CreativeWriting11Hathorn2025

Attendance.  Silent Read Personal Books 20 min During silent read - if Autumn, Maurice and Mariah could please finish their 'goals worksheets' front of the room with their names on them - and then hand them into the office to Ms. Grimm it would be much appreciated. These are located at the front of the room already labelled. They missed these last day.  Students received a 'Bones of Poetry' presentation on blog post - Sept 25 2025. We have a 20 Q MC Quiz next week on Tuesday Oct 14th on the Bones of Poetry Presentation Content.  Please have students sign out a laptop - from laptop cart #3 - library - and put up the following 'Bones of Poetry Quiz Prep Kahoot link' HERE and/or following QR code - for the Kahoot Review. STUDENTS - this is not a class wide group kahoot! You use the link to run through the practice Kahoot on your OWN!  Students may then study for next week's Oct 14th Quiz by individually completing the practice kahoot! Again - they can either c...

Silent Read 20 min Guidelines for self-assessment of the Core Competencies Ongoing opportunities for self-assessment and goal setting may happen at any point that seems appropriate for teachers and students during the learning process. Building relationships by simply taking opportunities to talk with students about how self-reflection can support them in achieving their learning goals can jump-start the self-assessment process. Students, through ongoing opportunities, develop the ability to set goals and reflect on their learning, and take responsibility for their learning. Time to complete - individual District Goal Setting Forms - worksheets. Ensure you name on these - full sentences and fully complete please. Film Review Completion Nellie Bly’s Undercover Investigation (1887) "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron Learning Objectives: Analyze the poetic devices used in  She Walks in Beauty . Explore the themes of beauty, contrast, and admiration. Develop creative writing sk...

Silent Read 20min  Intro to  Annabel Lee - Poe Part 1:  Discussion Questions: What makes a poem haunting or emotionally powerful? What do you think the poem might be about based on the title  Annabel Lee ? Poe, - themes of love, loss, and the supernatural. Part 2: Read the Poem (15 minutes) Handout: Full Text of  Annabel Lee Annabel Lee – Edgar Allan Poe (First published in 1849) It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea: But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee— With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud by night Chilling my Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away ...

Silent Read 20 min  Lesson Plan: The Haunting Poetry of  The Raven Grade:  11 Creative Writing Objective:  Students will analyze  The Raven  by Edgar Allan Poe, identifying its poetic devices, themes, and emotional depth. They will then apply Poe’s techniques to their own writing. Lesson Breakdown 1. Introduction – Setting the Mood  Ask:  "Have you ever been haunted by a memory or an emotion you couldn't escape?" Briefly discuss responses. Explain that Poe’s  The Raven  explores grief, loss, and psychological torment. 2. Reading  The Raven  (15 minutes) Provide students with a printed copy of the poem. Read Aloud: Either read dramatically yourself  or  play a recording -  The Simpsons - The Raven Encourage students to annotate: Underline phrases that  stand out emotionally . Circle  repeating words and sounds  (e.g., "nevermore"). 3. Poetic Devices Analysis (15 minutes) Break students into small gr...

Attendance Silent Read 20 min Meet with Ms. H Laptops: #3 - Last Day To Complete The Below!!!  1 - Bio - Teams 2 - Happiness - Teams 3 - Success - Teams 4 - Grammar Workbook 5 - Cover Letter - Teams 6 - Resume - Teams All done? Work on Personal Novel Read Assignment - Teams Due Dec 5.  Last 15 min - Review: Can Geo Indigenous Education Site Review: Sites of Truth, Sites of Conscience Learning and Dialogue Guide Canadian Geographic Films presents: Returning Home, a film by Sean Stiller  2 min.

Take attendance Full 20 minutes for silent read. One student out, Lucas. All other students remain please no bathroom breaks or disruptions during the 20 minute silent read.  Please open the laptop sign out page to creative writing 11 Page. Students will have the remainder of class to complete on teams. They cover letter and résumé assignments. Should students be complete these assignments, which are very few they may continue reading their personal novel read books Some students may report to resource space - I will send you additional details via email. Please ensure all laptops are returned and plugged in for. Dismissal from class at 11:35. Please return the laptop cart to the library.