IF YOU LOVE TO WRITE,

YOU WILL LOVE ESCAPE 2009!

Escape 2009 is available now.  You can purchase your copy in the Student Services Office for $5.00.

To see a photo of the new issue go to http://www.fruitportschools.net/ 

Thank-you, Olivia, Brandon, Anna, and Mary for your many hours of work. And kudos to our Imagery alumni, Paige and Zach, for “riding to the rescue” and getting us on track for a fantastic issue.   

Our very own Imagery president, senior Mary Gould, placed 3rd at Showcase 2009 in the literary arts category. Her winning experimental piece, “Olio of Responsibility,” a thematically connected collection of flash fiction, will be published this spring in Escape 2009. Congratulations, Mary. We’re proud of you! 

MORE LITERARY GOOD NEWS: Junior Brittany Ward and seniors Quincy Booker and Mary Gould will be published in Hackley Library’s Off the Wall magazine in May. They were honored for their winning poems at a coffee house and reading at the library on March 18. 

Top:  Escape 2008. Left to right:  Imagery members Breanna Hunter, Paige Heisser, Anna Carter; Mrs. Diane Kennedy and Mr. Michael Heinz, advisors; Mary Gould, president. 

Members of Imagery are excited to announce that ESCAPE 2008, FHS’s annual art and literary magazine, was again ranked SUPERIOR by the National Council of Teachers of English–the fifth time since 2002.  This year the magazine earned superior evaluations in all judging criteria and was nominated for Highest Award for the first time.  

To read more about the NCTE’s Program to Recognize Excellence in Literary Magazines,  click on the PRESLM Award link on the right of this page in the Escape Magazine category.                           

English 10B Students, I have enjoyed watching you and talking to you as you read your first independent book.  Now that you are nearly finished with your first book and project, you should be on to your second selection.  Let’s share these second books with each other—reactions, insights, questions, opinions.What are you thinking?      

Before the end of the trimester, you’re required to post twice here: For the first posting, let us know your feelings about the book thus far. Be sure to explain yourself. For the second, react honestly and politely to your classmates’ postings.

Guidelines for posting? To earn full credit, identify the book’s title, your hour, and your first name with last initial only. Fill the comment box with your honest reaction to the book, not with a summary of the action.  

Always, always proofread before sending. Summaries and error riddled postings earn half credit.

If you notice problems with your post after sending, just let me know.  I’d be glad to help you make corrections.  

Honors 10 Students, you’ve reached your  Blog Spot.

Welcome!  As you read your fiction and your nonfiction choices, share insights and observations related to the books. Feel free to ask questions and to react to each other. Post often (at least four times), but whatever you choose to share, have fun with your conversation.

Check regularly to see who is reacting to your ideas. Remember, I might also be commenting and questioning your posts.

Length? Minimum, fill the posting box. Should you proofread??  Of course.  Remember, each time you post, include your first name and last initial along with your book’s title and author.

If you need another copy of the summer reading letter, here is a link:  summer-2009.pdf 

Hello, Creative Writers!

Can we really enhance our creativity?  My reading convinces me that all of us could be more creative if we would do three ordinary things: eat healthfully, exercise regularly, and get adequate sleep.  Of course, as we’ve read in class, there are other strategies worth trying.  

Keith Sawyer, Ph.D., associate professor of education and psychology at Washington University, has written a book on the subject, Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation.  According to Sawyer, “Collaboration is key.”  Hey, you’re already collaborating as members of writers’ response groups—writing teams.  To read more about Sawyer’s research, click on “Time Interview” in the Creativity category to your right. 

By now you should be well into your creativity commitment strategies(creativity-commitment.pdf). Post here to describe your progress and to interact with each other. How is the effort going?  Are you enjoying the strategies?  Any benefits so far?

Use your first name and last initial only and fill the comment box. 

Members of Imagery are excited to announce that ESCAPE 2007, FHS’s annual art and literary magazine, was ranked SUPERIOR in the National Council of Teachers of English Program to Recognize Excellence in Literary Magazines.To read a story about the award or to see Michigan ranked schools for the last three years, scroll down the orange column to your right and click on the links under Escape Magazine.                                                                                                                                                                              ESCAPE 2008 is currently in competition.Check out the beautiful cover design by senior Kali Kolberg. Gorgeous, don’t you think??The magazine can be purchased at the FHS Student Services Office or by contacting me (dkennedy@fruitportschools.net) or Michael Heinz (mheinz@fruitportschools.net).