contests

Publication Possibilities: Each of the below listings is a link to a website.  Please explore each to determine which contests are most appropriate for your writings. Teen Ink--No deadline Polyphony H.S.--no deadline Cicada Magazine--no deadline Teen Voices Online Publication--Female writers only--if under 18 requires parental permission Figment:Write Yourself In--Online contests with different deadlines Tapestry of Bronze--poetry--November deadline Rider University Annual Student Contest -Mail In Only The Claremont Review (mail-in contest) Poetry Nation--no deadline The Nation student writing contest Scholastic Annual Contest--Deadline: December 23 Creative Communications--No deadline

9/28

Today we spent the entire period in the library reading poems!   Notebooks will be collected on Monday-2 independent writes this week and 10 poems required.  Have a great weekend.

9/27

Good Morning.
Today is all about finding those ten lyric poems for your assignment.

Here are some poetry links for finding poems:

Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools (Poetry and ...

www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

www.poets.org/

Poetry Out Loud

www.poetryoutloud.org/

Poetry Foundation

www.poetryfoundation.org/

9/26

Today we looked at a slide show on anaphora and investigated example soy this rhetorical device and read Ethiopia and discussed the effect of repetition in poetry.  The assigned write was a challenge to write a poem that included anaphora.

9/25

Oxymoron/juxtaposition finished up today.  We viewed a powerpoint and did some writing off yesterday's fast writes about the weather and about strenuous activities.  Today's assigned write is 150 word minimum write off the fast writes wherein you have infused a plethora of juxtapositions and oxymorons.  You are free to write independently after you complete this assigned write.

9/24

We read through William Stafford's "What;s in My Journal" and unpacked it a bit.  We then began to look more closely at juxtaposition and oxymoron.  I collected journals.

9/21

Happy Birthday Kayla!  Today we took the whole shortened period to independently write.  Encouragement was given to employ active verbs and vivid adjectives. IMAGERYtoo.

9/20

Today students were given a list of verbs and then we looked in the dictionary for words we loved.  We then began writing an assigned write having fun with words we chose.  Notebooks will be collected on Monday.

9/19

Today we read Naomi Shyab Nye's "Where does Writing Hide" and then created a list for ourselves of where writing hides for us as individuals.  Independent write time was given.

9/18

Today we built our compost pile a bit further and added a list of wonders.  We shared these wonders as a class.  Very interesting stories may ensue!

9/17

Today we viewed a power point and talked about imagery and its importance in writing.  The assigned write for today is below:

Select 3 of these 5 objects:

Flowers

House

Guy

Car

Store

Make each more concrete & develop w/ imagery.  You should have a total of 3 writes, 70-100 words each when finished.

9/14

Here's today's video.

Now finish this story:

I sneak into the nurse’s office convinced there’s a blanket I can use. No one's there. I hear a click and turn to see Sara entering behind me. She doesn't say anything. Neither do I. Her eyes are strange and beautiful. She asks what I'm doing and I tell her. We search together and find a thick sheet and wander back to the common room. We creep around the mass of sleeping students and huddle down in front, close to the sliding glass doors. Outside, from the balcony, the vast and soundless night looks in.

  or

Dear Frankie, So here we go. A letter a week, as promised. The train ride here wasn't that bad. Mr. Ionescu has set me up in a neat little room on the second floor. It's night now and I can see the neighboring town from the window. It's just a small patch of twinkling lights. Tomorrow I start tutoring and we'll see how that goes. It's his nephew, actually, not his son. I saw him for a minute or two before he went to bed. He's a small nervous boy. But his grip felt so strong when we shook hands! Anyway, it's been a long day and I should go to sleep. Mr. Ionescu said staying up late wasn't a good idea for "someone like me." Whatever that means! I'll write again on Sunday. Love, Emily

9/10

We read Natalie Goldberg's writing advice today and pasted her main points in our writer's notebooks then we wrote for about 18 minutes working on building fluency.

9/7

We finished up choosing a writing prompt front he three page document I handed out. Then we went to the computer lab and set up gmail accounts and students shared class expectations with me to test the google doc system.  A few found glitches and I will have to work through those.  We also went over notebook expectations.

9/6

Welcome to a new school year.  I am excited to work with  you this year.  Today in class we talked about Bomber Pride and you filled out a notecard for me.  Tomorrow you will begin the work of writing in your writer's notebooks and together we will figure out google docs.