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Assigned on August 19 (Due on August 24): Complete your alphabet poem.
Remember to have it printed before class begins. Also, remember to make the
heading/title in MLA format (following the worksheet I gave you).
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Assigned on August 25 (Due on August 27): Complete your personification
assignment. Remember that you have the freedom to write about any object,
event, or memory. You simply need to use personification somewhere in your
writing. (Preferably, you should use personification at least three times in
your piece.)
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Assigned on August 27 (Due on August 31): Decide on a topic for your
audience assignment. The topic must be in the form of a question. Have this
topic ready at the begining of next class.
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Assigned on August 31 (Due on September 2): Complete your audience
assignment.
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Assigned on September 2 (Due on September 4): Gather five titles (from any
genre of art) that you find most interesting.
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Assigned on September 4 (Due on September 9): NO HOMEWORK. We will work on
your haiku in class.
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Assigned on September 9 (Due on September 11): Complete your three haiku.
Remember that one of the three must be about nature.
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Assigned on September 11 (Due on September 15): Complete your poetic collage.
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Assigned on September 15 (Due on September 17): Find a concrete poem that
you like and want to emulate (Please PRINT THIS before class begins). Also,
complete your poetic collage if you haven't done so already.
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Assigned on September 17 (Due on September 21): Complete your concrete poem.
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Assigned on September 21 (Due on September 23): Revise your concrete poem if
I returned it to you or if you didn't submit one to begin with.
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Assigned on September 23 (Due on September 25): Complete your synesthesia
assignment.
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Assigned on September 25 (Due on September 29): Complete your
autobiographical assignment.
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Assigned on October 1 (Due on October 5): Bring your grab-bag words with you
to class.
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Assigned on October 5 (Due on October 7): Complete your grab-bag assignment.
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Assigned October 7 (Due on October 13): Complete your political assignment.
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Assigned October 13 (Due on October 15): Complete any late work. Also,
think about what sort of funny topic/idea you hope to persue for your next
assignment.
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Assigned October 19 (Due on October 21): Complete your dialogue assignment.
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Assigned October 21 (Due on October 23): Continue to work on your MySpace
character sketch. You don't need to finish it by Friday, though. We will
have some time in class to work on your characters on Friday.
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Assigned October 23 (Due on October 27): Finish your MySpace project.
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Assigned October 27 (Due on October 29): Write a powerful/catchy opening for
your five-page (minimum) short story.
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Assigned October 29 (Due on November 2): Complete the short story outline
worksheet. Also, write the first two pages of your short story.
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Assigned November 2 (Due on November 4): Complete at least four full pages
of your short story.
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Assigned November 4 (Due on November 6): Complete your short story. Also,
bring artistic supplies with which you can work on your artist booklets.
