MOTIVATIONAL ACTIVITY

 Four-Star Food Review

 MOTIVATIONAL ACTIVITY
 Four-Star Food Review
MECHANICS:

1. Think of the food that you last ate.

2.Describe the looks, smells, and tastes associated with the meal.
3.Finish this sentence: My meal reminds me of ____, because . . .
4.Use the details you’ve collected to write a review of your meal in one or two
sentence/s.
 MOTIVATIONAL ACTIVITY
 Four-Star Food Review

My meal reminds me of _____, because . . .

CREATIVE WRITING
Nina Romina G. Navalta
Reporter
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Using The Most Forms of Defining Some Quotes

Transitions Annoying Writing Creative About
Writing Errors Writing Creative
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Using Transitions
 TRANSITION WORDS

Are used to show

In writing, a transition is a sentences or
word or phrase that paragraphs are related
connects one idea to to each other and how
another. We use transitional they relate to the
words to add overall theme of the
information. paper.
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Without transition words With transition words

During the school year, During the school year,

Polly plays basketball. Polly plays basketball. In
Polly participates in the addition, she participates
Summer musical. She is in the musical and is often
usually the lead role. the lead.

WHICH DO YOU THINK IS BETTER?

 Other Transition words to add more
information are:

And Another
in addition to equally
furthermore important As well as In the same
moreover first, second, Next way
decides Likewise For example
than again Similarly For instance
too further In fact However
also last As a result Therefore
finally consequently otherwise
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Without transition words With transition words

Some schools have a In schools that require a

strict dress code. Boys dress code, it is common
must wear khaki pants for boys to dress in khaki
and collared shirt. Girls pants and collared shirts.
have to dress in plaid Similarly, girls wear white
skirts and white dress. blouses and plaid skirts.

WHICH DO YOU THINK IS BETTER?

Other transition words to compare are:

1 Similarly: Similarly, girls wear white

blouses and plaid skirts.
2 Like her mother, Abi has brown
eyes.
3 It’s very cold in Vermont, likewise
New York will be too.
4 David yelled as if he was lost in the
woods
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Without transition words With transition words

Gia, Lily and Kylie went to Gia, Lily and Kylie went to
Disney for the day. It was Disney for the day. In
really cold that day. They spite of the cold weather,
had fun. they had fun.

WHICH DO YOU THINK IS BETTER?

 Other Transition words to show
differences:

On one hand
Nevertheless Although In On the other
unlike nonetheless comparison hand
however but By At the same
rather than yet comparison time
though rather In spite of While this
Although may be true
Knowing when to use which transition word

First, know and study a few different types of transition

words. The more you know about more you’ll use!

Second, know the goal of your own paragraph. If you have a

clear idea of why you are writing your paragraph you will
know which transition words you need to best connect your
ideas.
Lastly, practice, practice, practice. The more you practice,
the better you will be at writing!
Most Annoying
Writing Errors
 MOST ANNOYING WRITING
ERRORS

01 Spelling Mistakes

Many spelling mistakes occur when incorrect homophones

(words with the same pronunciation, such as “right,”
“rite,” and “write”) are used in a sentence.
 MOST ANNOYING WRITING
ERRORS

01 Spelling Mistakes

Incorrect

Watch you’re words! Spell-check may not sea words that are miss
used because they are spelled rite!

Correct

Watch your words! Spell check may not see words that are
misused because they are spelled right!
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ERRORS

02 Run-on sentences 

A coordinating conjunction connects two clauses that could be

sentences on their own.

FANBOYS
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so
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ERRORS

02 Run-on sentences 

Incorrect

My dog barks at the mailman__she’s too lazy to

chase him.
Correct

My dog barks at the mailman, but she’s too

lazy to chase him.
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ERRORS

03 Sentence fragments

A sentence fragment is a sentence that’s missing a

subject (the thing doing the action) or a verb (the
action).
 MOST ANNOYING WRITING
ERRORS

03 Sentence fragments

Incorrect

An epic all-nighter!
Correct

I pulled an epic all-nighter!

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ERRORS

04 No comma after an introductory

phrase

An introductory phrase provides some background

information and is usually followed by a comma.
The comma is optional when the phrase is very
short.
 MOST ANNOYING WRITING
ERRORS

04 No comma after an introductory

phrase

Incorrect

While a Thanksgiving commercial played on the TV she was at the

library trying to study for her final exams.

Correct

While a Thanksgiving commercial played on the TV, she was at

the library trying to study for her final exams.
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ERRORS

05 Wordiness

A sentence is wordy if it uses more words than

necessary to convey meaning. Wordiness often
makes writing unclear.
 MOST ANNOYING WRITING
ERRORS

05 Wordiness

Incorrect

Jessica ended up having to walk all the way home due to the fact
that she missed the last train leaving Central Station.

