McCulloch,+James

Creative Writing Class McCulloch/Marine City High School Objectives: -  Students will compose, edit, and publish a series poem on self-created,individual blogs -  Students will create and design a blog using either Wordpress.com or Blogger.com -  Students will use and apply instructions and examples provided on teacher/facilitator’s blog ([]) -  Students will peer edit and offer comments to help students with their writing pieces. -  Students will dialogue, through comments, about the content and themes of each other’s poems. -  Student will publicize to friends and family outside school their blog, through email, to allow readers, BEYOND the class, to interact and enjoy the original student written works Library Lab Day One: A) In Library Lab, students will explore a few online student blogs that showcase creative writing. The list will be assembled on teacher’s blog page. B) Using the simple instruction via Blogger or Wordpress (to be determined by teacher before class begins), students will go through the process of designing a blog to post poems and allow fellow students to comment on. (Students will note a list of expectations for the design and administration of a blog for the class.) Library Lab Day Two: A) Students will read instructions for the first public work. B) Using Microsoft Word or their writing journals, students will compose a rough draft of their first poems for their blogs. C) Students will publish a rough draft, in poem format, of their poems D) Students will be required to leave comments of advice for two (2) of their classroom peers. (Note, I may do this the old fashioned way and have students fill out the form I use to peer edit. I may not have students publish a rough draft. I may allow peer editing to occur through email and only publish final copies). Library Lab Day Three: A) After going through the process of peer editing, students will publish a final draft of their poems, COMPLETE with a few reflective comments on the process, introductory comments, or “behind the scenes” story of their poems.  B) Students will read each other’s blogs and comment on three (3) to five (5) blogs with insightful, mature comments. Grades will be based on accomplishing the following: 1) The creation process of the poem 2) Publication, by the assigned due date, of a poem. 3) Making all required comments on fellow peers’ blogs.
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