creative writing assignment

• Nederlands
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

What are we going to do today?

Look back at the testweek

Look forward-what you need to do this period

Practice your creative writing skills

Goals

Learn what you could have done better last testweek

Improve your writing skills

Content of the last test

words 

present simple

present continuous

short answers

question tags

much / many / one / ones

bezittelijke voornaamwoorden

phrases (zinnen)

Where did you make the most mistakes (do you think)?

Words

Present simple

Present continuous

Short answers

Question tags

Phrases (zinnetjes)

much / many / one / ones

bezittelijke voornaamwoorden

What can (should) you do about it now?

If you have questions about the test

Use one of the flex hours

(let me if know you want to talk about the test)

This period

Writing test (1)

Leesvaardigheidstoets (2)

Unit 5.1/5.2/5.3/6/7.1 (testweek, 2) 

Creative writing

Personal emotions

Different emotions

Describing emotions

Why is this assignment important?

You enrich your vocabulary

(using different words for the same emotion)

You learn how to write a story

(and of course, you get a wriing test)

What does the music add?

Without music an exciting film is not as exciting as with. Try it.

Watch the trailer on the following slide with and without sound:

What was more exciting, with or without music? Why?

It has to be a good match

Watch the movie on the next slide, then answer the question.

Did you think the music was a good match with the clip? Why yes, or why not?

Assignment

We're going to watch a fragment. Do you think the music goes well with what you see?

Does the music go well with the video footage? Explain your answer

How to describe emotions

Vertaal: mooi

1. beautiful
2. nice
3. sweet
4. great

interessant

1. uninteresting
2. worthwile
3. appealing
4. lovely

geweldig

1. dull
2. stuffy
3. incredible
4. dreary

spannend

1. lame
2. tedious
3. dull
4. tense

somber

1. gloomy
2. cheery
3. merry
4. jolly

vrolijk

1. dark
2. bleak
3. cheerful
4. grim

bang

1. spooked
2. frightened
3. fearful
4. terrified

Assignment

listen to the following fragments

Write down five words (per fragment) that describe how you felt while listening.

You do this after each fragment 

feelings song 1

feelings song 2

Final assignment

Listen to the three fragments

For each fragment write down as many (English)words as you can think of which describe your feeling while listening (at least 7 per fragment. Write them down on a piece of paper. You'll need them later on.

There is no text, so you cannot be influenced.

Final assignment

Choose one of the three fragments.

Write a story that goes well with the music.

Upload your story to google classroom (creative assignment)

At least 240 en max 1000 words.

Check your spelling, interpunction and word order (wie doet wat waar wanneer).

Hand in with classroom, you get 7 seven days to finish it.

The story:

is made up

not about a writer / music

needs to goes well with the music

tips

use paragraphs

check spelling

check use of full stops, capital letters, etc.

read your story out loud to someone else

Do not forget

to write down which music fragment you have chosen

Goals

Learn what you could have done better last testweek

Improve your writing skills

enrich your vocabulary

if you have any questions, you can ask them here.

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