Thursday, December 20, 2018

This is the Creative Writing Final

Please answer these questions in a New Post on your blog.  Number each of your answers and answer in complete sentences/paragraphs that reference the question so we can easily see which one you’re answering.  This should be a rather lengthy post to earn the entire  100 points.  Include 2 images.


  1. List/discuss several of the different pieces of writing you’ve done this quarter, including posts, comments, creative pieces, journals, in-class writings, and things you’ve written on your own.
  2. Name/discuss a couple of pieces you’ve read this quarter, including other classmates’ work and/or reading you’ve done in or out of class.
  3. Write about setting up your blog and what you have gotten from that experience.  How did you come up with the name for your blog? Will you continue to use it on your own in the future?  What kinds of things will you post?
  4. Write about journaling.  What kinds of things are in your journal?  Who would you want to read it?  Will you continue to journal?  What will you write about? 
  5. Type an entry directly from your journal that you consider notable.  It could be a paragraph or a page or so.  You don’t have to explain it, but you could.
  6. Type or copy/paste a passage or section directly from one of your pieces of writing that you consider notable or your favorite that you’ve written.  It could be a section or a whole piece.
  7. What creative writing do you plan to do in the future, if any?  What do you get out of writing creatively?  How does this differ from the other writing you do, in school and in life?
  8. Offer some final words of encouragement, appreciation, inspiration, etc. for your fellow writers you’ve worked with this quarter...
  9. COPY and PASTE your answer to #8 as a COMMENT on as many of your classmates' final blog posts as you can.  


Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Looking for a challenge?


If you love poems and are interested in performing, you might want to participate in Poetry Out Loud, a nationwide poetry recitation contest. 

You memorize 3 poems from a large database of authors, time periods, and topics to compete at the school level and possibly the district, state, and national levels.  

Ms. Romay/Sutton is in charge, and she is having an informational meeting in her classroom Thursday 12/13 after school.  See her or me if you have questions!    

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Final Project: Altered Book Portfolio



Here is the link to the Altered Book Final Portfolio Project assignment sheet and the scoring guide for your reference.  The books are due at the end of class Tuesday, 18 December.  Make something you love and that you will enjoy stumbling upon one day down the road...

XOXO