Wednesday, March 4

Due Thursday: REVISED ASSIGNMENT

Excerpt from Jonahthan Kozol’s book  Savage Inequalities with the assignment. (20 vocab words–split in half with partner,20 pages of reading ONLY).  We will do the writing tomorrow, IN CLASS. And, you must have completed the reading (hint: possible reading quiz!) before core!

Due Wednesday, March 11:

Following the examples we studied today, compose the following three poems, and type them up:

1. a garbage poem with specific details

2. a “diamond in the rough” poem with a striking contrast

3. an “unbeautiful” poem about something unpleasant, using at least 8 similes/metaphors

O N G O I N G:

By now you should ALL have at least two sustainability visits and two blog posts up! Your third visit should be done this weekend or next week.  BY THE END OF SPRING BREAK YOU MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF 3 VISITS and 3 POSTS.

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To post on the blog, you need to go to this link:  blog.lrei.org/greencore/wp-admin.  The password is something you can find out from your classmates–hint: it’s the reverse.  NOTE: WE DIDN’T TELL YOU THIS BUT YOU MUST ALSO CLICK off the 2008-2009 box above your name and then click the box in front of your name as well on the right after you compose the journal entry. Look it up under Blog Post Directions for more clarity.