INDIANA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT INDIANA, PA Course Title: Creative Writing Grade Level: 12 Course Number: 0022 Core or Elective: Core Elective Periods Per Week: 5 Length of Time: 39 minutes Length of Course: 18 Weeks Units of Credit:.5 Date of Board Approval Revision Date: Fall 2013
Course Description The Creative Writing course is a multi-genre introduction to the craft of creative writing. In the context of a variety of genres, students will examine literary conventions as well as the writing techniques and tools essential to effective writing and editing. Writing genres include essays, short stories, poems, and plays. Curriculum and instruction are aligned to the PA state core curriculum content standards. Expected Level of Achievements (District Grading Scale) A (4): 93% - 100% B (3): 85% - 92% C (2): 77% - 84% D (1): 69% - 76% F (0): 68% and below 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 2
Subject Area: English Course Title: Creative Writing Grade: 12 Strand: Establishing a Process for Effective Composition Academic/Content Standards/ Benchmarks CC.1.4.11-12.K Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition. Use precise language, domain specific vocabulary, and techniques such as metaphor, simile, and analogy to manage the complexity of the topic. Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms of the discipline in which they are writing. Establish and maintain a formal style. Objectives Develop a process for effective composition based on existing models. Develop a vocabulary for effective composition using literary terminology. Recognize the effect of tone and style on a reader s perceptions of a piece of writing. Instructional Strategies Examine and analyze existing process writing models. Develop original/unique models for effective process writing. Provide a list of terms relevant to the vocabulary of composition Examine models of writing for various examples of how tone and style shape perception. Assessment Strategies either follow or develop an effective model for process writing. Exams that demonstrate student knowledge and/or awareness of literary vocabulary and terminology Various formative assessment strategies* designed to determine the pace and structure of lesson design. Student compositions that show development through process. CC.1.4.11-12.T Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. Develop skills for planning, writing, editing, and revising original compositions. Develop skills for creating original compositions that demonstrate an awareness of the purpose of a piece of writing and its intended audience Formation of writing groups that focus on being an effective peer editor, as well as developing skills for self-editing. Effectively use graphic organizers and other pre-writing strategies to generate ideas and guide the form of a particular piece of writing. either follow or develop an effective model for process writing. Peer editing rubrics Graphic organizers Formative assessment strategies that provide feedback in regard to effective use of writing process strategies Effectively use rubrics to address specific criteria and goals for a piece of writing. (over) 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 3
Materials/Resources Re-teaching Enrichment Print and online sources of effective essays to serve as models Guided reading resources/worksheets that focus on recognizing effective writing strategies in effective writing models Graphic organizers for writing process steps: Generating ideas Writing an outline Producing a draft Getting peer/instructor feedback Revising Polishing a piece for publication Revise writing as necessary to meet or exceed the common core standard Submit effective writing for publication in appropriate school and/or professional publications. Opportunities for additional or alternate writing assignments that require a greater degree of sophistication and development The Language of Composition texbook The Writer s Craft textbook Sentence Composition for High School textbook. The Lively Art of Writing textbook Teacher made handouts and rubrics that address specific skill development Promethean and Power Point presentations 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 4
Subject Area: English Course Title: Creative Writing Grade: 12 Strand: Establishing a Process for Effective Composition Academic/Content Standards/ Benchmarks CC.1.4.11-12.U Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments and information. Objectives Explore various ways to share or publish their writings and receive feedback from both peers and professional writers Instructional Strategies Students will examine several online resources that publish student original writing. Also, students will explore the process for submitting a piece of original writing for professional publication. Assessment Strategies either follow or develop an effective model for submitting work for publication. Peer editing rubrics Graphic organizers Formative assessment strategies that provide feedback in regard to effective use of writing process strategies 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 5
Materials/Resources (over) Reteaching Enrichment The Language of Composition texbook The Writer s Craft textbook Sentence Composition for High School textbook. The Lively Art of Writing textbook Teacher made handouts and rubrics that address specific skill development Promethean and Power Point presentations Explore various ways to publish creative works both online and through traditional methods of submitting works for publication. Submit one or more of their own writings for evaluation or publication URL s of websites that publish the creative works of high school students. URL s of professional publishers and/or professional writers 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 6
