Down to the Wire

I am sooooo pleased with the wondrous final projects that you have turned in-- so much care and creativity is in your pages--EXCELLENT!

Final Exam/Grade situation: Three components;equally weighted
1- Your Final Project
2- Your Writing Journal from this Semester: Complete, Organized, Table of Contents, Three of your favorite pieces marked for expansion put in a special section-- I will read the reason you chose these as examples, and read the examples.
3-Finals Day: We will engage in Ekphrastics-- examples of works written in response to graphic art will be given to you, as well as some well-known paintings for you to consider.  You will write a piece (prose or poem) in response to one of the paintings as your final write--final exam).

Poetry Reading Friday

Final Copies of the Villanelle Poem are due Friday-- we will read and enjoy--yes!
Mrs. Eddy P.S.: PLEASE finish up your final projects.  I can't wait to see them.
Mrs. E

Monday Mornings Make the Grade

We got our last chance to turn in a first draft-- hey, that's interesting--wording-- of our villanelle about life surprises.  We are now working on our reading to search for SYMBOLISM in story.  Reading excellent works is a key element in becoming a better writer-- Stephen King an Anne Lamott say so, as well as many others.
REMINDER: Final Projects--semester projects-- are due January 22nd--a Tuesday.  Don't be late!
Mrs. Eddy
Villanelle assignment another way

Welcome Back Writers!

Remember that we will be writing about EXACTLY how we are progressing with our semester projects tomorrow.  Please come prepared to explain where you are in the process.  Project DUE DATE-- Tuesday, January 22 NO LATE WORK-- IT IS THE END OF THE SEMESTER!
Here's the work we did today--have a great rest of this short week!

Newsletters Due: New Story

Newsletters about poets were due today.  Please turn them in ASAP-- I won't be grading a bunch of late papers over the break, so please get things in by Friday--thanks!

New Story: We wrote about journeys: great stories of only 101 words-- here is the next challenge:
 250 word story. The directions are on the second page of this document.
Due Thursday, December 13th.
Have a great day!
Mrs. E

Poetry Web Quest and Newsletter

Here is the assignment we are working on this week and the start of nest week.  The final newsletter is due Tuesday, Dec. 11th.  Please work in pairs so that we can use the available computers at school and so that you can use each other's creative juices. You will have a hard copy of this assignment, too, so you can use the checklist as you complete the tasks. Mrs. Eddy

Here is the writing prompt for Wednesday, Nov. 28th

Shortest of stories
Please turn this in by Thursday, November 29th