An Epic and First Drafts

First and sixth periods continued working with the memoir. With the completion of tonight’s homework, we will have first drafts ready to begin revising tomorrow. Second and fourth periods began the Odyssey. We looked at the opening passages — an invocation...

A Perfect Record

Sometimes it’s hard to bat close to a thousand. I’ve updated this site daily for so long that it’s a habit which follows me home. I arrive home and think, “Oh my, I forgot to update.” And while the temptation to skip a day is strong, a...

First Drafts, Front and Back

First period looked at their first drafts and began narrowing down their topics. (Often students have multiple topics in one first draft.) We’ll be writing a second draft in class tomorrow, as well as doing additional revision. Second and sixth periods worked on...