Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Final Reflection

Please answer these questions in a New Post on your blog.  Number each of your answers and answer in complete sentences/paragraphs that reference the question so we can easily see which one you’re answering.  This should be a rather lengthy post to earn the entire  100 points.  Include 2 images.


  1. List/discuss several of the different pieces of writing you’ve done this quarter, including posts, comments, creative pieces, journals, in-class writings, and things you’ve written on your own.
  2. Name/discuss a couple of pieces you’ve read this quarter, including other classmates’ work and/or reading you’ve done in or out of class.
  3. Write about setting up your blog and what you have gotten from that experience.  How did you come up with the name for your blog?  Who do you think read it or who would you want to read it?  Will you continue to use it on your own in the future?  What kinds of things will you post?
  4. Write about journaling.  What kinds of things are in your journal?  Who would you want to read it?  Will you continue to journal?  What will you write about? 
  5. Type an entry directly from your journal that you consider notable.  It could be a paragraph or a page or so.  You don’t have to explain it, but you could.
  6. Type or copy/paste a passage or section directly from one of your pieces of writing that you consider notable or your favorite that you’ve written.  It could be a section or a page or so.
  7. What creative writing do you plan to do in the future, if any?  What do you get out of writing creatively?  How does this differ from the other writing you do, in school and in life?
  8. COPY and PASTE your answer to #8 as a COMMENT on as many of your classmates' final blog posts as you can.  


If you've done everything else, it would be great if you could cruise through your classmates' blogs today and leave some friendly comments on their other posts.

Friday, December 16, 2016

Writing as a Gift (or another option)


Please write a piece with the intention of giving it to someone in your life as a gift.  This might be a letter, a poem, a story, something else...

If you are comfortable posting the actual piece to your blog, please do so by the end of class on Tuesday.  If you don't want to share the actual piece, just show it to me and do a quick post summarizing what you did.

You don't have to actually give the writing to the person you wrote it for, but I'm sure it would be appreciated (and a cheap gift!).  

On Monday, we will incorporate some of this writing into an actual gift...I also have holiday cards you can write notes in for people in your life.  And I'll have gift wrap for your dishes, too, if you need it..




OR in place of this assignment...

Bring in at least 2 things to contribute to Gathering Friends for the Homeless:

flannel shirt (men or women)
thermal shirt (men)
long-sleeved shirts (women)
warm socks (men or women--new)
$5 McDonald's card
tent
sleeping bag
large backpack

Also:  Remember your journal is due with 10 new full pages on Monday.

Sunday, December 4, 2016

FOOD for thought



We’re in the middle of a season of celebrations and family gatherings, many of which are centered around food.  I’d like us to take some time to think and write about our connections to food—memories, opinions, preferences, experiences.  I can think of all sorts of directions this contemplation might take you…

Please write a piece of your choice inspired by food.  The piece might be 300-500 words, any genre.  I thought of a few ideas, but there isn’t really a wrong answer here, so feel free to shape this assignment however you see fit.  This might take a really personal slant for you, or you can take a more observational, factual approach if you’re more comfortable.  Include an image.  Please post your work by the end of class on Tuesday.

Just a few possible approaches:

a short essay re:  the story behind a family food or tradition
                     re:  what Thanksgiving really means
                     re:  a person in your life who has shaped you through food
                     re:  a childhood food memory

a longer poem   re:  a memorable meal
                       re:  a delicious food
                       re:  a disgusting food
                       re:  a cook at work
                       re:  the scene in a kitchen
                       re:  the scene around a dinner table
                       re:  gratefulness (or lack thereof)
                       re:  a childhood food memory

a recipe for an abstract concept
                       (love, disaster, family, the perfect Thanksgiving)

a letter to someone you’re thankful for
a letter to a cook you know and love praising his/her food 
a letter to thank the host for all the work put into the family feast

a short story re:  a Thanksgiving gone wrong
a short story re:  an epiphany about thankfulness or appreciation