Monday, April 14th

LINK TO IMAGES FOR TODAY'S WRITING PROMPT


Learning Goals 

• Get your creative juices flowing!
• Understand the concepts of Innovation and Mutation (both forms of ADAPTATION) to the way we've changed nature

• See examples of how artists perceive and react to nuclear energy

Starter:
Journal Prompt #5 (see slide # 3 of the Intro to Creative Writing powerpoint linked below)

Announcements:

• Environmental Ethics Tests (I have your grades, will pass tests back tomorrow)
• If you get lower than an A-, you can do test corrections: Explain why you got the answers wrong, and rewrite them correctly. You'll get half of the points back.  If you are confused, please conference with me at lunch or during office hours on Tuesday or by appointment.
• Test corrections are due by  this FRIDAY beginning of class. 
• Letter of recommendation requests: I accept 15 total. First come first serve. I already have 3 requests in.  See Rachael Sands for guidelines for requesting these. Please submit requests via email.
• Article linking small-scale earthquakes to fracking (thanks to Rachel Gonzales for sharing)

Agenda:
1. Introduction to Creative Writing and Journal Prompts 

2. Go over Inspiration Journal Requirements (due Tuesday, April 22nd) and review homework for the week

• Reminder on Journal Prompts (that is the link to all journal prompts)

3. Innovation and Mutation: Powerpoint