Poetry Contest Info

OPEN AGES- & ADULT CREATIVE WRITING CONTESTS:

Open Ages "All Ages" Poetry Contest:

PRIZES:
1st: $500 (ages 18+)
2nd: $50 (x 5)

3rd: $25 (x 10)

4th: Medallion (x 20)

Award of Excellence Certificates: 20-30

1st: $100 (ages up to 17)

2nd: $50 (x 3)

3rd: $25 (x 5)

4th: Medallion (x 8)

Award of Excellence Certificates: up to 10

Deadline July 31, 2015

All ages

32-line limit or less
Typed or neatly written

Name/age/full mailing address on entry
(please indicate on entry which contest it is for)
Send entries to: poetryinstitute@shaw.ca and Ms F-B or just to Ms F-B, and I'll forward your entry.

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Debate - April 30

Was it the Lady or the Tiger?

Thanks to Scott for the excellent impromptu drawing!

Murder

Midsummer Assignments

....can be found here.

Tribbles

Script is here.

April 2

Today's 5-minute write:

             Crack! I heard something that sounded like a firecracker, but it was coming from inside the hotel. Crack! I heard another one. Footsteps thundered down the hallway. What was going on?

Sign-Up for Murder

Sign up for the afternoon of murder here

Murder Most Foul Survey

Link here

March 27

Today's writing prompts:

No one knew what lay under the...

OR

When the phone rang at 2:00 a.m., I knew...

Be sure to submit your top piece of previously unsubmitted writing with a self evaluation out of ten by April 14. Submit via Google Drive.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Be sure to save the pdf file to your devices.

PDF File

If you're going to be absent from a class, keep up with the reading schedule.

Act I – April 14                    Act II – April 16                      Act III sc. i – April 20

Act III sc. ii – April 22         Act IV – April 24                    Act V – April 28

Writing Contest Details

Check this website.

Final Vote for Speeches

Please be sure to vote here for your three favourite speakers from the top six the class voted on.

Vote

Please complete the form here to vote for the top speakers.

Feb. 16

A little love today....We enjoyed welcoming Karl back with our cheesy love songs. There were some fantastic creations.

We delved into our love poetry package and started with Shakespeare's sonnet about his very normal love.

Next class: speeches!

Speech Sharing

Share your speech with afilipovic-bajamic@myndrs.com or fabafb@gmail.com.

Jan. 20

• trivia winner: Christina

• STAR Assessment
• short story: "All-American Slurp"
• video clip from Joy Luck Club

Next day: analyzing theme, conflict, symbol

Jan. 12 & 14

• Type up and submit your poems electronically
• Working on "Cheesy Love Song" project (writing lyrics to a cheesy love song using either borrowed or original music then recording a performance of it with an accompanying video or slide show)
• solidifying speech topics

Jan. 8, 2015

Today’s 5-minute write: 

Crunch, crunch, crunch. I trudged on wearily, gazing at the abyss of white before me, desperately hoping I was travelling in the right direction. Glancing at my watch and making a quick calculation, I saw I had been walking for 178 minutes.

We then had our impromptu speeches.

Those of you who had come up with topics for the persuasive speech ran them by me. If your topic was approved, I asked you to start developing your three points.

Next day:

• Impromptu speeches for those who wish to redo them or for those who were absent
• Work on persuasive speeches