READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 27 – MARCH 5, 2006

Tuesday, February 28, 2006:

Please read Chapter 10 (Finding the Poem) from Writing Poems

Thursday, March 2, 2006:

Please read Chapter 11 (Devising and Revising) from Writing Poems

Important!! I have decided to postpone the due date for your dramatic monologues until our first class meeting after spring break on Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Guidelines for the monologue can be found in the post below.

Here is your memoir prompt from The Autobiography Box for blog posts due on Sunday, March 5, 2006:

Create a word portrait of yourself. Using as much descriptive language as possible, draw a picture of yourself, including physical attributes but also the things that have given your face character--what you inherited from your parents, what life and time have done to alter it.

Important!! Don’t forget that this Sunday will be the first weekend of spring break. If you are leaving town, or plan to be otherwise occupied, please make sure that you post your blogs early for the week ending Sunday, March 5, 2006.

There will be no required blogging for the week of spring break (ending Sunday, March 12, 2006), but you can, if you wish, write up to three extra credit blog posts (10 points apiece) on any topic of your choice. These extra credit spring break posts will be due no later than Sunday, March 12. Please make sure to label them as Extra Credit Spring Break Blog Posts

Have a Fabulous Spring Break!!