1. Writer’s WOrkshop(1)
- Skill(s):
1. Writing in third-
person omniscient
2. Having a plot,
subplot, characters, and
conflict
- Theme/Prompt:
Imagine Guatemala City
in the year 2050.
Create a utopia in your
story.

2. Writer’s WOrkshop (2)
- Skill(s):
1. Change your style as a writer.
- different vocabulary
- sentence length
- topic choice
- humor
- descriptions
- dialogue
- tone
- Theme/Prompt:
Think about an important event in
your life, then write about it from
the perspective of someone in
your family, a friend, a teacher, or
a character from a movie.

3. Writer’s Workshop (3)
- Skill(s):
1. Pay attention to word
choice.
2. Use stronger adjectives
and verbs.
- Theme/Prompt:
Write about a time when
you suffered emotionally or
physically. Be descriptive
and try to make the reader
feel the pain or sadness
that you felt.

4. Writer’s Workshop (4)
- Skill(s):
1. Use prepositions correctly.
2. Use prepositional phrases
at the beginning of
sentences.
- Theme/Prompt:
Choose a type of animal, or
inanimate object, and create
a story from this
perspective. Describe the
setting, who do you “hang
out” with, are there
conflicts, etc.

5. Writer’s Workshop (5)
- Skill(s):
1. Use prepositions correctly.
2. Use prepositional phrases at
the beginning of sentences.
- Theme/Prompt:
Imagine you are a child growing
up in Zona 3 in the city dump.
Then, one day, a miracle
happens, and you are whisked
away to a new life and end up
at CAG.
**** DUE: Nov. 8th or 9th ****

6. Writer’s Workshop (6)
- Skill(s):
1. Use dialogue in your story
and use commas correctly.
2. Give each character a
VOICE!
- Theme/Prompt:
Rewrite a scene or a
chapter in The Giver. If
you’ve finished the book,
you can even rewrite the
ending.
**** DUE: Nov. 8th/9th ****

7. Writer’s Workshop (7)
- Skill(s):
1. Use commas to vary your
sentence length.
2. DIALOGUE!!!
- Theme/Prompt:
At this point you should
not be starting a new
story. Pick a story you’ve
been working on, start
revising it, editing it, and
typing it.
**** DUE: Nov. 8th/9th ****

8. Writer’s Workshop (8)
- Skill(s):
1. Revise and edit.
2. Look for things you can
add to your story, take out,
alter, etc.
- Theme/Prompt:
At this point you should
not be starting a new
story. Pick a story you’ve
been working on, start
revising it, editing it, and
typing it.
**** DUE: Nov. 8th/9th ****

9. Poetry: 11-15
1. Use Figurative Language
- Similes
- Metaphors
- Idioms
- Personification
Write a poem and begin
every stanza with either “I
feel...” or “I am not...” or
“The world is...”

10. Poetry: 11-19
1. Use Figurative Language
- Similes, metaphors,
idioms, personification,
hyperbole
2. Use Poetic Devices
- Rhyme, rhythm,
repetition, symbolism,
alliteration
Write poetry about your
family, or a family member.

11. Poetry: 11-29
1. Write an ode, haiku, or
free verse poem
2. Use Figurative Language
3. Use Poetic Devices
Write poetry about your
family, a single family
member, or your future
spouse or child.

12. Poetry: 12-07
1. Write a poem that
rhymes.
2. Write it and perform it
with a partner.
Your poem should be about
Christmas or The Outsiders.

13. Poetry: 1-04
1. Write a poem using
alliteration.
2. Write a poem that
compares and contrasts two
or more objects.
Compare yourself or
someone you know to an
animal, an object, or an
aspect of nature.

14. Autobiographical: 1-24
1. Writing anecdotes
2. Elaborate on an idea
Take what we’ve talked
about in terms of hatred, and
elaborate on it in your
journal. Think of a specific
incident where you’ve been
the victim of hate, or hated
someone else. Finally, did
you learn anything from this?