Writing Competitions!

Here's a link to the 4th Annual Alaska Statewide Youth Art & Writing Competition .  It's hosted by F magazine, and it's for young Alaskan writers.  The deadline is coming right up on December 16th.  Click on the website for details!

And, if you're interested in a national competition, here's a link to the website for the Scholastic Art and Writing awards.

There are many talented writers in my language arts classes, and entering a contest is a great way to put your work out into the world.  I encourage participation!

What's Happening in Language Arts...

This week, we're launching into a big project, one that will take us through the next few weeks, and one I'm really excited about.  It's generated by Springboard as an assessment that synthesizes many of the concepts we've been working with this semester with the novel we just finished reading: Lois Lowry's The Giver.  The project involves a graphic novel, a reflective essay, and a presentation. I've created a variety of tools to help guide students through the various components of the project.  Here's a link to an overview of the steps of the project, here's a link to a planning and design template, and here's a link to the reflection outline.  I'm looking forward to all of the creative and critical thinking this project involves!