Day to Day
Week 1 - Story
Day 1 - Sept 9 - Explain what story means - Tell an example story about my summer - Assign "What did you do this summer?" story
Day 2 - Sept 10 -Share stories - Discussion on story and audience - Write a joke for a kid/friend/assembly
Day 3 - Sept 11 - Video on how to begin writing - Review Audience - Blogs - Jokes
Day 4 - Sept 14 - Story from the weekend - Blogger Accounts - Brainstorm Genre and Writing Groups (Western/Romance/Sci-Fi/Historical Fiction/Fantasy/Fan Fiction/Crime/Biography/Young Adult) - Look at some Wikipedia articles - Assign Wikipedia article
Day 5 - Sept 15 - Work on Wikipedia article
Day 6 - Sept 16 - Character - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 - Character assignment
Day 7 - Sept 17 - Present characters - Finish Wikipedia Article
Day 8 - Sept 18 - Blog time - Eavesdropping on strangers
Day 9 - Stories from the weekend - Eavesdropping - Video on finding a voice - Two settings using sense technique - Find picture online
Day 10 - Present senses setting in small groups - Share top one - Write the paragraph that would appear in a piece of fiction just before the discovery of a body. You might perhaps describe the character’s approach to the body he will find, or the location, or both.
Day 11 - Work on monologue
Day 12 - Write a monologue of a character who is about to be hanged. Have him express at least two emotions (regret, anger, etc). Have him address directly people from his life.
Day 13 - Express monologue
Day 14 - Assign Radioplay
Day 15 - Script due
Day 16 - Recording begins
Day 17 - Working on Radioplay
Day 18 - Short day - Aim to finish/edit
Day 19 - Listen to Radioplays / Prompt
Day 20 -
Day 22 - Advertorial Assignment
Day 23 - Work on blog
Day 24 - Two celebs in an elevator
Day 25 - Cont
Day 26 - Fan Fic
Day 27 - Fan Fic
Day 28 - Clue
Day 29 - Clue / What is a mystery
Day 30 - Mystery writing
Day 31 - Mystery writing
Day 32 - Mystery
Day 33 - Mystery
Day 34 - Mystery
Day 35 - Mystery draft due
Day 36 - Integrating quotes mini lesson
Day 37 - Mystery due
Day 38 - Guest speaker
Day 39 - Interview
Day 40 - Interview
Day 41 - Interview
Day 42 - Interview
Day 43 - Non-published week (free genre) / Poems (picture response)
Day 44 - Non-published week (free genre) / Poems (picture response)
Day 45 - Non-published week (free genre) / Poems (picture response)
Day 46 - Non-published week (free genre) / Poems (picture response)
Day 47 - Workshop (50 mins to plan an write a short scene and then review and critique)
Day 48 - Workshop (50 mins to plan an write a short scene and then review and critique)
Day 49 - Workshop (50 mins to plan an write a short scene and then review and critique)
Day 50 - TOC
Day 51 - TOC
Day 52 - Objective story - About either regret or joy
Day 53 -
Day 54 - Same story but first person
Day 55 -
Day 56 - Get three stories together and write a paragraph explaining how your process worked
Day 57 - Yearbook Haiku
Day 58 - Yearbook articles
Day 59 -
Day 60 -
Day 61 - Holiday story
Day 62 -
Day 63 -
Day 64 - Gallery walk and review
Jan 4 - Caption competition - Examples of captions - The Day Winners - Caption Me Winners
Rules
WRITING AND SUBMITTING THE CAPTION
Here you are at the most important part, writing the caption. Use these tips to guide you.
- Be creative, don’t do something that’s already been done, and don’t plagiarize.
- Don’t be offensive, and don’t involve violence in your caption.
- Make it relevant to the picture.
- Try looking at the caption from someone else’s point of view. (A tree, a volcano, grass).
- State the obvious. Sometimes the direct route is the best route.
- Use proper grammar, capitalization and punctuation.
Day - - Assign one-pager next to a photo.
