Quarter 3 - Creative Writing
WRITING LESSONS - Quarter 3
* Elements of Narration (cont. from Q.1, Q.2, & Q.3)
+ setting (see Q.1)
+ character (see Q.1)
+ point of view (see Q.2)
- first person narration
- second person narration
- third person narration
- present tense, past tense, and future tense
+ plot
- climax
+ theme
* Literal versus figurative language (cont. from Q.1, Q.2, & Q.3)
+ simile (see Q.1)
+ metaphor (see Q.1)
+ personification (see Q.1)
+ idiom (see Q.2)
* 3-paragraph essay format (see Q.2)
* Agreement (See Q.2)
(in number, gender, tense, and point of view)
* various literary techniques
+ epiphany - sudden "moment of understanding" causing a character to act a certain way (See Writer's Inc., p.235)
+ suspense/mystery - that feeling created by a writer that makes a reader "want to know what's going to happen"
+ foreshadowing - giving hints or clues about what is to come in a story (See Writer's Inc., p.137, p.237)
* poetry (versus prose)
+ stanzas - a "chunk" division within a poem containing a certain number of lines (See Writer's Inc., p.243)
+ free verse - no set rhyme, meter, or syllabication pattern (See Writer's Inc., p.242)
+ meter - a particular rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem (See Writer's Inc., p.243)
+ lyric poetry - poetry expressing emotion (See Writer's Inc., p.243)
+ Haiku - Japanese poetry form of three lines with a strict 5-7-5 meter (See Writer's Inc., p.242)
+ cinquain - a 5-line poem with 2-4-6-8-2 syllabication pattern
+ limerick - a 5-line poem with AABBA rhyme scheme and anapestic meter/rhythm
* general poetry conventions (not always!)
+ first letter of each line capitalized
+ no end punctuation at end of each line
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Grammar lessons, listed below, are derived from common and consistent errors made by the students in their writing for class. This is not a grammar course, per se, and systematic grammar instruction should continue at home as part of your language arts curriculum.
GRAMMAR LESSONS - Quarter 3
* We are continuing to learn how to avoid sentence fragments and avoid run-on sentences. (see Q.1)
* Ways to correct a run-on sentence (see Q.1, Q.2)
* Parts of Speech Review
+ verb - a word that shows action or state of being
+ noun - a person, place, thing, or idea
+ adjective - a word that modifies (describes) a noun
+ adverb - a word that modifies (describes) an action (verb) - often ends in -ly
* third person singular indefinite pronoun
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* either/or versus neither/nor (See Q.2)
* review of rules for forming possessives
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* review of rules for correct use of quotations in dialogue (See Writer's Inc., 468.3)
* review of rules for using commas (See Writer's Inc., pp.457-461)
* various verbals - a verb form that is functioning as a noun in a sentence (p.508)
+ gerund - "-ing" verb form used as a noun
Ex. I like running and biking.
+ infinitive - "to" verb form used as a noun
Ex. To eat a dozen donuts in one sitting is a real feat.
(NOTE: infinitives can also be used as adjectives and adverbs.)