1. Welcome! January 8th, 2018 Friday
Do Now
Find your seat! If you don’t remember where you sit, ask me.
Write your header in your journal (or on a piece of paper if you don’t have a journal yet). Remember the header includes your name, the date, and the assignment title: for today it’s “One-Sentence Poems”.
Once the bell rings, you will begin writing in response to the following prompt. Start thinking about what you’ll write!
Prompt: Have you ever gone to a new place or tried a new experience and thought to yourself, “I’m never doing that again”? Write about a character experiencing this.

2. Prompt: Have you ever gone to a new place or tried a new experience and thought to yourself, “I’m never doing that again”? Write about a character experiencing this.
Freewrite RUles
1. Keep your hand moving. No matter what, don’t stop. Write whatever comes to your mind. Outrace the editor with your writing hand. If you keep your hand moving, the writing will win.
2. Lose Control. Let it rip. Don’t worry that someone will judge you.
3. Be specific. Get in the habit of using nouns, verbs, colors, textures. If you realize you’ve written a sentence that’s full of general vague language, don’t scratch it out but make the next sentence more specific.
4. Don’t think. Stick with your “first thoughts” not your thoughts on thoughts. forget everything else outside of the immediate words you are writing down. Stay with those words, in that moment.
5. Don’t worry about spelling, punctuation or grammar. That’s right! Who cares? Why does this matter? Keep your hand moving and write clearly enough so you can read it later if you want.
6. You are free to write the worst junk in the world. Yep, you are. So don’t let that fear stop you.
7. Go for the jugular. If something comes up while you’re writing, keep writing about it. Let it out. Hemingway said, “Write hard and clear about what hurts.”

3. Journal heading At the top of your paper, you need: Your name 1/8/18
Creative Writing
Assignment Title (For today, it’s “One Sentence Poems”)

4. One sentence poems!
Take a few minutes to read through the poems on your handout. Pick one you have strong feelings about (either positive or negative) and read through it. Then for your chosen poem, respond to the following questions below your freewrite:
Why did you choose that particular poem? What drew you to it?
How do the line breaks add to the poem? If you were the author, would you have broken up the sentence differently?
What makes your sentence a poem, besides the structure? Does the author use any poetic language?

5. One sentence poems!
Once you’ve responded to your questions, share with your group. Find out: 4. Did any of you chose the same poem? If so, did you choose it for the same reason? 5. Why did your groupmates choose their poem? Do you agree with their reasoning? 6. What poetic language did your classmates find in their chosen poems? More importantly, is there anything you could potentially use in your own writing?

6. The Iceberg Principal
Ernest Hemingway’s theory of writing

7. The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories
Read through your Tiny Stories handout, and choose one to respond to.
7. What do you think the tiny story means? What is the author trying to say?
8. How does (or doesn’t) the picture add to the meaning of the tiny story? Would the story have still had the same impact if it were only words?
9. Is it poetry? Why or why not? If not, what is it?

8. Write your own! (25 points)
For the rest of class, your job is to create your own one sentence poem OR tiny story. If it’s especially good, your story will get displayed in the classroom and you’ll get extra credit! 
Requirements:
A story/poem 1-2 sentences in length (3 points)
Poem must have sort of structure/line breaks that give meaning to the piece (don’t just randomly go to the next line – think about where you want your reader to pause!) (6 points)
Apply the iceberg principle – your audience must take away much more than what just what you say. Your poem needs to imply something to the reader. (10 points)
Must be on a poster (construction paper) and have some sort of accompanying visual that supports/adds meaning to your poem. Do your best to make these pretty, please!  (6 points)