Week 4: Diamante Poem & Reflection & Bucket List (optional)
Diamante Poems
Diamante Poems were created by an American poet, Iris McClellan Tiedt. These poems follow a patters and are written in a certain shape. Can you guess what shape?
People say diamonds are a girl's best friend but many things are actually in the shape of a diamond....
To create your own Diamante Poem follow these rules:
Reflection
Time to reflect: Think about your goals....
At the start of GLPS, you set goals as part of a 30 day challenge.
Post your original goals from week one on your blog - then write a post - reflecting on how well you have been achieving those goals, and any revisions you think you may need to make.
Bucket List (optional)
Write a Bucket List!!!.
Create you own bucket list - leaders have goals for their life which help them to achieve their dreams. Think like a leader and create your own plan for the future. Refer to your book - page 30 and start making a list of 10 things and write a paragraph about each one to post on your blog. Add an introduction and conclusion.
Hope you had fun writing blogs at GLPS :)
Week 3: Creative Writing & Photo Essay
Diamante Poems
Diamante Poems were created by an American poet, Iris McClellan Tiedt. These poems follow a patters and are written in a certain shape. Can you guess what shape?
People say diamonds are a girl's best friend but many things are actually in the shape of a diamond....
Noun,
Adjective, Adjective,
Verb, Verb, Verb, Verb
Noun, Noun, Noun, Noun, Nouns
Verb, Verb, Verb, Verb
Adjective, Adjective
Noun
Reflection
Time to reflect: Think about your goals....
At the start of GLPS, you set goals as part of a 30 day challenge.
Post your original goals from week one on your blog - then write a post - reflecting on how well you have been achieving those goals, and any revisions you think you may need to make.
Bucket List (optional)
Write a Bucket List!!!.
A bucket list is a list of goals, experiences or things you want to try/do before you die. The idea comes from the expression "kick the bucket" which means to die
Create you own bucket list - leaders have goals for their life which help them to achieve their dreams. Think like a leader and create your own plan for the future. Refer to your book - page 30 and start making a list of 10 things and write a paragraph about each one to post on your blog. Add an introduction and conclusion.
Hope you had fun writing blogs at GLPS :)
Week 3: Creative Writing & Photo Essay
Creative Writing: Choose your own ending !
Creative writing is a great way to express your imagination.
You will create a story where anything is possible. Those kinds of stories are
fiction (not real or based on facts).
For this story you will include the
following:
Genre:
Character:
Setting:
Plot:
Conflict:
Resolution:
Now here is where it gets interesting.
After creating your story, you will need to
write 3 different endings for the story.
This is called “Choose your Own Ending”.
You will post your story on your blog with links to your endings.
Instructions how to create links to your ending will be made available to you or you can
check out How To Post 3 Endings http://msheike.blogspot.kr/p/how.html
Get started and have fun creating your own tale with 3 different endings :)
This is called “Choose your Own Ending”.
You will post your story on your blog with links to your endings.
Check out following story with links to 3 different endings:
http://missangela20.blogspot.kr/2013/08/tails-from-dog.htmlInstructions how to create links to your ending will be made available to you or you can
check out How To Post 3 Endings http://msheike.blogspot.kr/p/how.html
Get started and have fun creating your own tale with 3 different endings :)
The minimum word count is:
500 words - Middle School students
350 words - Elementary School students
Publish by Wednesday - week 3
Photo Essay: One Picture Every Day
A photo essay tells a story using pictures
500 words - Middle School students
350 words - Elementary School students
Publish by Wednesday - week 3
Photo Essay: One Picture Every Day
A photo essay tells a story using pictures
For the next 7 days you will take a picture and then use the pictures to tell your story.
A famous saying is that "A picture is worth a thousand words".
We will not be writing that many words but we will be writing a paragraph about each picture.
Cesar Kuriyama has been doing a similar project called
"One Second Every Day" project.
You can watch it here:
So let's get started with our version of Cesar Kuriyama's
idea.
Before you begin, think about these things:
Choose a topic
Theme/Story
Pictures
Captions/descriptions
You will be using descriptive writing to describe your
pictures. Use your five senses to
describe the photos.
Take out your camera and start capturing shots to share with us. Have fun!
Take a look at Miss Angela's Photo Essay
as an example of what you can do!
Movie Review - Class 15 & 16
Last week we watched the movie “The Princess Bride”
Now it is the time to write a review about the movie!
