SAVE FRIDAY, JAN. 16TH NOW. TAKE THE NIGHT OFF OF DANCE, WORK, DINNER WITH GRANNY, ETC. as you will need to attend this literary event of youth writers.
THREE OF you will be chosen to represent our class. Tomorrow, we'll write down the names of all the students interested in auditioning. This is an honour to represent us. I'm looking for strong readers and poems that would appeal to a diverse audience.
Dec 8th: You need to have finished writing the first draft of your story. BRING A COPY TO CLASS FOR MARKS.
Dec. 12th Bring two copies of this edited draft for workshop. You pick the group. Max. 3 members per group.
Dec. 12th we workshop.
Final draft for marking is due Tues. Dec. 16th! (You will still have a chance to do further revisions before this story makes it into your manuscript which is due Jan. 28th.
Talk to the teacher today whose class you have signed up to read to. Read and re-read the criteria several times so that you do a phenomenal presentation! Be prepared to discuss your work, your writing and editing process, why you write, where you hope to publish, why you took the course, etc. Be sure to introduce each poem well so that your audience knows what to listen for.
PLEASE BRING GIFT CARDS TOMORROW OR $10.00 FOR OUR TEEN DRIVE FOR XMAS.
