CreativeWriting11Hathorn2025

Attendance Silent Read 20 min Personal Novels.  NOTE: Students - today is the very last day for edits or to submit ANY work re: Term 1 via TEAMS!  Laptop Cart 3 booked - Teams Tech Issues Now Resolved (there was a global shut down this past Wed)  Students can work in the cafe IF they are focused and on task!  Assign 1 - Due today - Teams - Gothic Horror Freewrite. Assign 2 - Due next week - Teams - mid week - Unreliable Narrator - Fairy Tale Re-Write. Work on this if you are done Gothic Horror Freewrite

Silent Read 20 min Review Black Cat Vocab & Short Story Elements -  Finish any missing work on Teams to date - final date for ANY and all missing assignments Term 1. Cart 3. 1. Gothic Horror Free write - new paragraph - TEAMS 2. Intro to - Unreliable Narrator piece. TEAMS If something not done to this point - assignments/quizzes/tests - will receive a 0.  *Work to complete - Personal Novel Read Assignment *One-on-one teacher/student meetings re: Teams work to date. Last date for any and all edits re: Term 1 work! 

Silent Read 20 min Black Cat - Poe  Move to - Vocab - utlizing the dictionaries - complete vocab - last 2 pages of your hand out. You can work with partners in room for this. Review as class - story paragraph by paragraph summary & short story elements - identify each section (from last Thursday). " Re-read Black Cat - make 1-2 sentence note for each paragraph - what happens in each paragraph?  Task: Regarding your Elements of a Short Story Presentation - also in the margins of Black Cat - note where each 'element' occurs -  *Intro, Initial Incident, Rising Action, (Conflict?), Climax, Conclusion." Then intro to task - move to - Teams.  Teams - Task - Gothic Horror Free-Write Paragraph (rest of class - Thurs and if required - Monday - some time provided) What makes a story unsettling? Write a  one-paragraph horror description  involving an ordinary object taking on a sinister quality (e.g., a cat, mirror, or shadow). TEAMS.  *If complete - work on ...

 Silent Read 20 min First reading - listen - 28 min The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe - Full Audiobook | Spooky Bedtime Stories Black Cat Story & Student Vocab Worksheet  Black Cat Story - Teacher Answer Key Thursday: All students - in room.  Silent Read -  Elements of a Short Story: Teacher PowerPoint - to review with Class Student Hand Outs -  student version   Re-read Black Cat - make 1-2 sentence note for each paragraph - what happens in each paragraph?  Task: Regarding your Elements of a Short Story Presentation - also in the margins of Black Cat - note where each 'element' occurs -  *Intro, Initial Incident, Rising Action, (Conflict?), Climax, Conclusion.    

 Teams > > Assignments > 3 Poem Poetry Test & Poetic Devices 60 Q MC 

Silent Read 20 min Move to library - lab. Review of Kahoot Practices -  Self Kahoot Reviews for Test - Kahoot Review Poetry - most poems. Exception - Tell Tale. Creative Writing Poetry Quiz Prep Part 1 Creative Writing Poetry Test Prep Part 2 Annabel Lee & Byron She Walks in Beauty & One-On-One meetings - resumes. & updates. Brooks Poetry Quiz Cruz - Poetry Quiz Mariah - Poetry Quiz Remember - Poetry Test On Monday! 60 Q - MC Teams!  Poe (Tell Tale Hearty & Raven & Annabel Lee) Byron - She Walks In Beauty) Total 4 Poems + Bones of Poetry - Poetic Devices - 

Attendance. Laptop Cart #3 Silent Read 20 min Reminder - Students - Review of all poems covered to date:  Poe (Tell Tale Heart, Raven and Annabel Lee)  Byron - She Walks In Beauty) Total 4 Poems + Bones of Poetry - Poetic Devices -  Extra copies (if students require) at the front of the room. Also on my blog over the last few weeks.  Reminders - 50-60 Question MC test for next week Monday Oct 20th. Still finalizing test. Picture re-takes also on Monday. Task 1: Students to take a laptop - turn to Hathorn page - on laptop cart 3 - students sign out - then they can go to my blog (either from the RSS site or from Teams > resources to click the below test prep links for their Kahoot practice tests. To be completed individually. Self Kahoot Reviews for Test - Kahoot Review Poetry - most poems. Exception - Tell Tale. Creative Writing Poetry Quiz Prep Part 1 Creative Writing Poetry Test Prep Part 2 Annabel Lee & Byron She Walks in Beauty Task 2 - Check your Cov...

Attendance Silent Read. Bones of Poetry Quiz - Teams. Time to work on any and all remaining assignments on Teams - Including - Personal Novel Read Assignment - Due Dec 5th.  Teacher Meetings - Cover Letter/Resumes Silent Read at the end.

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...