Thursday, May 2, 2013

Friday, May 3, 2013

Self-Starter:  iTunes:  Music 



2. Finish up and present  your scene. 
       List of characters -- with description
       Stage directions
       Dialogue

3. If you have not finished your "I Am From. . ." poem, finish it.

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One from Ms. Dorsey: 

I am from
The lowest branch on a favorite tree
Hills strewn with sagebrush and lava rock
Windbreaks of poplars, purple lilacs, and yellow roses
Cottonwood tree snow

I am from
Saturday homemade French fries with pink fry sauce and comic books – Superman!
Imaginary playmates for an only child
My own World Book Encyclopedia
          and nightmares from reading Lewis Carroll
Guitars and Old Time Fiddlers on grassy lawn oases surrounded by          dusty summer farmlands

I am
Man on the moon and Kennedy shot
Homecoming bonfires and hayrides
“Pity Parties” on prom night, and a corsage pinned to a lace and satin dress
Grades and graduations and “The Impossible Dream,”  still dreamed.

By C. Dorsey  11/25/02



I am from
that corner of the city library with all the cushions,
mud on my shoes from walking the shores of Utah Lake,
lots of overtime in tow windowless classrooms at A.F. Junior,
Red sand sifted through my car from a trip to Monument Valley.

I am from
being stranded in a broken-down car on the freeway and
deciding with my daughter that this is an "adventure,"
nightmares about missing appointments or
having no lesson plan at all for a class of thirty-eight A.D.H.D.
seventh graders.

I am
tomatosicles and midnight swims on New Years Eve,
homemade cresent rolls and pork buns,
piles of books waiting to be read,
mom to six and grandma to one and almost two.

                                                                                  -- Ms. D.  

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