1. Wednesday, February 28 – This I Believe Response
> Polished response and post on the blog.
* 3 comments (2 assigned, 1 your choice) * Gratitude for each comment you receive
2. Wednesday, April 17 – Response to Literature – your choice ~ “The Paper Menagerie” ~ “The Glass Roses” ~ “The Painted Door” ~ “On The Rainy River” ~ A Streetcar Named Desire > From JOURNALS in class – develop a one or two paragraph coherent, unified response (critical or personal response) from in-class journal writing prompts/topics relating to one (or more) of the texts above. * 3 comments (2 assigned, 1 your choice) * Gratitude for each comment you receive
3. Wednesday, May 15 – Independent Book Club Response > Choose an essential question/prompt AND create a well-developed, thoughtful, one to two paragraph response using your book club novel as evidence. * 3 comments (your choice)
4. Wednesday, June 5 – Poetry Seminar Responses > Your response to your presentation AND > 1 other poetry seminar journal response (your snippet – but polished). Yes – you may do more than 1 if desired. (identify poem/poet you are responding to)
5. Wednesday, January 10 – FREE CHOICE > Could be a response to any literature we’ve done > Could be a final speech to your peers > Could be reflections past, realities present, hopes for the future + Up to 3% bonus on your final blog mark, and gives us exemplars for future 30-1 students.