What a busy weekend! I attended the NH Young Writer's Conference and spent a lot of time talking about writing and following our passions. There were some great published writers and we all were able to read student work of aspiring writers. If you are interested in writing, see me to talk about attending next year!
Period 1:
Quick check-in & quiz
Guest speaker from the NH Major Crimes Unit and Investigation team
Period 2:
American Born Chinese
Exploring cultural and societal myths
The myths that sustain us
Period 3:
Our Town: continue reading and determining characterization
Period 5:
We will respond to a prompt & share our writing today.
How feedback will change...
Deadlines for March discussion
Thought for the day...
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Showing posts with label American Born Chinese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Born Chinese. Show all posts
Monday, March 16, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Two Friday the 13ths in a row....
Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Breathing Underwater quiz and discussion
Relationships
Beginning a character study
Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Discussion of American Born Chinese
Read & discuss myths
What is your mythology?
Working on memoirs
Period 3:
Our Town work - return to Act II?
Period 5:
Publish or Perish Day!!!
Reading/commenting on one another's writing.
Goal setting
Thought for the day....
"Before the beginning of great brilliance and beauty there first must be a period of complete chaos." - I Ching
AND a bonus quote because it was too good to hold onto....
Kurt Cobain - "Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."
Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Breathing Underwater quiz and discussion
Relationships
Beginning a character study
Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Discussion of American Born Chinese
Read & discuss myths
What is your mythology?
Working on memoirs
Period 3:
Our Town work - return to Act II?
Period 5:
Publish or Perish Day!!!
Reading/commenting on one another's writing.
Goal setting
Thought for the day....
"Before the beginning of great brilliance and beauty there first must be a period of complete chaos." - I Ching
AND a bonus quote because it was too good to hold onto....
Kurt Cobain - "Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Period 1:
Present current events
Reading quiz & discussion on Breathing Underwater
Publishing beast fables
Relationships...
Period 2:
Present current events
Learning about the myth of the Monkey King
Reading Asian (Chinese, mostly) mythology & sharing thoughts - visit yesterday's post to learn more
Work on personal memoirs
Period 3:
Exploring Our Town
Period 5:
Writing creatively - Remember tomorrow is PUBLISH OR PERISH DAY
You can publish a work in progress to ask for feedback....(well, technically all writing is a work in progress).
For today's prompts: Write about 7 wonders of the world - they can be fictional, personal, or the real things OR write about something you lost OR freewrite.
You can always respond to the thought of the day.
Remember changing perspectives opens up even more opportunities.
Thought for the day...
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt
Present current events
Reading quiz & discussion on Breathing Underwater
Publishing beast fables
Relationships...
Period 2:
Present current events
Learning about the myth of the Monkey King
Reading Asian (Chinese, mostly) mythology & sharing thoughts - visit yesterday's post to learn more
Work on personal memoirs
Period 3:
Exploring Our Town
Period 5:
Writing creatively - Remember tomorrow is PUBLISH OR PERISH DAY
You can publish a work in progress to ask for feedback....(well, technically all writing is a work in progress).
For today's prompts: Write about 7 wonders of the world - they can be fictional, personal, or the real things OR write about something you lost OR freewrite.
You can always respond to the thought of the day.
Remember changing perspectives opens up even more opportunities.
Thought for the day...
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
A snow delay...
Period 1:
Animal Farm test
Review vocabulary
Period 2:
No class due to snow delay
Keep reading American Born Chinese & working on your memoirs.
Here's the promised link to explore Chinese mythology... I recommend looking at The Chinese Stage, Chinese Takeout, and the Chinese Lion Dance.
Period 3:
Our Town review and assignment of roles for Act I
Working on Act I
Begin Act II
Period 5:
Writing to an assigned prompt
Preparing to "publish or perish" - publishing on Friday
Thought for the day...
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan
Period 1:
Animal Farm test
Review vocabulary
Period 2:
No class due to snow delay
Keep reading American Born Chinese & working on your memoirs.
Here's the promised link to explore Chinese mythology... I recommend looking at The Chinese Stage, Chinese Takeout, and the Chinese Lion Dance.
Period 3:
Our Town review and assignment of roles for Act I
Working on Act I
Begin Act II
Period 5:
Writing to an assigned prompt
Preparing to "publish or perish" - publishing on Friday
Thought for the day...
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan
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