Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Congrats on your rings juniors!


To my Class of 2013,

It might be hard to believe that you are almost seniors and soon will be graduating from high school. I hope you enjoy these moments and appreciate the people around you who have made them possible.
As we have learned in class about symbols, your rings are a symbol of a goal that soon will come to fruition -- finishing your high school education.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Point of View Letter Assignment

Now that we are half-way through the novel you are going to get into the characters heads by writing a point of view letter from one character to another.
What I will be looking for:
1. Do you capture the voice of the character? Does it sound like something they would really write? Does it sound like it was written back in the 1920's?
2. It needs to be at least the front of a page long or a page typed, double spaced.

It will be due February 14 (Periods 1,3,5) or February 15 (Periods 2,4,6).

Here is a video to get you into the spirit of the 1920's and it was also the song that Mr. Klipspringer was singing at the end of Chapter 5 -- "Ain't we got Fun."

Monday, February 6, 2012

Humane Society Visit

Last week we shared our donations with Lisa DePriest from the Humane Society of Greater Miami. You can copy and paste the link below into your browser to see the pictures that I took of Lisa's presentation. Enjoy!

http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4d6a6b344e5467354e54553d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Congratulations!!!!

I want to congratulate the following students for being awarded for their creative writing through the Scholastic Writing Awards. Their work will be on display in the Exhibition Hall at the Dade County Youth Fair.

First Place - Anjeniss Concepcion for her poems "Broken Heartsongs" and "Sweet Faith Sweet Gone"
First Place - Steven Ricaurte for his short story "Elegance"
Second Place - Chandra Diaz de Arce for her poems "Lust" and "This Sorrow"
Second Place - Angel Martinez for his poems "Paulie," "Lucy," and "Picky"
Second Place - Cyndia Romero for her poems "Lost Death" and "Darkened Prisons"
Second Place - Vanessa Zeyer for her poems "Butterfly Bruises" and "Second Chance"
Third Place - Kristie Mercado for her poems "9/11/01 Pledge" and "In my Heart"
Third Place - Alejandra Miret for her poems "Tame Heart" and "Savage Mind"