Grade 9 Write-Aways

WRITE AWAY: First impressions

• How do we form our impressions of people? Are they ever wrong? Write about a time you were wrong about someone and/or a time someone was wrong about you.

Hemingway's ICEBERG Theory:
—readers see only what is above the water—but the knowledge that the author has about the character that never makes it into the story acts as the bulk of the iceberg. And that is what gives a story weight and gravitas.

Write Away: RISK

• What Different kinds of risks can you think of? Why is it important to take them? What Risks have you taken in your life? List a few, then Write about one risk you took that paid off.

Write away 6

• "The Shortest Distance between two people is a story" -Patty Digh
• (What does she mean? What does it make you think about? what connections can you make?)

Write AWay 7

• Courage and compassion
• "She is Brave."
• "He is compassionate."
• Turn one (or both!) of these "telling" sentences into "Showing" sentences.

Write Away 11:

• Talent vs. Effort
• "Don't tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work." -Arthur Rubenstein
• Connect broadly, but also to Squeaky in raymond's run

“I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.” ~ Og Mandino

Write Away 10:
"We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality."
-Isis Murdoch

WRITE AWAY
"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.”

Describe a time you felt terrified. Bring us into the moment using sensory detail

WRITE AWAY OPTIONS

• What does Janet do after she runs into the storm?
• Write about what Ben did while Janet was away
• Write one of the "white envelope" letters

Write Away

• you are janet looking back on the events of the story ten years later....
• What Important Life lesson did you learn on the day the story took place? how did your view of life change?

Paragraph:
How does McKnight Malmar use contrasting imagery to convey an important theme?

Write away: Frankenwords

• -Look at the word parts on the list
• -invent a new word! usE at least 3 Word parts
• -write a definition for your frankenword that makes sense (reflects each definition)
• -Draw a picture to illustrate it.

Write Away 18

• Today is International Day of PEACE "Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace." Buddha
• "We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves." Dalai Lama

Write Away 19

• Today is a little bit different:
• Look back Through your Write Aways, organize, and highlight your favorite lines, ideas, and questions. THen, choose something to expand on...

Turn-it-in Day!

• 1. Change the font color of your assertion
• Does it include title and author?
• avoid the first person?
• include an observation about imagery and an interpretation?

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Psychiatrist, Author

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”


-Mary Anne Radmacher

Illustrations

• Change the font color
• Do they...
• Relate to the Assertion?
• Include page references?

Explanations

• Change the font color
• Do they explain the illustration by tying each back to the assertion?
• Are at least 2 sentences?

Check for...

• Present tense throughout?
• Replace contractions with two words?
• replace "lame" verbs with "lively" "Precise" verbs? (ex: replace "Goes" with "Flees"?)

Finally,

• Add a few questions to me as comments. Be specific, so I can give specific feedback.