Wednesday, February 22, 2012

This Week

For Thur:

Read Fiction Packet 2 and Burroway posted on myemich, and come prepared to discuss.

Post on your blog:
1. your own story you started writing in class last time we met (place, character, something that happens to that character in that place).
2. responses to any of the fiction stories from packets 1 or 2 that you haven't yet written about.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

For Tomorrow 2/9

Read the Lamott, Bird by Bird: Introduction to p44.
Finish reading City Eclogue and we'll discuss this some at the beginning of class.

Print and bring the fiction packet (1) available on myemich. We will use/discuss this in class.

Poetry portfolio due.

Writing Exercises:

in class writing: make 3 lists of 10 words from City Eclogue, use each list to write a poem using the whole list in each, so that you have 3 poems; then write a 4th poem which uses words from all 3 lists.

writing hw: 20 poetry projects: follow instructions from the handout posted on myemich