Tuesday: We went to the library to type up our "Dark and Stormy Night" stories. We will get ONE MORE DAY to finish those--hopefully this week.
Wednesday: Introduced the Willamette Store's Poetry Contest. Here is a link to the rules
ASSIGNMENTS:
1- Enter the Contest: cc (send a copy) of your entry to me:
eddy_christina@salkeiz.k12.or.us before the due date (April 13th) Here is a link to the rules
2- Write a Quatrain about an ordinary object (See Directions Below)
3- Complete a proposal for your semester project Proposal worksheet and example
Quatrain
To view what's around
you as if for the first time, it can be necessary to wander
away from your everyday life, to get lost on purpose, to lose track
of time, leave home for a while so you can return with fresh eyes and a
refocused imagination. Wander around and just look at things. Open doors, peer
into closets, check out bookshelves and cupboards.
Go on your own snoop or
pick something from the list that follows. Anything that you can reach
out and touch is up for grabs. The idea is to write four lines (or a quatrain)
about one object and describe it in an entirely different light.
On the first line: write the name of your object.
On the second line: compare it with something or rename it in a way
that makes sense to you.
On the third line: add a dash of detail about what you wrote on
line two.
On the fourth line: reassure it, ask it a question, say what it's
doing, or what it's like.
Optional objects:
pencil, bench, storm, candle, thumb, toothpick, soup spoon, key, sock, book, shadow,
cat, quarter, moon.
Example:
Thumb
odd, friendless boy
raised by four aunts,
don't worry, you're not
alone.
-Philip
Dacey
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