Here are some dates for upcoming events you can attend for extra credit:
1. April 29, 2016: Jaymee will read her slam poem at the Academy of Medicine this Friday!
THE DETAILS
The event is at the Academy of Medicine. Doors open at 6.
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Charge ($1/students, $5)
2. May 5th, 2016: Aleah will read her poem, Cornrows at the Sokol Awards Ceremony. Cameron and Asher will also read!
THE DETAILS
The event is at the Kate Gleason Auditorium at Central Library, 115 South Ave. The awards are at 4:00. With a reception to follow. Free food? This event is free!
3. May 19, 2016: Arts & Lectures event featuring Daniel Mendelsohn.
THE DETAILS
The event is at the Downtown United Presbyterian Church at 121 Fitzhugh St N, Rochester, NY 14614. Arrive no later than ___________ Read more about the author here.
4. May 27, 2016: Senior Coffee House Reading (MANDATORY)
THE DETAILS
The event starts at 7. Be there by 6:45. Ensemble Theatre. :)
HOMEWORK
Read Saul Bellow's story, Something to Remember Me By on page 511 of your Oxford Books. This story is not online!
Make sure any and all Lambent work is submitted!
Didn't do your 35 word entry? Submit that too!
CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK
Write 1-2 pages of fiction. Need some ideas? Here are the suggestions given in class:
Writing Exercise 1- Phobia Writing: Write about a character with an extreme and/or irrational phobia.
Writing Exercise 2- Working With Tension and Conflict: Write a story that contains the following four elements and is told in this order:
1. A discussion of a prohibition (perhaps through advice, warning, prediction)
2. Doing the prohibited
3. Personal/immediate consequences
4. Long term/societal or group consequences
In other words, write a story in which someone is warned not to do something, does it anyway, and has to suffer the consequences. Remember to focus on tension and conflict when writing.
If this doesn't work for you, write something else! I would aim for 1-2 pages.
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