Subject Area: English Course Title: Creative Writing Grade: 12 Strand: Writing works of Short Fiction Academic/Content Standards/ Benchmarks Objectives Instructional Strategies Assessment Strategies CC.1.3.11-12.A Determine and analyze the relationship between two or more themes or central ideas of a text, including the development and interaction of the themes; provide an objective summary of the text. Identify the characteristics of the short story including themes, structure, and selection of detail. Provide an objective summary of a short story that focuses on the strategies and techniques of the writer. Examine various published works of short fiction (both from professional and student writers) to determine the themes or central ideas and details that contribute to the development of those themes. identify the characteristics of the short story including themes, structure, and selection of detail. communicate the strategies and techniques of a writer. CC.1.3.11-12.B Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on and related to an author s implicit and explicit assumptions and beliefs Identify specific textual evidence to support interpretation and/or analysis of a work of short fiction Examine various published works of short fiction (both from professional and student writers) to determine explicit language used to explore inferences and/or generalization. Various formative assessment strategies designed to determine the pace and structure of lesson design. Student compositions that show development through process. Peer editing rubrics CC.1.3.11-12.C Analyze the impact of the author s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama Section a given short story into its component parts and determine how the specific choices made by the author help to develop the overall impact or meaning of the story. Examine the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution of a given short story and determine ways in which each of these elements play a part in the overall effectiveness of the work. Graphic organizers Formative assessment strategies that provide feedback (over) 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 7
Materials/Resources Print and online sources of effective essays to serve as models Guided reading resources/worksheets that focus on recognizing effective writing strategies in effective writing models Re-teaching Revise writing as necessary to meet or exceed the common core standard Enrichment Submit effective writing for publication in appropriate school and/or professional publications. Opportunities for additional or alternate writing assignments that require a greater degree of sophistication and development 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 8
Subject Area: English Course Title: Creative Writing Grade: 12 Strand: Writing works of Short Fiction Academic/Content Standards/ Benchmarks Objectives Instructional Strategies Assessment Strategies CC.1.2.11-12.F Evaluate how words and phrases shape meaning and tone in texts. Examine various works of short fiction and determine how the author s specific word choices and sentence constructions create tone and atmosphere. Students will collect vocabulary words and phrases from each of the assigned readings and evaluate their effects of a reader. Also, students will participate in teacher assigned vocabulary and sentencing awareness activities such as word splash, sentence composing exercises, sentence arrangement exercises, and sentence modeling exercises. Student collected vocabulary activities Teacher assigned vocabulary activities Sentence composing activities Sentence arranging activities Word Splash activities CC.1.4.11-12.E Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition. Use precise language, domain specific vocabulary, and techniques such as metaphor, simile, and analogy to manage the complexity of the topic. Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms of the discipline in which they are writing. Establish and maintain a formal style. Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition. Students will professional authors short stories as models to compose their own original short stories that include: Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution The use of imagery devices that include metaphor, simile, and analogy An awareness of tone and mood Rubrics that evaluate the effective use of the elements of effective short story composition, and the use of specified language techniques. Peer editing rubrics Graphic organizers Formative assessment strategies that provide feedback (over) 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 9
Materials/Resources Selected short stories from both print and online sources The Writer s Craft textbook The Short Story textbook Sentence Composition for High School textbook. The Lively Art of Writing textbook Teacher made handouts and rubrics that address specific skill development Promethean and Power Point presentations Reteaching Revise compositions as needed After class conferencing with teacher Examine additional models and examples of effective short story compositions, as well as effective sentence composition Enrichment Explore short story compositions from other resources, including stories from other cultures and literary traditions Complete additional sentence composing exercises that focus on increasingly more sophisticated sentencing techniques. 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 10
