Transcript Journal Prompts: Creative Writing Class

Journal Prompts:
Creative Writing Class
Do Now: January 28, 2009
• We are going to begin descriptive writing
and practice it over the next few days.
• Directions: Close your eyes and think
back to a memory that sticks out in your
mind. Describe it as vividly as you can on
paper.
• Length: 1 full paragraph
January 28th, 2009
• People gather at places like malls,
fairgrounds, schools, gymnasiums, sports
fields and swimming pools. Think of a
place in your town where there are lots of
people. How does it look, sound, smell,
and feel to be there? Now, describe that
crowded place so that your reader can feel
as if he or she is there.
Do Now: January 29, 2009
• Take out your homework. Underline your
best sentence or two from the description
you wrote last night.
Do Now: January 29, 2009
• List all the things a person can lose.
Homework
• Work on your “lost” narrative piece.
• Incorporate 1-2 sensory details and
underline them
• Incorporate a simile, metaphor, or
personification—underline it
• Tell your story using “lively” action verbs
that you brainstormed in your groups--underline them.
January 29th, 2009
Journal
• React to/interpret the following quotation:
• “Words, once they are printed, have a life
of their own.”
January 30, 2009
Do Now
• Write 5 food and people
metaphors/similes. In other words,
compare a person (real or imagined) to
food. For example, “Marianna’s hair is as
red as tomato soup.” Your comparisons
should create a very clear image of the
person.
February 2, 2009
Journal
• #107
• Complete the following ten different ways:
“Never……”
Do Now: Monday, February 2,
2009
• If you watched the super bowl last night,
think back to your favorite commercial.
Describe it using (at least):
• -1 sensory detail and one strong action
verb
If you didn’t watch the super bowl, think
back to a commercial you watched in the
past. Describe it.
Menu Assignment
• Create two appetizers and two entrees
• Make them sound as disgusting and revolting as
possible.
• Model the way in which the item is described in
the menu: ex…hearty green salad topped with
season grilled chicken served with vine ripe
tomatoes and red onions.
• Use plenty of descriptive adjectives to make
your dish disgusting!
Homework: Narrative Writing
Piece: 1 full page typed
• Follow the format for “Little Boy Lost”
• Write about your gross experience at a
nightmare restaurant….you walk in, everything
looks great, all of a sudden, everything goes
wrong…what do you notice about the way the
restaurant looks? Your server, etc.?
• Remember, sometimes less is more---don’t go
overboard on the descriptions. Follow “Little Boy
Lost”
Circle…
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2-3 Sensory details
Dialogue
1-2 Similes
2-3 ACTIVE VERBS!!!
Practice Sensory Details: January
28, 2009
• Think of what the world looks like outside
your window when it rains. Think about
how it looks, smells, and feels. What
sounds do you hear? Describe what the
world looks like outside a window when it
rains.