1. MID-QUARTER - December 14th
2. END-QUARTER - January 31st

Day 37 - 1/18

1. S.P.E.W. #31
2. Elements of Fiction: Plot Graph

Day 36 - 1/17

1. S.P.E.W. #30
2. Elements of Fiction:

Day 35 - 1/16

1. Elements of Fiction:

Day 34 - 1/15

1. S.P.E.W. #29
2. Elements of Fiction: En Media Res - Begin in the middle.

Day 33 - 1/14

1. S.P.E.W. #28
2. Elements of Fiction: Antagonist/Protagonist
3. Create a scene where your protagonist (main character) means the antagonist (usually the "bad guy").

Day 32 - 1/11

1. S.P.E.W. #27
2. Elements of Fiction: Plot
• Plot Graph: preceding action, rising actions, climax, falling action, resolution.

Day 31 - 1/10

1. S.P.E.W. #26
2. Finish Map Assignment Pt. III  - Cont.

Day 30 - 1/9

1. S.P.E.W. #25
2. Finish Map Assignment Pt. III - Create a time line of the last 2 thousand years in your land.  
3. Write a scene with dialogue, setting (Use one you created yesterday), sensory inputs and characters.

Day 29 - 1/8

1. Map Assignment Pt. III - Create a time line of the last 2 thousand years in your land.  Take the 2 characters you created and place them in a place on your land.  Describe the scene: rim of a volcano, camping on the beach, sleeping on a park bench, running from wild stobor.  What is the relationship between your two characters?
2. Tomorrow we will write a scene with dialogue, setting, sensory inputs and characters.  Be thinking about what could go wrong for your two characters.

Day 28 - 1/7

1. S.P.E.W. #24
2. Map Assignment Pt. II - On a piece of notebook paper answer the 6 questions (Borders, Rivers, People, Animals, Weather & Dangers) and create 2 characters to inhabit your land.

Day 26 - 12/20

1. S.P.E.W. #23
2. Map Assignment Pt. II

Day 25 - 12/19

1. S.P.E.W. #22
2. Map Assignment Pt. I

Day 24 - 12/18

1. S.P.E.W. #21
2. Dialogue Assignment Pt. III

Day 23 - 12/17

1. S.P.E.W. #20
2. What makes a story?
3. Colloquial Language
4. Diologue Assignment Pt. I & II

Day 22 - 12/14

1. S.P.E.W. #1? Makeup if necessary.
2. Finish Poetry Portfolio PowerPoint

Day 21 - 12/13

1. S.P.E.W. #19
2. Check Poem List

3. PowerPoint

Day 20 - 12/12

1. S.P.E.W. #18
2. Character Poems revisited.
3. PowerPoint

Day 19 - 12/11

1.  S.P.E.W. #17 – Who is the weirdest character you have ever interacted with? 
2. Sample Character Poems
3. Character Sheets 
4. Write a Character Poem 
5. Type Poems Finish Poetry PowerPoint.

Day 18 - 12/10

1. S.P.E.W. #16
2. Formal Poem - Go to the following website: http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/197.  Read through the glossary to find out a new form of poetry that you have never written.  Choose one to try.  Some suggestions are Shakespearean sonnets, Cinquain, Terza Rima, Ballad, Prose poem.  Write one for the final Poem.
3. Poetry ePortfolio PowerPoint

Day 17 - 12/7

1. S.P.E.W. #15
2. Sonnets

Day 16 - 12/6

1. S.P.E.W. #14
2. Limericks

1. S.P.E.W. #1? - Make-up a SPEW if you need to.  You should have 14!
2. Type Poems & Work on PowerPoint 

Day 14 - 12/4

1. S.P.E.W. #13
2. Travel Poem Samples
3. Type Poems for Poetry PowerPoint

1. S.P.E.W. #12
2. More Literary Devices
3. Read poetry find poems with literary devices.

1. S.P.E.W. #11
2. Child hood poetry:  with alliteration.

1. S.P.E.W. #10 
2. Graphic poetry

1. S.P.E.W. #9 
2. Weather Poem:  Use a rhyme scheme, stanzas.  15-20 lines.

1. S.P.E.W. #8 
2. You and I poetry

1. S.P.E.W. #7 
2. Type up poems.

1. S.P.E.W. #6 .
2. Haiku - Write 5+

1. S.P.E.W. #5
2. 20 Questions? Poem

1. S.P.E.W. #4 - Twist and shout. Music is the poison...
2. Your Name poem #3
3. Acrostic Poetry - Poem Assignment #4

1. S.P.E.W. #3 - That which is lost.  That which is found.
   
2. Headline Poem - Poem Assignment #2b - Take 2 - Use PHRASES not just individual words.

1. S.P.E.W. #2 - Writing Down the Bones
   
2. Headline Poem - Poem Assignment #2
   

1. Sensory expansion: How can you describe what you Saw, Touched, Smelled, Tasted and Heard (Sound) in a creative manner, with some depth.  Moving from "Picnic Table" to "Red-brick stained, rickety, rough picnic table."  Take 10 of your sensory items and expand them.  Samples

   ·         Picnic table rickety red rough table

   ·         Wind-Whipped Flag flailing it's metal clasps against the pole

   ·         Old diesel truck grumbling down the hill

   ·         Footsteps clicking on wood

   ·         Clouds, gray and white running from the wind

   ·         Crow greedily grabbing a bread crust

   ·         Wind whistling past my chilled ears

2. Sensory Poem: About a Day - Poem #1:  Write a poem of at least 10 lines using at least some of your 10 Sensory Expansion sentences from yesterday. 
   
3. Note on Poems, Typing and Writing Portfolio:   All poems except the Graphic poems will be typed.  Graphic poems will be scanned in.  Each student will create a writing portfolio in PowerPoint or in HTML/Mozilla.  The poetry portion will be completed by midterm and is required for passing.

1. Introduction:
2. Rob's General Syllabus
3. Concept of S.P.E.W. - Student Personal Expository Writing.  Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg.
   
4. Expectations: We will write.  Then we will rewrite.  Then you will type it into the computer rewriting as you go.  Then I will give you suggestions and you will rewrite again.
5. Sensory Walk. Walk outside writing down all the sensory items STSTS (Sight, Touch, Scent, Taste, Sound) you can find.  Aim for 20.