Thursday

I'm getting to to know your writing better and it is so exciting! Today we used the Self-Portrait poems as inspiration for new pieces. I was amazed with what you came up with. Luna wrote a dark piece with beautiful images, Kaya wrote an awesome short story inspired by just one line--it's nothing special--and Sylvia showed us her more complicated side (in a meadow). Luke wrote a great haiku using all found words while Vivek and Pascal had a lot of fun writing crazy stories (suddenly a dead fish hit me in the face). Mesoma showed us that in the end it's just a "chicken wing frozen in a box". Good times, good times.

I'm really enjoying writer's workshop and it seems like you all are too. There was a hush in the amphitheater minus the click of frantic keying. You may notice that I've been giving you a little more direction, prompts, activities to inspire your writing. This is not meant to take place of the free-writing you're all used to, but will hopefully push you in new directions. Try to stay open, you may learn something.

I do want to address some upcomings since you all are off to Mexico esta fin de semana.
Primero--no more book reviews. I still need the one from when Liz was still here, but no new ones. Look for more news on that in the near future.

Segundo--Don't forget to turn in Philosophy work! I'm missing Chapters 6, 7 and 8 from many of you!

Finalmente-- There are two things that will be due when you get back from Mexico. Your Philosophy argument based on the NYTimes article and your Literature circle work. That's it!

Have a wonderful trip!

emma