Monday, April 30, 2012

Penfield (cont.) & Workshop

If you have not already done so, please submit one of your poems to the Penfield Poetry Contest. The deadline to do so is today (and it's required). Sign the paper in the front of the room with the name of the poem you submitted for participation credit.

You must save your work as a PDF or Word document (doc) file. Your name should NOT appear on the same page as the poem. A separate page with the contestant's (you) NAME, GRADE, SCHOOL, HOME ADDRESS, & PHONE # should be included on the cover page. The poem should not have a heading, but should have a title. Send your entry to: lgrills@libraryweb.org and enter POETRY CONTEST in the subject line of the email.
During 7th period, please prepare for your workshop 8th period. Any assignments or writing you have not completed, please complete. Print out enough copies for your workshop group.

During 8th period, please gather in your workshop groups and workshop any piece of writing you would like to workshop. After your workshop, go back and revise your work based on what you feel needs to be changed.

PORTFOLIO: Please label your assignments and place them in your portfolio (or if you've already printed them out, please label your assignments so that it is clear what assignment you wrote the work for). If this is a second or third or fourth draft, please indicate that on the paper. You should have various second or third drafts in your portfolio by now. Check the previous posts (from March and April) to determine what assignments and work we did this marking period.

HOMEWORK: Please continue reading Cat's Cradle. Aim to complete this book by Friday.

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This course stresses understanding the characteristics & techniques in the literary genres of fiction, poetry, and dramatic writing. This course will continue to build on students’ reading and writing skills begun in previous creative writing classes. Readings and discussions of works by major writers in the field will be examined as inspiration and models of fine writing. This educational blog is designed for the use of the students at the School of the Arts in Rochester, NY.