Correct

Jessica walked home because she missed the last train.

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ERRORS

06 Comma
splicing
A comma splice occurs when you use a comma to
connect two clauses that could be sentences on
their own.
 MOST ANNOYING WRITING
ERRORS

06 Comma
splicing
Incorrect

He bought back-to-school clothes, his mom

bought a scarf.
Correct

He bought back-to-school clothes, and his mom bought a

scarf. OR: He bought back-to-school clothes. His mom
bought a scarf.
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ERRORS

07 Comma Misuse

A compound subject uses a

conjunction to connect more than
one noun phrase.
 MOST ANNOYING WRITING
ERRORS

07 Comma Misuse

Incorrect

My roommate, and his brother, went to see a

movie.
Correct

My roommate and his brother went to see

a movie.
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ERRORS

08 No commas around interrupters

Interrupters are phrases that break the

flow of a sentence to provide additional
detail. Put commas around interrupters.
 MOST ANNOYING WRITING
ERRORS

08 No commas around interrupters

Incorrect

It was unfortunately the end of winter vacation.

Correct

It was, unfortunately, the end of winter vacation.

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ERRORS

09 Squinting modifiers

A squinting modifier is a word, phrase,

or clause that could modify the word
before it or the word after it.
 MOST ANNOYING WRITING
ERRORS

09 Squinting
modifiers
Incorrect

Students who study rarely get bad

Correct
grades.
Students who rarely study get bad grades. OR: Students who study get
bad grades rarely .
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ERRORS

10 Subject-verb agreement

Singular subjects take

singular verbs and plural
subjects take plural verbs.
 MOST ANNOYING WRITING
ERRORS

10 Subject-verb agreement

Incorrect

Michael study at the library every day.

Correct

Michael studies at the library every day.

Forms of Writing
 Forms of Writing

 Poetry
 Creative Non-Fiction
 Fiction
 Scriptwriting
Poetry

Poetry is a type of literature that conveys a thought,

describes a scene or tells a story in a concentrated,
lyrical arrangement of words. Poems can be
structured, with rhyming lines and meter, the rhythm and
emphasis of a line based on syllabic beats. Poems can
also be freeform, which follows no formal structure.
 Compose an acrostic
poem using your name
or the name of your
choice.
Fiction

Fiction is fabricated and based on the author’s

imagination. Short stories, novels, myths, legends,
and fairy tales are all considered fiction. While
settings, plot points, and characters in fiction are
sometimes based on real-life events or people,
writers use such things as jumping off points for
their stories.
TASK Create a fairytale out of the picture.
Creative non-fiction
Creative non-fiction is a genre of writing
that uses elements of creative writing to
present a factual, true story. Literary
techniques that are usually reserved for
writing fiction can be used in creative
nonfiction, such as dialogue, scene-setting,
and narrative arcs.
Fiction NON-Fiction
Fictional literature Non-fiction literature
is imagined is based on fact
Often based on Loses credibility if
actual events fabricated.

Subjective Objective
Can be different
Authorial point of view
points of view

Deeply interior Focused on exterior

SCRIPTWRITING

Script writing (or screenwriting) is the process of

writing stories in the screenplay medium.
Script writing is writing down the movement,
actions, expression and dialogue of the
characters in screenplay, in screenplay format. 
 TASK

Create dialogues out

of the picture.
Defining Creative
Writing
 What is Creative Writing?

Creative writing expresses the writers thoughts

and feeling in an imaginative often unique and
poetic way. Creative Writing is guided more by
the writers need to express feelings and ideas
that by the restrictive demands of factual and
logical progression of expository writing.

Any writing that is original and self-expressive

Some Quotes About
Creative Writing
"You have to write the book that wants to
be written. And if the book will be too
difficult for grown-ups, then you write it
for children."

Madeleine L'Engle
"If you don't have time to read, you
don't have the time (or the tools) to
write. Simple as that."

Stephen King
"We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in
retrospect."

Anaïs Nin
"If there's a book that you want to read, but
it hasn't been written yet, then you must
write it."

Toni Morrison
 "Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try
to make it logical; don't edit your own soul
according to the fashion. Rather, follow
your most intense obsessions mercilessly."

Franz Kafka
"To produce a mighty book, you must
choose a mighty theme."

Herman Melville
“Creativity is the brain's invisible muscle --
that when used and excercised routinely --
becomes better and stronger.”

Ashley Ormon
"To produce a mighty book, you must
choose a mighty theme."

Herman Melville
“Creativity is the brain's invisible muscle --
that when used and exercised routinely --
becomes better and stronger.”

Ashley Ormon