EXTRA CREDIT AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Go to the following website to enter into the contest. This is a great opportunity and I’m working with the SCWP for this program. It’s legit. Just show me that you’ve entered and you’ll get extra credit. You will also get extra credit if you bring me a ticket stub from the play this weekend.

http://www.artandwriting.org/Awards

Calvin and Hobbs

Hello everyone! I hope you had a fantastic week. Enjoy your weekend!

The Computer Conspiracy

I found this interesting and somewhat related to themes in 1984. Check it out!

http://zunguzungu.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/julian-assange-and-the-computer-conspiracy-%e2%80%9cto-destroy-this-invisible-government%e2%80%9d/

Interesting blog post

http://ahmjustsayin.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/functional-illiteracy/

Sherman Alexie

Hey all! Sherman Alexie will be in the Massari Arena tomorrow presenting and signing books.

More information here:

http://guides.library.colostate-pueblo.edu/content.php?pid=138473&sid=1278522

Interactive map here:

http://www.gocsupueblo.com/InteractiveCampusMap/Pages/default.aspx

Funny Grammar Stuff

Hehe!

http://psy.otago.ac.nz/r_oshea/WFP/WFP2e/WFP_chapter2/ask_mister_lang1.html

http://psy.otago.ac.nz/r_oshea/WFP/WFP2e/WFP_chapter2/ask_mister_lang4.html

My favorite Poet…

Here are some youtube videos of one of my favorite poets, Taylor Mali. He is extremely talented and these are two of his more serious poems. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86P6O3n50M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESrzN-JkKsM

Young Artists and Writers Scholarships!

Students submit their works to regional programs of The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and its Regional Affiliates. Students can earn opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication and scholarships.

Across the country, more than 165,000 works will be reviewed by our panels of arts professionals. More than 50,000 students will earn Honorable Mention, Silver Keys and Gold Keys in regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2011. Works designated as Gold Keys will be forwarded for national-level review in February 2011.

GO HERE:

http://www.artandwriting.org/Awards

Sherman Alexie

I’m extremely excited to let you know that Sherman Alexie, the author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, is speaking at CSU-Pueblo on October 25, 2010.  Please see me if you are interested in attending this event. Here is some information about Mr. Alexie:

Autobiography of Sherman Alexie

Love, Hunger, Money essay

Sherman Alexie on the Colbert Report

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