Day 1 - Sept 9 - Explain what story means - Tell an example story about my summer - Assign "What did you do this summer?" story
Day 2 - Sept 10 -Share stories - Discussion on story and audience - Write a joke for a kid/friend/assembly
Day 3 - Sept 11 - Video on how to begin writing - Review Audience - Blogs - Jokes
Day 4 - Sept 14 - Story from the weekend - Blogger Accounts - Brainstorm Genre and Writing Groups (Western/Romance/Sci-Fi/Historical Fiction/Fantasy/Fan Fiction/Crime/Biography/Young Adult) - Look at some Wikipedia articles - Assign Wikipedia article
Day 5 - Sept 15 - Work on Wikipedia article
Day 6 - Sept 16 - Character - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 - Character assignment
Day 7 - Sept 17 - Present characters - Finish Wikipedia Article
Day 8 - Sept 18 - Blog time - Eavesdropping on strangers
Day 9 - Stories from the weekend - Eavesdropping - Video on finding a voice - Two settings using sense technique - Find picture online
Day 10 - Present senses setting in small groups - Share top one - Write the paragraph that would appear in a piece of fiction just before the discovery of a body. You might perhaps describe the character’s approach to the body he will find, or the location, or both.
Day 11 - Work on monologue
Day 12 - Write a monologue of a character who is about to be hanged. Have him express at least two emotions (regret, anger, etc). Have him address directly people from his life.
Day 13 - Express monologue
Day 14 - Assign Radioplay
Day 15 - Script due
Day 16 - Recording begins
Day 17 - Working on Radioplay
Day 18 - Short day - Aim to finish/edit
Day 19 - Listen to Radioplays / Prompt
Day 20 -
- Good versus evil. Do they truly exist? Are there gray areas? Do good people do bad things?
- I believe that animals exist to…
- Write about nature. Include the following words: hard drive, stapler, phone, car, billboard.
- He turned the key in the lock and opened the door. To his horror, he saw…
- You’re digging in your garden and find a fist-sized nugget of gold.
Day 22 - Advertorial Assignment
Day 23 - Work on blog
Day 24 - Two celebs in an elevator
Day 25 - Cont
Day 26 - Fan Fic
Day 27 - Fan Fic
Day 28 - Clue
Day 29 - Clue / What is a mystery
Day 30 - Mystery writing
Day 31 - Mystery writing
Day 32 - Mystery
Day 33 - Mystery
Day 34 - Mystery
Day 35 - Mystery draft due
Day 36 - Integrating quotes mini lesson
Day 37 - Mystery due
Day 38 - Guest speaker
Day 39 - Interview
Day 40 - Interview
Day 41 - Interview
Day 42 - Interview
Day 43 - Non-published week (free genre) / Poems (picture response)
Day 44 - Non-published week (free genre) / Poems (picture response)
Day 45 - Non-published week (free genre) / Poems (picture response)
Day 46 - Non-published week (free genre) / Poems (picture response)
Day 47 - Workshop (50 mins to plan an write a short scene and then review and critique)
Day 48 - Workshop (50 mins to plan an write a short scene and then review and critique)
Day 49 - Workshop (50 mins to plan an write a short scene and then review and critique)
Day 50 - TOC
Day 51 - TOC
Day 52 - Objective story - About either regret or joy
Day 53 -
Day 54 - Same story but first person
Day 55 -
Day 56 - Get three stories together and write a paragraph explaining how your process worked
Day 57 - Yearbook Haiku
Day 58 - Yearbook articles
Day 59 -
Day 60 -
Day 61 - Holiday story
Day 62 -
Day 63 -
Day 64 - Gallery walk and review
Jan 4 - Caption competition - Examples of captions - The Day Winners - Caption Me Winners
Rules
WRITING AND SUBMITTING THE CAPTION
Here you are at the most important part, writing the caption. Use these tips to guide you.
- Be creative, don’t do something that’s already been done, and don’t plagiarize.
- Don’t be offensive, and don’t involve violence in your caption.
- Make it relevant to the picture.
- Try looking at the caption from someone else’s point of view. (A tree, a volcano, grass).
- State the obvious. Sometimes the direct route is the best route.
- Use proper grammar, capitalization and punctuation.
Day - - Assign one-pager next to a photo.