Tuesday. Uhh, that.

• Presentations
• "Waving Goodbye" by Gerald Stern

Back to a Monday. Eww.

• Presentations

Thursday!

• Failing and Flying by Jack Gilbert
• Personal Project work time

Yay 4 day week!

• Daily poem
• Personal Projects

Spring...??? Please?

• Poem:  "Coming"
• Work on personal projects -- new due date, Monday 2/22

Personal projects

• William Blake poem, info on him
• personal project.  Get after it.  Due the Monday after the next:  Feb. 22

contracts -- commit!

• Poem:  That chicken....  "A Quiet Life"
• Personal Project 1:  contract sheet -- pink.  Commit and get to work.

Time to think about Personal Projects!

• Poem: "Thin Ice" and Writers Almanac
• collect Good News Articles
• Review/discuss list of project ideas -- list on right in googdocs
• HW: commit by tomo

That sub, WK

• Share good news articles -- 1 sentence summary
• Go to computer lab to write good news article of choice
• local/ researched
• 1 page double spaced
• 2 quotes included
• can be eyewitness
• can be participant
• one can be from YOU
• Satire is fine, as long as it's positive in nature

Week is almost over!

• Pulled positive news stories from the Positive News Network

Vivaldi music day

• Poem:  "January 31"
• read Voice of the Class essays, respond to one from each type in journal with 2 sentences
• turn in WORD.  We will present tomo

Tuesday stuff

• January 31st poem (in February. Yeah, I know, weird right? Haha)
• What's in a reader/writer circle out in the pod (or weirdly shaped oval with 4 people sitting in the middle)

Poetry, yes!

Begin poetry study

• In journal, write "what means poetry?"
• first Writer's Alamanac poem:  glue
• listen, analyze

Work on WORD and/or READ or type in "Type of... " sentence