dies
without honour.
Icelandic
Proverb Sayings
of Icelandic Origin
For every DISCIPLINEd effort there is
a multiple reward.
Jim
Rohn American
Businessman, Author, Speaker, Philosopher
The DISCIPLINE of desire is the
background of character.
John
Locke 1632-1704,
British Philosopher
Some people regard DISCIPLINE as a
chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
Julie
Andrews 1935-,
British Singer, Actress
Without DISCIPLINE, there is no life
at all.
Katharine
Hepburn 1907-,
American Actress, Writer
The DISCIPLINE of writing something
down is the first step toward making it happen.
Lee
Iacocca 1924-,
American Businessman, Former CEO of Chrysler
Self-DISCIPLINEd begins with the
mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't
control what you do. Simply, self-DISCIPLINE enables you to think first and act
afterward.
Napoleon
Hill 1883-1970,
American Speaker, Motivational Writer, ''Think and Grow Rich''
DISCIPLINE is the refining fire by
which talent becomes ability.
Roy
L. Smith American
Clergyman
Self discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something
and you don't talk back. W.
K. Hope
If we do not DISCIPLINE ourselves the
world will do it for us.
William
Feather 1888-18,
American Writer, Businessman
Conflict
Conflict -- What are the types of conflict we talk about in literature?
This teacher provides a great discussion of the importance of conflict, and of the difference between internal and external conflict:http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/conflict.html
See if you can answer the questions in the quiz, but you don't need to send her your score!
The main types of conflict that we study could include
man vs. man Literary example: The Outsiders
man vs. nature Literary example: Hatchet
man vs. society Literary example: Among the Hidden
man vs. the unknown (or the supernatural) Literary Example:Dracula, Frankenstein, War of the Worlds. The Odyssey
man vs. technology Literary example: parts of 2001: A Space Odyssey
man vs. himself Literary example: Words By Heart (deciding whether to forgive)
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