You Gotta Work, Work, Work, Work: February 27, 2020

Focus: How can we turn ideas and outlines into drafts and projects?

1. Warming up with our Valentine of the Day and a little reminder that a little frustration and failure are part of the path to beauty and creation

2. Having quick chats with the paper kids and then the project kids

Paper kids:

• Running through the Night-Before Checklist.
• Please make sure your poem as the top of your paper.
• Follow MLA format, including a header, original title, and Works Cited page.

Project kids:

• Be sure to complete your own rubrics,.Print a clean copy of your poem TODAY during class.
• Review the presentation guidelines, remembering that you're not just presenting your project; you're teaching us the poem.
• Sign up for a presentation day (Monday or Tuesday).

3. Working, working, working (and conferencing)

HW and Weekly Plan:

1. FRIDAY: Book club reading day! This will be a laptop-free zone--book club reading only.

2. MONDAY, MARCH 2-TUESDAY, MARCH 3 (that's 5 days from today): Projects and papers are due.

3. Next Thursday, Mach 5: Assigned book club reading and syllabus.