3 March, 2017.
- Look at the student sample of a Belonging Creative Writing piece;
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- As we annotate the piece together, revise the different techniques learnt in the Yr 10 Writing Workshop Unit
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Personification
- Imagery
- Sensory Description
- Precise Verbs
- Show, Not Tell
- Motif and Extended Metaphors
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Sentence Length
- Sentence Starters
- Opening and Endings
- Narrative Techniques
- How has the student used the concept of Belonging in a subtle way??
- Brainstorm your own ideas of how you could develop your own story;
- Keep in mind the rubric;
- Perceptions and ideas of belonging, or of not belonging, vary.
- These perceptions are shaped within personal, cultural, historical and social contexts.
- A sense of belonging can emerge from the connections made with people, places, groups, communities and the larger world.
- Consider aspects of belonging in terms of experiences and notions of identity, relationships, acceptance and understanding.
- Belonging may enrich or challenge a community or group.
- May reflect the way attitudes to belonging are modified over time.
- May also represent choices not to belong, or barriers which prevent belonging.
- Keep in mind the rubric;
- You own piece needs to demonstrate a high level of sophistication and awareness of a HSC marker audience.
- Look at The A List document to see what the HSC markers say what is not appropriate;
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6 March, 2017.
- Choose one of the images or quotes below as inspiration for your piece of imaginative writing.
- Your imaginative writing must be 800-1000 words long.
- Place a note on your writing to identify your stimulus.
- Spend 10 minutes brainstorm ideas for your chosen image
- Once the time is up, speak to your group about your ideas. Which one do they like best? How do they think you could develop it further? Write down their ideas and contribute ideas to your other group members.
- Remember to use the rubric terminology from Friday's lesson.
- For H.W. plan how you might structure your narrative; Orientation? Complication? Resolution?
7 March, 2017.
1. Planning your story using the Narrative Story Graph;
2. 'Sizzling Starts' -
A story has about 60 seconds to grab the reader and make them want to keep turning the pages. So your story has to start with action.
Yet why does so much writing start at the beginning of the day - when nothing really happens?
This is how a girl began her story about an exciting disco competition.
Before:
The writer now has the problem of how to get through the slow morning, the long lunch and the boring afternoon - until at last the disco begins.
See how her next draft jumps right into the action at the disco. We call this the 'Moment of Change'.
After:
Talk to your group about the difference in stories before sharing with the class.
3. Activity: Writing Sizzling Starts from a stimulus
A story has about 60 seconds to grab the reader and make them want to keep turning the pages. So your story has to start with action.
Yet why does so much writing start at the beginning of the day - when nothing really happens?
This is how a girl began her story about an exciting disco competition.
Before:
- I woke up that morning really nervous. Today was the day of the big disco competition. Sam and I had been practising for months. This year we would do it. We would beat that Penelope and her partner once and for all. I leapt out of bed...
The writer now has the problem of how to get through the slow morning, the long lunch and the boring afternoon - until at last the disco begins.
See how her next draft jumps right into the action at the disco. We call this the 'Moment of Change'.
After:
- I opened the door to the disco and the music hit me like a blast. Lights flashed, people moved in a swirl of colour and it was suddenly hard to breathe. Nerves, I guess. It was the big dance competition tonight. Sam and I had been practising for months. This year we would do it. We would win. We must!
Talk to your group about the difference in stories before sharing with the class.
3. Activity: Writing Sizzling Starts from a stimulus
- Five Minute Fast Starts (Page 6-7 of workbook)
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4. Playing with sentence structure.
- Number activity - Write out 9 numbers from 1-9 in any order
- Ie; 8, 3, 9, 2, 1, 7, 4 , 6, 5
- These numbers will be how many words you have in each sentence of your opening paragraph.
- Using your image, begin with a 'sizzling start' and use the number activity to create a potential opening paragraph of your Creative Writing Assessment.
- Have a look at my example below;
- Why is sentence structure and length important?? Discuss.
- Can you find the following techniques and annotate them on your paper copy?
- Oxymoron
- Simile
- Tactile Imagery
- Adjectives
- Verbs
- Alliterative language
- Rhetorical question
- Any of your own?
* FINISH YOUR PARAGRAPH FOR HOMEWORK - you will be sharing these with the class on Thursday. Don't forget to use the number activity to create your SIZZLING start paragraph.
9 March, 2017.
1. Tightening Tension.
- Workbook activity: Six Senses of Tension Scenes (Pages 11-14)
- Workbook activity: Six Senses of Tension Scenes (Pages 11-14)
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2. W Chart for your own Creative Writing piece - sensory imagery
- Using a W Chart will help you Write Well!
- Copy the W Chart below into your books.
- Fill out the things you see, hear, taste, smell and touch within your piece. You should only have one setting as your story is only 800-1000 words. If you change the setting, you won't be using the creative language needed for sophisticated pieces.
10 March, 2017.
Double Period
1. Harness the Power of Show, Don’t Tell.
1. Harness the Power of Show, Don’t Tell.
- Telling is quick, but ultimately unconvincing. Showing, on the other hand, is much more powerful.
- Watch the clip below about how your choice of words can increase the power of your message;
There are so many different ways Show, Don’t Tell works. It is one of the strongest techniques in writing. Here are just a few:
Metaphors - In Harry Potter, JK Rowling often compares one thing to another. For instance, Petunia Dursley is compared to a crane throughout the books, strong and fierce but also graceful.
- ‘Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbours.’
Similes - Some of the most common are:
- cute as a kitten
- as busy as a bee
- as cold as ice.
