Friday, October 26, 2012

Poems and Lots of Exercise

Please consider writing your first Novel with NaNoWriMo.  This will count as a Semester Project and be such good practice!  The Kick-off at the library is on Tuesday, if you are interested in working with a published author.

We will re-write Pantoum Poems on Monday.
More News on other Semester Projects on Monday, too
Have a great weekend!

Monday, October 22, 2012

We are on the way to our next published poem!
Today, Monday, October 22nd, we brainstormed about life events--learned how to narrow them down to specifics and began to write a PANTOUM: a poem with a very specific pattern (form).
The brainstorming and beginnings of our work are in our writing journals-- we will create a first draft tomorrow and turn it in. Happy Poeming!
Mrs. E

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

In Class Writing and Reading: Quiz on Thursday!

UPDATE:Have a great afternoon-- we will continue to brush up on our genius writers: WRITE/READ ASSIGNMENT this week.  Quick quiz on Thursday (10/18/2012).  Check out the new link to the National Novel Writing Month Site, too.
Mrs. E

Friday, October 5, 2012

Today we read student poetry,

and my heart went pitter-pat (onomatopoeia!).  Really great stuff you are writing--oh, yeah!
You will read to us on Monday if you have not done so yet-- I can't wait!
Dialectic Journals: Bring them Monday id you didn't turn them in today-- grades go out at the end of the week, so don't wait until then--I won't have time to read your stuff.
Short Stories: same story--I can't read them all at the end of the week--Monday is the day you need to turn them in so they are only a week late--thanks!
Evaluation/Comments on another short story: Get the info. and a story on the previous post and get it to me---Monday!
Thanks, everyone.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Stories and poems on tap this week!

Make sure you turned in your:
                              First draft of a 1200 word story.
Evaluation and feedback for another student's story (or Mrs. Eddy's story).
Evaluation Form    Mrs. Eddy's Story
                I handed back the drafts of your Synesthesia Poems with suggestions and some poetic pointers: final copies due FRIDAY WHEN WE WILL SHARE THEM IN CLASS.  Here's how they will be evaluated: POEM GRADING RUBRIC
DIALECTIC JOURNALS are also due this Friday-- we will work on them in class tomorrow.
 Have a great rest of the week!