Subject Area: English Course Title: Creative Writing Grade: 12 Strand: Creative Non-Fiction Writing Academic/Content Standards/ Benchmarks CC.1.2.11-12.K Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools. Objectives Acquire a new writing and speaking vocabulary based on new or unfamiliar words from the assigned readings Instructional Strategies Students will keep track of a specified number of new or unfamiliar vocabulary words from the assigned readings, and prepare a dictionary that identifies various definitions and includes a sentence from the work to establish a context for how each word is used. Assessment Strategies Rubrics that assess student mastery of newly acquired vocabulary words Formative assessment exercises (such as Word Splash activities) that check for student understanding Summative vocabulary tests and quizzes. CC.1.2.11-12.L Read and comprehend literary non-fiction and informational text on grade level, reading independently and proficiently. Read and comprehend literary nonfiction and informational text on grade level, reading independently and proficiently. Students will read a variety of non-fiction compositions including famous or historical essays and speeches and prepare both written and verbal responses to the function and intent or purpose of the writing. Students response logs Formative assessment activities including entrance and exit slip responses CC.1.4.11-12.D Organize complex ideas, concepts, and information so that each new element builds on that which precedes it to create whole; use appropriate and varied transitions and syntax to link the major sections of the text; provide a concluding statement or section that supports the information presented; include formatting when useful to aiding comprehension. Develop strategies for organizing and revising their original non-fiction compositions focusing on introduction, body, conclusion, and appropriate transitions Students will focus on developing original non-fiction compositions that adhere to various rhetorical structures. Students wil explore different methods and approaches to producing a works that effective structural elements of composition. Teacher created rubrics that focus on clear and specific criteria for effective essay composition. Various formative assessment activities that check for students understanding, and allow for peer interaction. 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 11
(over) Materials/Resources Reteaching Enrichment Various print and online sources for essays and speeches The Writer s Craft textbook The Short Story textbook Sentence Composition for High School textbook. The Lively Art of Writing textbook Teacher made handouts and rubrics that address specific skill development Promethean and Power Point presentations Revise compositions as needed After class conferencing with teacher Examine additional models and examples of effective nonfiction compositions, as well as effective sentence composition techniques Explore non-fiction compositions from other resources, including essays from other cultures and traditions Complete additional essay composing exercises that focus on increasingly more sophisticated sentencing and paragraphing techniques. 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 12
Subject Area: English Course Title: Creative Writing Grade: 12 Strand: Creative Non-Fiction Writing Academic/Content Standards/ Benchmarks CC.1.4.11-12.A Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately. Objectives Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately. Instructional Strategies Using the works of professional writers as models, students will compose original works that communicate and/or persuade. Assessment Strategies identify the characteristics effective nonfiction composition including thesis, introduction, body of evidence, conclusion, and appropriate transitions. CC.1.5.11-12.A Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions on grades level topics, texts, and issues, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. Develop skills and strategies for using peer interaction for generating writing ideas and revising original compositions Student will conference both with the teacher and in peer groups to generate ideas and revise and polish original compositions. communicate the strategies and techniques of a writer. Various formative assessment strategies designed to determine the pace and structure of lesson design. Student compositions that show development through process. CC.1.5.11-12.G Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English when speaking based on grade 11-12 level and content. Develop skills and strategies for effective oral communication in regard to the conventions of standard academic English. Perform oral presentations and participate in debates and discussions that develop skills in regard to the conventions of standard academic English Peer editing rubrics Graphic organizers Formative assessment strategies that provide feedback (over) 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 13
Materials/Resources Reteaching Enrichment Various print and online sources for essays and speeches The Language of Composition texbook The Writer s Craft textbook Sentence Composition for High School textbook. The Lively Art of Writing textbook Teacher made handouts and rubrics that address specific skill development Promethean and Power Point presentations Revise speeches and debate strategies as needed After class conferencing with teacher Examine additional models and examples of effective nonfiction compositions, as well as effective sentence composition techniques Explore audio and video speeches from other resources that are exemplary of effective public speaking techniques and strategies Complete additional debate and speech exercises that focus on increasingly more sophisticated sentencing and oral communication techniques. 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 14
