Mrs. G-Creative Writing-Monday Assignments

In Each of the boxes below, copy and paste your historical first person writing. In these boxes, revise your writing adding vivid language, sensory imagery, alliteration , onomatopoeia, etc. Take out pedestrian languages or cliches. Add in interesting, unique wording.

Okokokokok.....If the free verse assignment makes you want to throw something at me....then just add to your historical fiction and past that underneath the free verse boxes. I am flexible 🤨.

In the next 5 boxes, turn your writing into Free Verse Poems using punctuation and line breaks as Karen Hesse did in “Out of the Dust.” You can have as few as 1-2 words on a line. How does this change the impact of your writing? Make any additional changes you like. 


Finish all of this for Homework. Please be ready to share your favorite poem or two next week in class5/17 our last class together. 😭

Hi Students! We will try our hand at writing very brief snippets of historical fiction. We will begin this in class this week and finish it for homework.

This week for homework we will work on making the most of our words. We will practice achieving multiple goals in a very few sentences. Using a character from a previous piece of writing (the giant Kraken?) use the following scene prompts to inform you reader on multiple levels:

HI Students we will talk about opening scenes and ideas that will either lure your reader in or make them run away! We will start this in class and get as much done as possible. Whatever we do not get done, please finish at home. TY! Mrs. G

Cover Art & First LinesChoose the picture/illustration you  resonate most with as the cover of your novel. Underneath the picture, write the first line of  your novel. Then write the first line for the others, if you have time.

After watching the “Show Don’t Tell video” Transform these mundane situations by “showing” and not telling.” How can you make the reader feel or experience what the character is feeling and experiencing.  https://blog.reedsy.com/show-dont-tell/#:~:text=The%20Benefits%20of%20'Show%2C%20Don't%20Tell'&text=Overall%2C%20when%20done%20right%2C%20showing,interesting%20than%20making%20everything%20explicit

You have options this week, just keep it appropriate! TY!

Please choose a piece of your writing from this year. Choose something you are proud of and wouldn't mind sharing with others. If you tend to write long pieces, find a passage that would be an appropriate length. Go to https://app.bookcreator.com/library/-MUTsacSxPzDiMpjcHku and enter the code SLLM2SJ. Create a page in the "Creative Writing" book copying and pasting your writing. Please include some kind of (appropriate) visual/picture. If you want to do a longer “book,” please feel free to make your own book and keep it in my library or your own. This will be our final project for this quarter before Spring Break.

Hi! Please insert your piece of writing in the attached Do and some kind of visual to go with it. Thanks! MRs. G

I have attached several interesting and famous paintings below. Choose one as inspiration for a story, poem, character or setting description. Please explore this in 300 words. You may also continue writing on something you have already started.

Hi! This week (Week of 2/8-15) you will have several writing options based on musical selections. Listen to all of each piece or just skip around (they are not short!) Write in whatever form you feel like writing in. It could be a setting description, a poem based on the images the music invokes or a short story based on the feelings that are inspired by the music. OR you always have the option of continuing the project you are writing! 300 words.

HI Everyone! I hope you are doing well! I have attached a little video below talking a bit about the music in last week's homework as well as the plan for this week. No Written homework due in Classroom this week 2/22. Catch up on any missing assignments or continue writing your stories. Take care! Mrs. G

Hi! Add the punctuation where you see it is needed. We will go over it together in class.

Hi! So Sorry ! did not post this earlier! Let me know if you need more time. Think 250-300 words at least for any of the options. Thanks! Have a great weekend! Mrs. G

Sorry I didn't load this until Wednesday! Choose one of the options. Have fun writing! Mrs. G

Lots of options this week based onthe survey! I hope that you find something interesting here. Remember, I am always flexible. If you want to go off the rails and write something completely different just let me know! This is Your creative writing class. Have fun! Mrs. G

In the attached Doc is a chart with various boxes regarding characters and dialogue between them. Complete the chart so that it all makes sense. Who are that characters, what is their relationship, situation and then give an example of a bit of dialogue between them. It should be brief but reflect he unique relationship and situation the characters are in.

This assignment is about reading like a writer. In the attached Doc are three examples of professional writing from novels and short stories. What is it about them that makes them unique? Is it a. style you like to read? You will attempt to try on another writer's style. Can you make it work or does it feel like wearing someone else's clothes or shoes....not quite right (write)?

Lots of options this week! Take care! Mrs. G

Take a minute and write a reflection on your own writing style. What makes the way you write unique from others?

Using a basic scene to further characterization

IN the most basic of scenes you can add elements that shape your character and add depth. Take your main character from your scare story and go back to the beginning. Put your character in a scene where they are eating something. It could be alone, with people, a snack or a full meal. How can you describe it in a way that tells us about your character, their mood or personality, the setting, the kind of day it is, what they are feeling, thinking....Can this simple scene contribute to your story in a meaningful way?

Hi Students! This week, add a creepy monster or character element to your scary story.

Autumn is here! This week you will explore one of the scary situations we talked about in class. You have options this week. Please feel free to choose any one of the options to write about. Have a great week!

Sorry, if this was confusing. Hold off on this assignment. We will do it in class on Monday!
This week we will take a break from writing and do a little editing practice. Take your last assignment: Point of View x2 and edit it. Reread both paragraphs and make corrections to punctuation, grammar. Make sure the sentences make sense, change common words and descriptions to something more interesting and fun to read. Make your corrections in a different color.

This week take a character or two from your writing. You are welcome to make up brand new characters in a brand new scenario, if you prefer. In 300 words (which can include description, etc. in addition to the dialogue), establish a conversation. It could be internal, or inside a character's head or external between two characters. It should shape your character, tell us about your character and help us to get to know them.
I am going to try some break out rooms next week where you will be in a group of 4 or so in order to share your writing with each other. Just wanted to give you a heads up. Thanks!

This week: Please write a small scene. Maybe 200 words.

You could even use a piece of your own flash fiction as a starting place or come up with something brand new.

Write this scene from one character’s perspective about the situation. Then, Write the same scene from another perspective. This could be a 3rd person omniscient perspective, an innocent uninvolved bystander overhearing the situation, the dog’s point of view, a fly on the wall. You get the idea!

Hi Students! Choose one of the following cartoons to write a caption for. Keep it clean so you can share! If you're on a roll do them all! Choose a point of view: you can write it either from a characters perspective in the cartoon or have an omniscient narrator. Have fun!

Lots of options! We will be playing with P.O.V. or point of view this week!

This week you have options! YAAAAYYYY!

This week you have options! YAAAAYYYY!

Hi Students! Each week I will put an assignment in our Google Classroom. In the assignment will be all of the necessary links to videos, articles, etc. Our You will usually have an Exit Assignment. This will be a small activity that you can do on your own time. It should take you about 15-20 minutes. This Exit Assignment basically rounds out what would be our 55 minute class time. Then, since this class is rated a level 3 (1 hour of class time and 2 hours of homework) I will attach a homework assignment as well. You will submit assignments through Classroom. (Your homework will probably never take you 2 hours but imagine how much your writing would improve and how much you would discover about yourself if you did spend 2 hours a week or a day writing!)

Look at this picture and use it to inspire a piece of flash fiction. Your writing doesn't have to be amazing just dive and make it as spontaneous and catchy or entertaining as possible. 5 minutes or so... 100 words?

Look at this picture and use it to inspire a piece of flash fiction. Your writing doesn't have to be amazing just dive and make it as spontaneous and catchy or entertaining as possible. 5 minutes or so... 100 words?