Creative Writing 1/6 – 1/10

Monday 1/6

1. Journal: 15 minute open write

2. Poetry Workshop: Extended Metaphor

a. Read Langston Hughes’s Mother to Son

b. Complete all exercises after the poem and turn in.

c. If time, discuss questions and poem.

3. Reminder: Enrichment 4 due Friday.

Tuesday 1/7

1. Journal: First Lines – as poetry. (Poetry Portfolio Entry)

2. Poetry Workshop: figurative language and the metaphor

a. Define figurative language – metaphor and simile, personification, hyperbole, understatement

b. Work with a basic metaphor on the board.

1) Tenor, vehicle, and how they work: using comparisons to like experiences to create a response in the reader.

2) Get everyone’s differing interpretation of a metaphor.

3) Using your three options as a writer (using our common metaphor as a base)

a) You can leave the metaphor wide open, letting the readers decide how they wish to interpret it.

b) You can control the metaphor by extending it using imagery, diction, and detail.

c) You can attempt to do a little of both by extending somewhat but not too far. This is a mastery skill!

c. Guided metaphor/simile practice

1) On a new sheet of paper, write down each concept or emotion I guide you to.

2) For each, write down a metaphor or simile. Add as much as you like to your metaphor to get your point across.

3) Share and explore metaphors and similes as time allows.

3. Reminder: Enrichment 4 due Friday.

Wednesday 1/8

1. Journal: none

2. Poetry Workshop: Metaphor

a. Refer to Hughes' Mother to Son
    b. Assign Metaphor poem (handout) – RRD due Friday.
        1) Complete drafting.

2) Get a peer reader to answers the q’s at the bottom of the handout.

3) Revise.

3. Reminder: Enrichment 4 due Friday.

Thursday 1/9

1. Journal: Write a 5 line poem with at least one metaphor about how you feel today. (Poetry Portfolio Entry)

2. Poetry Workshop: The Metaphor Game

a. Review game and metaphors (handout).

b. Play game.

3. Reminders: RRD of Metaphor Poem due tomorrow; Reminder: Enrichment 4 due Friday.

Friday 1/10

1. Journal: 10 minute free write. (regular journal)

2. Turn in Enrichment 4.
3. Poetry Workshop: Metaphor Poem
    a. Guided revision: Check and revise poem in response to each of the following questions:

1) Is your diction powerful and unique? Underline your best words; change your weak ones.

2) Have you used at least three types of imagery? If not, why not? If so, circle them.

3) Does your poem have a consistent tone? If so, how so? If not, fix it.

4) Check over your metaphor(s) one more time.

b. Finish all revisions.

c. Create final copy and turn in with RRD.