Creative Writing Planning Template Pdf

TEACHING WRITING MINILESSON:

Lesson Plan Template

Jessica Hopland, ENG3580-102 Lesson Title:

Six Word Memoirs for Sixth Grade

Standards:

W.6.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

Objectives

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Students will be able to compare expressive and reflective writing

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Students will be able to distinguish between expressive and reflective writing examples

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Students will be able to create an expressive piece of writing (six word memoir)

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Students will be able to expound (present and explain) their writing

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Students will be able to recognize expressive and reflective writing as a form of narrative

Materials/Technology Resources Required:

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Projector (In Person)/ Screen Share (Virtual)

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 Adobe Spark Presentation: Expressive and Reflective Writing

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T-Chart (In Person:Whiteboard, flipchart)/ (Virtual: google doc)

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Response Board (In Person:Whiteboard)/ (Virtual: Padlet)

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Crash Course Six Minute Memoir

 Youtube Video

Instructional Procedures/Steps:

Context: Mini lesson follows a unit on reading and analyzing narratives. Each student has a writing  journal that they work in every day. Review Adobe Spark Presentation for further context. Length: 10 minutes Lesson Outline: 1.

Display The Adobe Spark presentation lesson title,

Expressive and Reflective Writing

, on the projector (Zoom share screen) as the class walks in/ transitions/ signs in to virtual meeting space. Greet students and allow them to mingle and discuss the lesson topic until everyone arrives. If students have their own devices, instruct them to pull up the  Adobe Spark presentation on their screen as well so they can access Links later on.

Screen Sharing

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First scroll to the next section and discuss what expressive and reflective writing is. Ask the students if anyone has heard those terms used before? Can anyone think of an example? Allow for adequate wait time. Have one or two students share their response aloud. Use class participation to construct their own definitions of expressive and reflective writing.

Screen Sharing (1 min.)

3.Next scroll down and read the definition from the quote: Expressive and reflective writing is when.. "The writer expresses or reflects on his or her own life experiences. In other words the writer often is looking backwards on a memory in order to look forward at the events' impacts. The best student writing comes from when they blend the two--when

they express their thoughts on an experience and when they transition into what an experience has taught them (Gallagher, 2011)."

Screen Sharing (1 min.)

4.Scroll and click on the

Comparison Chart

 button. This Link will pull up the "virtual whiteboard" as a google document. Use the table outline as a T-Chart to compare expressive and reflective writing. Allow student participation to fill in the chart. Type the responses into the T-Chart (students will be able to access this resource later for reference). Use the students' wording as much as possible. Use the textbook definition of the T-Chart below as a guide/ outline of expected answers.

Screen Sharing (2 min.) If time permits, have each student give an example of the writing types to assess understanding.

5.Transition by summarizing the ideas out loud. Then announce to the class that now that they have a firm foundation of the writing types we are going to write our own on a small scale. Return to Adobe Spark presentation. Scroll down to the Six Word Memoir Photo.

Screen Sharing (1min.) If time permits, Play the 3 minute Crash Course Six Words youtube video as an introduction.

6.Give students a quick summary of the assignment: "You will create an expressive work by writing your memoir/ life story in six words. This is based off of an urban legend that Earnest Hemingway once wrote an entire narrative in six words: 'For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.' Let's look at some more examples." Scroll down reading each example outloud. Announce that now it is their turn to try. Screen Sharing (1 min.) 7.Stop scrolling at assignment instructions. Read instructions aloud. Demonstrate how to access the padlet link by clicking the Padlet button on the presentation. Model to the students how to add a post and your own personal example of a Six Word Memoir. Think aloud while creating a memoir. Screen Sharing (1 min.) 8.Provide time for the students to complete their memoirs and post them to the Padlet. Keep the padlet displayed on the presenting platform.

Make positive comments on students' work as they are posted.

Screen Sharing (2 min.)

9.Return to Adobe Spark Presentation. Quickly scroll to the bottom of the page, stopping at the connection section. Connect the idea of expressive and reflective writing back to narratives by classifying Expressive and Reflective writing as a type of Narrative writing.

Expressive Writing Reflective Writing

Expressive writing is

Personal writing. The writer shares thoughts, ideas, feelings, and questions about his/ her experience. Usually written from a first-person point of view, it exhibits the author's voice. The author tells the reader how they feel. The goal may be—to inform, teach, persuade, or entertain readers. Thoughts/ Ideas/ Feelings about an event Reflective Writing is

Though also personal, reflective writing moves beyond recounting an experience and into an exploration of how that particular experience has shaped the writer. The goal of reflective writing is not to share final thoughts on a topic, but a way to explore new thoughts. What the event has taught you

Creative Writing Planning Template Pdf

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