I collected your beautiful poetry manuscripts. Well done.
Homework: Animal Farm Quote Log:
Alone or with a partner, find and respond to the BEST 10 passages from the novel which demonstrate the major causes that corrupted Old Major's original dream and result in the fall of Animal Farm and the return to the Manor Farm.
Ensure that in each response to the quote, you state (interpret) how this quotation explains the fall of Animal Farm.
You will have time to work on it during class tomorrow.
Tonight: CHOOSE TWO POEMS FOR THE BCTELA CONTEST. PRINT THEM OUT. MAKE SURE THAT YOUR NAME DOES NOT APPEAR ON EACH POEM. INSTEAD, ATTACH THE TWO POEMS TO THE COVER SHEET. THE SHEET MUST BE SIGNED BY MOM OR DAD.
The Claremont Review Submission: Choose from 1 to 4 poems to send to this magazine. Polish your poems so there are no errors. Complete the cover sheet that I handed out in class today. Put your name on each poem. Attach the cover sheet to the poems. Tomorrow, we will address the envelopes and send the poems off to The Claremont Review.
Optional: The Claremont Review Contest. You could win up to $2000.00 and get published. Visit their website for more details. Deadline is March 1 / 2015.
Tomorrow: Make sure you have electronic access to TWO of your poems. We will be sending them off to the Jessamy Strusberg contest that Sean won last year. Cash prizes and publication on the League of Canadian Poets website.
