CREATIVE WRITING
CSI: HGI
A short story writing activity. Students get to see/explore the final scene of a story (physically set up in the class),
and based on the scene students imagine and write a short story that "could" result in the scene presented.
and based on the scene students imagine and write a short story that "could" result in the scene presented.
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SETTING
Picture This: *Setting based on research, memory, picture, word *Guess the Setting Assignment *Assignment Details *Convert one into a descriptive setting for a story Invent A World: *http://www.brucevanpatter.com/inventaworld.html *Assignment Description BY ACCIDENT *Alice in Wonderland + New Alice in Wonderland clip *Wizard of Oz *Entering Narnia *Journey to the Center of the Earth (setup) PLANNED *Harry Potter Platform 9 3/4 + Actual Video *Avatar: World of Pandora *Matrix *The City Of Ember Setting Treasure Hunt: *http://www.brucevanpatter.com/towntreasure.html *If doing a video for your story... PLOT
Continuous Quick Writes: Based on a teacher prompt *I opened the door and what I saw blew my mind *I awoke to a loud noise Plot Basics: *Intro, conflict, rising action, resolution (plan your story) *Plot Elements Organizers x 2 *Conflict Assignment (Somebody. Wanted. But. So.) *Kapok Tree *From Conflict to Climax: Fill in the Rising Action *CSI: Invent all Plot Elements based on a murder scene! *Listen to the Music: Create a short skit based on a song Show not Tell: 5 senses (explode from a short video clip) Theme: Writing with theme in mind... *Theme Drawing (draw a scene to represent a theme) *Theme & Character (influencing each other) Basic Plot Ideas: http://www.brucevanpatter.com/basicplots.html |
CHARACTER
Represent Yourself: *Who are you really? *Assignment Details Biography: *Expert interview (hero?), and/or Biography *Assignment Details Character Stereotypes: *Do stereotypes influence character? *Assignment Details *Sweet Life of Zack & Cody: Episode #1 (Humour/Establish) *Disney's Influence on Gender Roles (Influence on Gender?) *Racism in Disney Movies? (Influence on Race?) *Aladdin Original Song + Aladdin New Song *3 Little Pigs + Red Riding Hood + Peter and Wolf (wolves) *Dove Evolution + Dove True Colours Mugshots: *http://www.brucevanpatter.com/mugshots.html *Assignment Details Build a Character: *http://www.brucevanpatter.com/buildahero.html *Assignment Details Dialogue: *Scenes From a Hat: Improv scenes - Use the same object as many different things - Select an object from a pile, act out a scene - Select a scenario from a list, act out a scene *Creating a Scene With Dialogue - Develop one of the improv scenarios - Assignment Details - *Cartoon Dialogue: Adding dialogue to a comic strip - Comic Strip #1 - Comic Strip #2 *Adding Dialogue to a Story - Put what you've learned into use... - Assignment Details OTHER ACTIVITIES
Mythical Creatures: *http://www.brucevanpatter.com/mythanimals.html Character Box/Scrapbook: *Outside is shared and inside is personal Four Visitors: *Each “monster” gets worse and worse Create Something: *http://www.brucevanpatter.com/whatcanitbe.html Strange Inventions: *http://www.brucevanpatter.com/strangeinventions.html Story in a Basket: *Pick a word/object and tell the story *Hero, setting, villain, action, object, etc… *http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/storybasket.html Message in a Bottle: *Write an adventure tale, put it in a bottle *http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/tales/bottle.html Jumble Story: *Pick a setting, character, action…write a story Magazine Marvels: *Write a story based on a magazine picture (or many) |
