THURSDAY, JANUARY 10

@@@@MLK WRITING CONTEST:

I handed out a copy of this year's Martin Luther King, Jr. WRITING CONTEST information to each student. It is a little bit of a tight schedule for students to participate, but I think there is great incentive to do so....

For any student who participates in the writing contest, I will offer them 4x the pages written to count toward their writing lab goal. For instance, if their entry is one page, it will count for 4 pages toward their writing lab goal this quarter. Plus...if they do a rough draft, edit it clearly, and a final draft....they will have satisfied another portion of this quarter's writing lab goals!!!

If students want me to hand in their entry, it must be handed to me tomorrow (Friday, Jan. 11). If they need just a little more time to work on the essay, it can be hand-delivered to the public library by Sunday at 6pm.

Get more information from the Manhattan Public Library website.


@@@@QUARTER 3 WRITING LAB GOAL:

Here are the new writing goals for this quarter...

14 new pages
1 page edited using editing sheet and marking clearly
Edited page revised and taken to FINAL DRAFT

FOLDER DUE: March 6th

Remember, you have writing time every Thrusday in class and you are to be writing for 30 minutes at home each week.


@@@@WRITING LAB:

Students were given about 20 minutes to write in class today.