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FIFTH: Organizing our physical space to make sure we are collaborating efficiently!

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FIFTH: Organizing our physical space to make sure we are collaborating efficiently!

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Students may choose to work alone in a quiet space designated for them in the classroom, as this is the way some people learn and write. Other students will be placed in groups, working together, facing each other, in order to make sure everyone is seen and heard. We will also be collaborating on Google Drive so everyone can read each other's pages for the day and give constructive criticism through comments on Google Docs.

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FOURTH: Making sure each student stays on track with their writing!

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FOURTH: Making sure each student stays on track with their writing!

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Since everyone write and creates differently, each student will set up a personal goal with the help of the teacher, that they must strive to achieve at the end of each week. Whether it be number of pages written, amount of plot developed, or any other way of tracking progress, each student is responsible for meeting their goal at the end of the week.

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THIRD: Our writing procedure for the day!

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THIRD: Our writing procedure for the day!

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Students will come into class, and be allowed fifteen minutes to brainstorm ideas for the day. Then, we will jump into a lesson, learning new aspects of creative writing. For the last thirty minutes of class, it will be a workshop where students can write pages from their story, continue to brainstorm, and collaborate to ignite creativity within each other.

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Each day in class, we will sample another work of creative fiction, reading it aloud together, and analyzing it as well as critiquing it.

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by Collection & Author Children's stories bless us twice. The first time they are read to us. The second time, we read them to a child. Over six hundred figurative phrases English students should know. A collection of great stories, especially about ghosts-- scary stories to lift your spirits for Halloween!

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FIRST AND FOREMOST: Respect other classmates and creative property!

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FIRST AND FOREMOST: Respect other classmates and creative property!

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Everyone writes, creates, and thinks differently. An exercise we are going to use to ensure we maintain a respectful creative environment is the:

WRITE IN MY SHOES EXERCISE!

Students will "trade" ideas for a day, focusing on developing characters and plot from the story of one of their classmates. This exercise will show students how difficult yet prosperous it might be to jump into one of their classmates' shoes and develop a story that is not their own.