Daily Class Activity: June 6, 2024

Get Laptops!

Activity 1F: Complete Final Poem Project: 2 poems X 3 Layouts = 6 Poems Totals

Reminder: Overdue Revised Poems Must Be Completed During Exam Week

• Finish them now and don’t come in during exam week! (25 Minutes)
• Email the six revisions (2 poems X 3 layouts) to  jpowers2 [at] fairfieldschools [dot] org and jpowers2 [at] fairfieldschools [dot] net.
• Handouts: (Kinds-of-LinebreaksDownload) and Stanza-Breaks-1Download.)

Activity 1A: If Poem Project Complete (AB, AC, YS & ES): Write a poem

•  Write a “Where I’m From” (WhereImFromDownload) poem or a Birdbath or Dream poem (Dream-BirdbathDownload).

Five-Minute Break: Cell Phone Use OK

Activity 2: Flash Fiction Stories that Start with a Character

1. Read “Thank You, Ma’am” and note how Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones is described as she’s appearing on a stage.
2. Look at other form ideas or techniques you might borrow from the story
3. Read “Passing Time With the Master” (PssngTmewMstrDownload) note how Boo Boo is introduced through a mix of description, action, dialogue and interior monologue
4. Write down other reusable story ideas, form ideas and techniques.
5. Look at another example? The Biscuit Has Been Buttered”: BiscuitHsBnButteredDownload

Five-Minute Break: Cell Phone Use OK

Activity 4: Write a New Story That Starts with an Interesting Character or Rewrite a Draft Emphasizing an Interesting or Eccentric Character

1. Start by introducing your character either as if in a spotlight or by using a DADI mix
2. If your story starts to have a mind of its own, follow it and ignore the instructions.
3. Share your story or a favorite line.

Extra Credit Journal Entry: Be a writer. Observe. Collect. Create.

Questions, comments, suggestions? Contact me at jpowers2 [at] fairfieldschools [dot] org.

Today’s Bonus Question: Come to class and ask, “Is it possible to get extra credit?” (Hint: The answer rhymes with “Guess.”)