10/14 Once again into the weekend

So that was a revelation:

At the start of the passing period between 6th and 7th periods, I finished up in the women's room at the far end of the second floor, exited, made my way through the crowds on the senior hallway to the other end, went down the stairs to the basement, and stopped at the bookstore to procure a copy of My Name Is Asher Lev, which required time to fill out forms. From there I proceeded through the Lower Commons to the music wing--the farthest one can get in this building from Room 305.  Having achieved this distance, I turned around and walked back, up four flights of stairs, down the full third floor hallway, and back to my classroom, arriving in time to hold the door for a student on crutches who was arriving just slightly after the clock showed that class had begun. Four students entered behind us.

I was not even winded. And I am in crappy shape.

I noticed the clocks throughout the building as I walked, too: they are all in near-perfect synchronization. Interesting. So, besides that, here is what I now know: one can, during a passing period, walk two lengths of this building including a bathroom stop and another significant stop (like a stop at a locker or the bookstore) and still get to class on time. And no one has to walk two lengths of the building in one passing period.

Conclusion: Everyone should be on time, having concluded all of their "business" before arriving.


Interesting, isn't it? :-)

Weekend stuff:

CW:

• Today we discussed things to consider when starting to write fiction. As one of the key things to consider is, of course, characters, one of your weekend assignments is to amass a collection of characters. Go forth and find them! Collect them! Search the world for them! They might be people you know, or they might be people you only see once in passing. But if someone is interesting enough either in personality or in physicality (or both!), write them down. Build a small journal collection of people that you can play with: colorful characters who might be of use to you. Describe them, and as you do so try to let each one come to life at least a bit; that will keep them from remaining generic.
• Your other assignment, of course, is to bring magazines, scissors and glue sticks!

E3H: Today was RW, but we started with a couple more fantasia examples. Next week we will have WW on Monday, Asher Lev on Tuesday (your assignment: bring in information from more than Wikipedia on Hasidism and read the first 50 pages of the book), a day in the lab to finish the fantasias on Wednesday, and then we begin presenting them on Thursday. So HW this weekend is the reading and the fantasias (though don't forget to have a draft for WW on Monday!).

E2CP: Today was RW. Your HW this weekend is twofold, and both relate to WW: 

1. For the first quarter process grade, bring in Monday a folder on which will be your name and the name of your piece, and in which will be: your yellow sheet, your black draft, and each draft thus far of the piece.
2. For Monday's WW, bring in a new piece to conference. Your second WW prompt is to work on a poem!

Had enough of adorable flower girls yet?

What about a little boy who just wants to listen to heavy metal?

And what about the girl with that super bass?

Have a great weekend!