Day 16 - Sad

We helped each other.

Day 15 - And the nominees are

We came up with awards for Thursday's Awards Show.

We wished Tanner J. a happy birthday.

We celebrated Micah's poetry slam experience.

 

We listened to a new song by Mat Kearney and his process for making it. 

  

Day 14 - Sub

This Sunday (2/22) is the Oscars on ABC.

Make your picks
See graphics of everyone's picks
See who's winning

Day 13 - Freedom Assembly Video

We watched more Oscar trailers.

We wrote about Freedom (#3).

Then we helped Ethan with his freedom assembly video.

What Do You Dream? (Freedom Assembly 2015) from Espial Effects on Vimeo.

Oh yeah, and I told you that CW1 was more advanced than CW2 because they wrote more.

Next time:
I'll be in Vegas looking for a new job.
You'll have time to write (Oscars #4).
You'll have time to collaborate (Project #1).
You'll have time to share (Mini-slam #4).

Day 12 - Mini-Slam #3

Valentine's Day Eve. Friday the 13th.

We shared Valentines, Roah broke our hearts (but he promised he'd be at the next one), E.J. read a dope poem, River dropped sick beats, and Madie/Olive tried out for class videographer/assistant. (Someone ask her to put the performances on YouTube or something.)

There were poems about colors and places. There were rough drafts. There were first time readers and repeat offenders. There was even a poem that had Humpty Dumpty as a girl.

Ethan Harris (eharris97.utah@gmail.com), who made the Lone Peak We See You video, gave us an assignment:

• write a poem about freedom/patriotism/dreams
• film yourself reading it (nothing fancy, just SPEAK UP)
• post it to your blog (due Monday)

Think of this as an audition. He is making a video for the Freedom Assembly next Friday, and he wants to use our slam poetry skills. So let's not let him down.

If we don't have at least 10 people post videos, I'm going to find another teacher to teach the class.

Day 11 - Poetry Workshop

Day 10 - I Know Places

1. We watched Oscars trailers. I'm trying to get you familiar with the nominees. Remember, you have some Oscars assignments before we watch the award show on Sunday, 2/22.

2. We brought journals back from the dead. We even wrote something in our journals:

PROMPT #1: Places

Here are some highlights:

3. And then, I'm not kidding, we studied I Know Places by Taylor Swift.

Day 9 - Project #1 Time

We worked on our projects (well, most of us did).

Remember, show and tell for our projects is Friday, March 6th. It'll be here before you know it.

Everybody's creative process is different.

Day 8 - Mini-Slam #2

And on the 8th day, we created magic.

We read stuff, and we listened, and we had a few visitors. Tara read, and E.J. read to Feliz Navidad, and Anna read, and Mr. Rees read, and River played music.

Mccall read and Colby read and Sara read and Reagan read and John read and Sam read.

Emma read and Mallary read and Morgan read and Cole read and Abby read and Jess read.

Megan read and Isaac read and Natty read and Tanner read and Michael read.

There were poems about monsters and compassion and little sisters and cat calls and no means no and a poem that recapped it all.

There were poems about graduation and driving and slavery and Alpine and love and heartbreak.

There were loud poems and quiet poems, rap poems and scream poems. There were teacher poems and student poems and poems with music and poems with silence and everything in between.

YOU ARE ALL WITNESSES

I honestly don't know how we can keep this up all year. We don't have the energy, do we?

Next time:
Work on Project #1
Click here to submit your Project #1 Proposal