Audience

Wednesday: small group presentations. Thanks for taking on the responsibility of marking.

Thursday: Mr. Smith came in and spoke about Writing 12. The idea of audience has come up a few times in the last few days; that is, the careful consideration of who you are writing for. We all have so many qualities, abilities, and parts of ourselfs. Well-adjusted people are able to be true to themselves in all situations, but do so with an awareness that it's appropriate to show different parts of yourself, at different times.
So do successful writers. You use all kinds of different modes in writing - grocery lists, lab reports, text messages, love letters, Christmas cards, journals, Facebook comments, more. The language you use in each of these modes is (or should be) different. It doesn't mean you aren't being true to yourself; it just means you are judging which of your many abilities you are putting on display.

Weekend homework (in case you want to get a jump on it) part 1: one blog post - questions are above. Part 2: find a quote about freedom or happiness. It can be from literature, music, pop culture, history, anything - it's easy to use internet searches to find quotation databases. I want to put them up in the classroom (they'll relate to inquiry questions for Brave New World), so please make them large enough to be legible from afar.