In your review, you need to include the following:
In your review, you need to include the following:
Genre:
Characters:
Setting:
Plot:
Opinion:
You can watch the trailer below:
Now let's write a review:
The movie review should include an introduction where you should introduce the movie, the genre, when it was made (1987), the director (Rob Reiner) and a brief introduction to the movie.
In the body of the review, explain the plot, characters and setting in one or 2 paragraphs. In another paragraph explain your opinion and answer these questions:
1. What lessons can you learn from this movie?
2. What qualities of leadership can you learn from the characters in "The Princess Bride"?
Characters:
Grandson (sick boy)
Buttercup (Princess)
Westley
Prince Humperdinck
Fezzik (Giant)
Inigo or Spaniard (Spanish sword fighter)
Vizzini (smart man who dies)
Count Rugen (six fingered man)
Miracle Max (brings Westley back to life)
Dread Pirate Roberts (Westley was actually the man in black)
Setting:
Cliffs of Insanity
Shrieking Eels
Fire Swamp (quick sand, rodents of unusual size)
Forest of Thieves
Pit of Despair
Finally, write a conclusion summarizing what you wrote in your review.
The movie review needs to be a minimum of 500 words.
Last Sunday we watched the movie " The Wizard of Oz "
In 1939, the Wizard of Oz was made and directed by Victor Fleming and has been an American
classic ever since. It is based on L.Frank Baum’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of
Oz”.
The film stars Judy Garland as Dorothy:
The movie (Wizard of Oz) offers some important leadership lessons.
Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an
American actress and singer and well known as a great entertainer. She received
many awards including the Juvenile Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award as well as Grammy Awards.
Garland was
signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (an American Media Company) as a teenager. There she
made more than two dozen films, and the 1939 film with which she would be most
identified - The Wizard of Oz.
Despite her
professional triumphs, Garland struggled immensely in her personal life, starting
when she was a child. Her self-image was strongly influenced by film
executives, who said she was unattractive and constantly manipulated her
onscreen physical appearance. She married five times, with her first four
marriages ending in divorce. She also had a long battle with drugs and alcohol,
which ultimately led to her death at the age of 47.
How would it be like to grow up as a junior actor/actress? Would your life be different? Let's discuss in class!
How would it be like to grow up as a junior actor/actress? Would your life be different? Let's discuss in class!
The movie (Wizard of Oz) offers some important leadership lessons.
Now it is the time to write a review about the movie.
In your review, you need to include the following:
Genre:
Characters:
Setting:
Plot:
Opinion:
You can watch the trailer below:
Now let's write a review:
The
movie review should include an introduction where you should introduce the
movie, the genre, when it was made, the author of the book and film director and a brief introduction to
the movie.
In the body of the review, explain the plot, characters and setting in one or 2 paragraphs. In another paragraph explain your opinion and answer these questions:
1. What lessons can you learn from this movie?
2. What qualities of leadership can you learn from the characters in "The Wizard of Oz"?
Characters:
Dorothy
Toto - Dorothy's trustworthy and loving dog
Auntie Em
Uncle Henry
The Scarecrow
The Tin Man
The Cowardly Lion
The Wizard of Oz
Glinda – the Good Witch of the South
The Wicked Witch of the East – she died when the house
fell on her
Miss Gulch - The Wicked Witch of the West - flies on a
broomstick, and has a crystal ball
The Munchkins
Settings:
The movie takes place in a few different settings:
The farm in Kansas, Munchkin Land, the Yellow Brick Road,
Emerald City and the witch's castle
Finally, write a conclusion summarizing what you wrote in your review.
Finally, write a conclusion summarizing what you wrote in your review.
The movie review needs to be a minimum of 350 words.
Week 1:
Self - Introduction
Write three things about yourself that you would like to share.
Let's call these "Three Things I know to be True"
These are 3 three things about me:
1. Barrier Reef
2. Two
3. Janos
Can you guess what these things mean to me?
Now write your own "Three things you know to be True"
Setting Goals
At the start of a new year, people often set resolutions or goals for the following year that they would like to achieve. For your first challenge, you will create 3 goals that you would like to accomplish over the next 30 days. A goal is the end result of your efforts to change a behavior or create a new one.
Now that you have an idea about goals and goal setting, go to page 6 in your writing book. Use this page to brainstorm and create your goals. Watch this video for inspiration on goal setting:
We will revisit our goals in a couple of weeks to see how you are doing.
Good luck!
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