Timed Writes in Class and A Song

Thanks for writing today in class.  I look forward to seeing what your minds created. FOR CLASS TOMORROW, have the model essay packet printed out - pages 3, 4, 5, and 11 ONLY.

As a heads up for the rest of the week, SAS is on Friday.  Make sure you're being kind when it comes to helping everyone achieve success.  I don't think looking out for just yourself and your grade is the way to be an "A" student in room 853. 

Tomorrow we will be peer editing your essays from today so make sure you have a different color pen to use - purple, red, green, etc.

And for clarification on Interesting Stuff Journals, here's the deal in case you missed it:  You are expected to write every day about something you find interesting.  That doesn't mean you are writing about what happens to you that day.  Though oftentimes your entries will overlap, this assignment is about being awake in the world.  Noticing and paying attention.  Your brain requires just as much nourishment as the rest of your body (and please, science peeps, I am not looking for a discussion about whether or not that is biologically correct).  So write and create and make your Interesting Stuff journal into something Marina Keegan would admire.  Make sure YOU DATE YOUR ENTRIES.

My entries from yesterday: "Lisa", "Conversation at Lunch", "Lyrics to Kansas City", "Teachers I've Worked With" and "Before I Forget".  It's not rocket science.  It just requires actually doing something outside of a class that requires your awareness, attention, and acumen.

Enjoy the day and all it affords,
Beltran

P.S. - You should be reading East of Eden.  In fact, you should be finished right about now (especially since I told you in September to read the book...)  Make sure you come back to class after Spring break with a text that is OWNED - marked up, post-it "noted", etc.  You will need to prove you read to me...that means have the book actually read by MONDAY, APRIL 3rd.  

P.P.S. - Check out "Drift Away"...