Weekend (and beyond) assignments

Mrs. Topham

 

September 7, 2007

 

E3H:

 

  • RW: 
    • Bring book on Monday
  • WW:
    • Revise your Frozen Moment piece and bring it in to school on Tuesday.*  You are not required to take it beyond a second draft, but you certainly may do so, and many people do, even at times “unfreezing” it and making it a part of a larger piece.
    • Compose a piece of your own design, prose, poem, vignette, or whatever.  Bring two copies of that for conferencing on Tuesday.
  • Lit:
    • On the bulletin boards, join in ongoing discussions (now until Wednesday) about the various poems in Chapter Five of your book.  Check in again and again and whack these poems wherever they take you.  Post seriously, though: quote from the poems or other posts, and don’t just dash things off.  No one-line posts!

 

E2H:

 

  • RW: 
    • Bring book on Monday
  • WW:
    • Compose an Emily Dickinson parody poem based on any Dickinson poem other than “Faith is a Fine Invention” (too short).  Try to mimic the stylistic devices of her writing.  Then post the poem online (the board is already there: “Dickinson Parodies” under “Writing Workshop”).  Throughout the weekend, check back and give feedback to others about how well their poems fit work as parodies of Dickinson.  (There are instructions on the board.)
    • Compose a piece of your own design, prose, poem, vignette, or whatever.  Bring two copies of that for conferencing on Tuesday.
  • Lit:
    • In the board called Dickinson Poems (under “Poetry”), participate in an ongoing discussion about the various Dickinson poems we have read, focusing primarily on the one you have selected but adding to other conversations as you can.  Your eventual goal is going to be an essay on one poem.

 

 

CW:

 

  • Online:
  • Compose and post a poem of your choice under the “First Poems” board.  This may be but does not have to be the “Walk” poem.  Check back
  • Additional:
    • Email me a copy of your conflict story at cw@sunspark.com
    • Bring a book on Monday
    • Compose a piece of your own design, prose, poem, vignette, or whatever.  Bring two copies of that for conferencing on Wednesday, as you have Counselor Seminars on Tuesday.

 

* In any revision, highlight the changes you have made and write down the specific explanation of your goals for your changes.  (You may do this in bullet points at the top or bottom of your piece or you can hand-print it near the changes themselves.)