ENGLISH 9

The Short Stories Unit is finished. Our new unit:

Creative Writing: 

"How do our decisions affect ourselves and others?"

In this unit, we will:

• Watch Freedom Writers (movie)
• Write numerous response journal entries
• Write a short story.
• Write poetry/songs

At the end of the unit, you will hand in your best example (proofread, edited, typed) of:

1. a personal response journal entry*
2. a short story*
3. a poem *

*criteria determined in class

Today:

1. Freewrite (5 minutes): "What are some examples of when other people's decisions had an affect on you?"  What happened?  Was the outcome good or bad?  What do you wish had happened?
2. Watch the first section of Freedom Writers. Students draw or write 9 examples of actions in the movie that had an affect on at least one other character (using the "Filmstrip" graphic organizer).