Creative Writing: Day 1

3. ST. MICHAEL’S COLLEGE
VISION-MISSION-
GOALS-OBJECTIVES

4. VISION:
We, the members of St. Michael’s
College community, witness to the
compassionate love of Jesus Christ.
Inspired by the virtues of Mary and
animated by the Ignacian
spirituality, we empower and
nurture individuals into becoming
transformed citizens with courage
and determination to make a
difference and contribute to social
transformation.

5. MISSION:
We commit ourselves to:
1. Develop culture of appreciation, support,
and harmony and live with compassion and
humility;
2. Grow in prayer and reflection, practice
discernment and attain interior freedom;
3. Be open to global opportunities and trends
to develop and maximize potentials and
capabilities in order to become enterprising
world class individuals who practice the values
of Faith, Excellence and Service.

6. MISSION:
4. Advocate deep understanding of
cultural diversity for peace and
communion and promote environmental
preservation;
5. Build up resources to sustain the
ministry; and
6. Consistently provide greater
educational accessibility and
opportunities to the poor.

7. GOALS:
Formation of graduates who are
transformative agents in building a loving
community through the exercise of interior
freedom and responsible Ignacian Marian
leadership.

8. OBJECTIVES:
The College graduate of St. Michael’s College is
expected to:
1. Lead a life guided by Gospel values and
Ignacian Marian virtues characterized by an
active commitment and involvement in
Christ’s salvic mission;
2. Participate actively in community building
and contribute the best of what he/she is
and has in the exercise of his/her roles in
the realization of a transformed society;

9. OBJECTIVES:
3. Render life-giving, humble service to others
and share in the community’s endeavor for
peace, stability, and prosperity; and
4. Take every opportunity to enhance his/her
personal professional growth and development.

10. CREATIVE
WRITING
ENGLISH 18
Mr. Ryan Jimenez
Instructor

11. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

14. Class Agreement
1. ___________________
2. ___________________
3. ___________________
4. ___________________
5. ___________________
Consequence/s:
1.
2.
3.

15. Course Description:
This is a workshop-type course
which teaches students how to
write imaginative or creative
literature by actually writing and
submitting their works.

16. Course Objectives:
1. Develop to a student’s level the craft of writing in a
particular genre;
2. Develop confidence, sensitivity and discernment in
their analysis of their own and their fellow students’
work;
3.Develop a greater critical understanding of
contemporary literary developments;
4. Place their own writing in the context of
developments in contemporary fiction;
5. Develop to professional level skill in editing of both
their own and peer’s creative work;
6. Gain a greater practical knowledge and
understanding of the markets for fiction; and
7. Complete under supervision a creative dissertation
of high literary quality

17. GROUP GRAMMAR
REVIEW

18. I. SINGULAR or PLURAL: Find the word that decides whether the subject is
singular or plural.
____1. The best student in the class
____2. The best students in the class
____3. One of the best students in the class
____4. The best student in the class and the worst student in the class
____5. Some of the best students in the class
____6. money
____7. Money problems
____8. Problems with money
____9. Travelling
____10. Travelling to foreign countries
____11. The company’s employees
____12. The company’s Managing Director
____13. The result of yesterday’s match
____14. The results of yesterday’s matches
____15. The result of yesterday’s matches
____16. Tomorrow’s programme
____17. The car’s doors
____18. The doors of the car

19. II. SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT
Look at this. My cassette recorder (1) ____ (have)
stopped working. I ______ (think) it _______(have) been broken.
Who (4) _______ (do) you think broke it? When I (5) ________
(find) them. I’ll kill them.
England (6) ________ (have) a temperament climate. (7)
______ (do) not get very cold in winter. If you (8) _______(go)
there in the summer, you (9) ______ (do) not need many warm
clothes. But people still (10) ______ (have) to have a jacket
because the weather (11) _________ (change) from day to day.
You (12) _______ (will) also need an umbrella. If someone (13)
_____(forget) his/her umbrella, it always (14)______(rain). If you
have (15) _____ (forget) to buy one before you (16) ______
(leave) on holiday, remember that most clothes shops (17)
_____(sell) them. An umbrella (18) _______(do) not cost very
much and it (19) _______(be) easy to carry. But be careful! Don’t
lose it when it (20) ________(be) not raining.

20. III. WORD ORDER
1. doctor/went/last week/to see/the/I
2. not/feeling/I/was/well
3. a/had/headache/I/terrible
4. like this/how long/?/ have you/ been feeling
5. not/since that time/I/been to the doctor/have

21. IV. SENTENCES WITH NOT
1. Does he play tennis?
2. Have you got a lot of money?
3. Are you doing many courses this term?
4. Do fish eat fruit?
5. Did you arrive on time?

22. V. MAKING QUESTIONS
1. Where ________ go yesterday? I went to school.
2. ________ come to the party? Yes, I will if I have the time.
3. Who _____ the race? John won it easily.
4. ________ borrow your pencil? Yes, but I want it back.
5. _______ seen that new film yet? No, I haven’t, but I’m going to.

23. VI. TAG QUESTIONS
1. They weren’t very good, ____________?
2. They won’t have got there yet, ______?
3. You’ve been living there for years, _______?
4. She never found her money, ___________?
5. Teachers always hate marking homework, _____?

24. VII. THE PAST PARTICPLE FORM.
1. My brother has ______ (lend) me his car.
2. I’m afraid it was _____(send) to the wrong
address.
3. I’ve _____(lose) my wallet.
4. He has ____(play) in every match this season.
5. The painting was ____ (sell) for a million pesos.

25. VIII. THE CORRECT VERB FORM
Dinosaurs were some of the biggest animals that have ever
(1) ____ (live) on earth. They lived here millions of years ago. No
man has ever (2) _____(see) a dinosaur. Man did not
(3)_________(appear) until much later. All the dinosaurs had (4)
______(die) out by them.
But scientists have (5) _____ (discover) a lot about them. If
Early Man had been (6)_______(live) at that time, he would have
(7) ______(be) very afraid of them. Some of them must (8)
_______(have) (9) ________(be) very, very big. Some of them were
able to (10) ________(run) fast too. A few of them used to
(11)________(eat) other dinosaurs.
They is also a lot that scientists still don’t (12) ______
(know). There are always (13) ______ (try) to (14) ________ (find)
new information. Lately, scientists have been (15) _________(study)
a new idea. The idea is that dinosaurs might have _____(have)
warm blood---just like us!

26. IX. MAKING PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS
AGREE
1. The group has _____ meeting here.
2. Anyone can get ______ name in the news.
3. None of the checks were casted; ______ finally
expired.
4. The chef cut _____ thumb while pealing carrots.
5. A person should insure _____ valuables.
6. The family has ______ eye on a new house.
7. The codebreakers shared _____ secrets.
8. Everybody has ______ own dreams and goals.
9. One can be happy only if ______ has respect for
______.

27. X. APPROPRIATE PRESENT TENSE.
1. Ninety pesos (to seem) like a lot of money to see
just one movie.
2. The news (to be) available 24 hours a day on
some radio and television stations.
3. When there are children in a home, scissors (to
belong) in a safe place.
4. Physics (to deal) with the basic principles
governing our universe.
5. Eyeglasses (to get) lost easily because once we
take them off we cannot see well enough to look
for them.

28. CREATIVE
WRITING
ENGLISH 18
Mr. Ryan Jimenez
Instructor