Anecdotes - ‘Walk a mile in my shoes’ is a memorable literacy technique used by authors. TELL us 10,000 people are sleeping on the streets and we blank out, we can’t cope. Yet SHOW us one child alone and hungry, or one dolphin starving to death with a plastic bag wrapped around their mouth, and we see the picture immediately. Think about how this is used to great effect in advertisements;
2. Workbook Activity: Actions Speak Louder Than Words (Pages 5-8)
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- Page 7 asks you to 'people watch' - have a look at the clip below to help with stimulus for a character within your story.
- What body language do you see? What do you think it reveals about the person?
3. Thinking of your Assessment Creative Writing piece, have a look at the link below to help you start planning the following ideas in your book;
- Ideas about Belonging?
- Characters?
- Conflict?
- Setting?
4. Using the Narrative Graph, create your own timeline of events for your Assessment Creative Writing piece.
5. Once you have a clear plan/structure... you may use the rest of the time to begin your Creative Writing piece.
Remember;
- You must incorporate the rubric
- You must use one of the stimulus images given to you
- Use all of the information given to you already (sizzling starts, show, don't tell, imagery etc)
- To have a title
- 800 - 1000 words
- Re-read your work as you go along. It's going to take multiple edits before you submit for feedback.
13 March, 2017.
1. Viva Voce Preparation
14 MArch, 2017.
1. Timed Activity - in the HSC you will be given a stimulus with only 40 minutes to complete a Creative Writing piece. Today, you are going to push yourselves to use the knowledge we have learnt over the last week to enter the House St Catherine's Catholic College Writing Competition. The theme for the competition is My Dream... I have manipulated it to help you with our AOS - Belonging. You will have this lesson to write it.
Criteria:
Criteria:
- 2013 HSC Creative Writing question; Compose a piece of imaginative writing that explores a decision to embrace or reject a connection with others. Use ONE of the items below as the central element of your writing.
- The HSC will have a range of quotes or images, however for the purpose of this task your stimulus idea is; "My Dream..."
- The HSC will have a range of quotes or images, however for the purpose of this task your stimulus idea is; "My Dream..."
- In the HSC you should have 800-1000 words - the competition is a maximum of 500 words.
- Plan you idea - what is the dream you will have in relation to Belonging? Have a quick look back at your rubric and the way we have been looking at how to devise an effective piece.
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16 March, 2017.
1. Working on a Second Related Text option - 500 words. Don't forget to use the Related Text Scaffold.
- You may need to annotate your text first - write all over the page with techniques/analysis
- Create a TEEE table to help with your ideas
- You may need to annotate your text first - write all over the page with techniques/analysis
- Create a TEEE table to help with your ideas
17 March, 2017.
1. Individual work - you can choose to work on any three of your 500 word responses, Essay, Creative Writing or Viva Voce preparation.
Your last day to submit drafts will be one week before the assessment, next WEDNESDAY 22 MARCH. We do not have English on this day, however you can email your work through or hand it into the office. No work will be marked for feedback after this date.
Your last day to submit drafts will be one week before the assessment, next WEDNESDAY 22 MARCH. We do not have English on this day, however you can email your work through or hand it into the office. No work will be marked for feedback after this date.
20 March, 2017.
1. You will need to have your Viva Voce Sample Questions completed by this lesson (aim for 200 words per question)
2. You will be working with a partner to practice speaking and answering a range of questions. Try to also have your folder organised by this lesson.
2. You will be working with a partner to practice speaking and answering a range of questions. Try to also have your folder organised by this lesson.
21 MArch, 2017.
Working individually on assessment. Spend time asking Miss Purnell questions.
*** REMEMBER - tomorrow is the last day for drafts. I will not be chasing you to hand in anything. Please make sure the work you do hand in is of high quality. You must re-read and edit your work thoroughly before submission. Email through your work or hand in drafts to student services ***
23 March, 2017.
Feedback on drafts
24 MArch, 2017.
Individual work on assessment - ORGANISE YOURSELVES!!!
1. Have annotations for each text:
- Techniques and how they link to Belonging
- Screenshots of films/the Bra Boys documentary
- Photocopied sections of novels/annotate all over the photocopied page
- Use specific techniques for each text type. See link below to find Technique Analysis
- 500 word response for each text. See link below to find Structure
1. Have annotations for each text:
- Techniques and how they link to Belonging
- Screenshots of films/the Bra Boys documentary
- Photocopied sections of novels/annotate all over the photocopied page
- Use specific techniques for each text type. See link below to find Technique Analysis
- 500 word response for each text. See link below to find Structure
2. Essay:
- Two Scenes of Bra Boys (in two separate paragraphs)
- Equal analysis of Related Text (two paragraphs)
- Answering the question and linking back to thesis ideas throughout
- Use essay scaffold on Bra Boys page
- Two Scenes of Bra Boys (in two separate paragraphs)
- Equal analysis of Related Text (two paragraphs)
- Answering the question and linking back to thesis ideas throughout
- Use essay scaffold on Bra Boys page
3. Creative Writing:
- Ensure you have subtly incorporated the concept of Belonging
- Use the rubric and look back at all of the activities we have completed over the last two weeks
- 800-1000 words
4. Viva Voce:
- Prepare yourself to be able to communicate the concept of Belonging clearly through each of your texts
- Ensure you have subtly incorporated the concept of Belonging
- Use the rubric and look back at all of the activities we have completed over the last two weeks
- 800-1000 words
4. Viva Voce:
- Prepare yourself to be able to communicate the concept of Belonging clearly through each of your texts
5. Look at the Assessment Criteria for each area:
Creative Writing Template
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