Subject Area: English Course Title: Creative Writing Grade: 12 Strand: Writing Poetry Academic/Content Standards/ Benchmarks Objectives Instructional Strategies Assessment Strategies CC.1.3.11-12.B Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on and related to an author s implicit and explicit assumptions and beliefs. Develop skills and strategies for analyzing the meaning and intention of various forms of poetry from various cultures and time periods Students will explore a variety of critical responses of poetic works and compose their won critical responses emulating the style and attention to detail evident in the professional examples identify the characteristics effective poetry composition including internal and end rhyme, stanzas, line breaks and use of figurative language. communicate the strategies and techniques of a professional writer. CC.1.4.11-12.Q Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of writing. Use parallel structure. Use various types of phrases and clauses to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest. Use precise language, domainspecific vocabulary, and techniques such as metaphor, simile, and analogy to manage the complexity of the topic. Develop skills and strategies for constructing effective rhyming and freeverse poetry. Students will identify the component parts of various poetry forms including line breaks, rhythm, stanza, and figurative language devices, and compose original poems that use those elements effectively Various formative assessment strategies designed to determine the pace and structure of lesson design. Student compositions that show development through process Peer editing rubrics Graphic organizers Formative assessment strategies that provide feedback 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 15
(over) Materials/Resources Various print and online sources for essays and speeches Excerpts from Participating in the Poem textbook The Writer s Craft textbook Sentence Composition for High School textbook. The Lively Art of Writing textbook Teacher made handouts and rubrics that address specific skill development Promethean and Power Point presentations Reteaching Revise poems and critical responses as needed After class conferencing with teacher Examine additional models and examples of effective nonfiction compositions, as well as effective sentence composition techniques Enrichment Explore audio and video speeches from other resources that are exemplary of effective public speaking techniques and strategies Complete additional poetry composition and analysis exercises that focus on increasingly more sophisticated sentencing and figurative language techniques. 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 16
Subject Area: English Course Title: Creative Writing Grade: 12 Strand: Writing Poetry Academic/Content Standards/ Benchmarks Objectives Instructional Strategies Assessment Strategies CC.1.4.11-12.K Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition. Use precise language, domain specific vocabulary, and techniques such as metaphor, simile, and analogy to manage the complexity of the topic. Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms of the discipline in which they are writing. Establish and maintain a formal style. Be able to use the terminology of poetry to analyze, respond to, and create original works of poetry. Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms of the discipline of writing poetry. Students will compile a list of terms specific to the study and composition of a variety of poetic styles, and participate in various classroom discussions and activities that are conducive to developing a usable academic vocabulary in regard to the discipline of poetry. Write and analyze various styles of poetry in regard to identifying and evaluating styles and tone. identify the characteristics effective poetry composition including internal and end rhyme, stanzas, line breaks and use of figurative language. communicate the strategies and techniques of a professional writer. Various formative assessment strategies designed to determine the pace and structure of lesson design. Student compositions that show development through process CC.1.4.11-12.L Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation and spelling. Develop skills and strategies for the effective use of the conventions of standard academic English in both writing and speaking. Students will explore a variety of poems and analyze the effects of an author s specific punctuation and grammar choices on the meaning and tone of the poem. Peer editing rubrics Graphic organizers Formative assessment strategies that provide feedback Students will perform both original and published poems paying particular attention to how grammar and punctuation choices produce a particular effect on a reader or listener. Rubrics that assess a student s ability to communicate the tone and purpose of selected poems, both published and original (over) 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 17
Materials/Resources Various print and online sources for essays and speeches Excerpts from Participating in the Poem textbook The Writer s Craft textbook Sentence Composition for High School textbook. The Lively Art of Writing textbook Teacher made handouts and rubrics that address specific skill development Promethean and Power Point presentations Reteaching Revise poems and critical responses as needed After class conferencing with teacher Examine additional models and examples of effective nonfiction compositions, as well as effective sentence composition techniques Enrichment Explore audio and video speeches from other resources that are exemplary of effective public speaking techniques and strategies Complete additional poetry composition and analysis exercises that focus on increasingly more sophisticated sentencing and figurative language techniques. 9/5/2013 1:14 PM 18