Hello old timers! How are you all doing? I hope well. I miss you-even the ones I see every B-day. :-)
I am wondering if any of you have any writing or artwork you would like to submit to the literary mag. Or if you have any friends you can pass this on to.
Just email your writing or artwork at gabouryv@averillpark.k12.ny.us ASAP. Stephen Roff is our editor so you may even hand something to him tomorrow if you would like, though a disk of some kind would make it easier to edit--or an attachment. :-)
Hope all is good. Keep in touch!
V Gaboury
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Whatever Goes
Ok, so silent ones . . .
How about you all just post about whatever you want. So don't press comment after this post--you type in your own post and your own comments. How is your life going?
If you want to be 'let in' email meat gabouryv@averillpark.k12.ny.us.
Have a good one!
Love,
Mrs G
How about you all just post about whatever you want. So don't press comment after this post--you type in your own post and your own comments. How is your life going?
If you want to be 'let in' email meat gabouryv@averillpark.k12.ny.us.
Have a good one!
Love,
Mrs G
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Soundtrack to your Life 2007
"What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like stars at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare."
W.H. Davies
Greetings scholars.
I know your brain may be begging for a break and for vacation, but wait! Hold on! Not just yet! At this point every year we may wonder if the change of the calender year really does help to alter who we are and what we want to be. Maybe we look back and think "Wow! How can I top THAT!" Or maybe we think, 'Whew, thank goodness that messy year is over, this year has got to be better!"
Whatever your ideas about the ending of the old year and the start of the new, it does mean a break from school and perhaps a time of reflection--Hmm, do I want to attend summer school? Maybe I should do my work! Or, hmm, I would like to be in honors next year, I better step it up!
So, I want YOU to reflect. I want you to revisit this year. The good, the bad and the in-between. Locate 5-10 moments in 2007 that have marked your life in some way. Write about them. Maybe you have a song that helps explain that time period and emotion. Be sure to explain it! The assignment is to reflect and soundtrack (I am using it as a verb here, yes, I just made it up) your past year. You do not need a song for every moment, but you do need an explanation (remember to work on details and descriptions in your writing) for each event.
Please post your writing.
Enjoy!
Mrs. Gaboury
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like stars at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare."
W.H. Davies
Greetings scholars.
I know your brain may be begging for a break and for vacation, but wait! Hold on! Not just yet! At this point every year we may wonder if the change of the calender year really does help to alter who we are and what we want to be. Maybe we look back and think "Wow! How can I top THAT!" Or maybe we think, 'Whew, thank goodness that messy year is over, this year has got to be better!"
Whatever your ideas about the ending of the old year and the start of the new, it does mean a break from school and perhaps a time of reflection--Hmm, do I want to attend summer school? Maybe I should do my work! Or, hmm, I would like to be in honors next year, I better step it up!
So, I want YOU to reflect. I want you to revisit this year. The good, the bad and the in-between. Locate 5-10 moments in 2007 that have marked your life in some way. Write about them. Maybe you have a song that helps explain that time period and emotion. Be sure to explain it! The assignment is to reflect and soundtrack (I am using it as a verb here, yes, I just made it up) your past year. You do not need a song for every moment, but you do need an explanation (remember to work on details and descriptions in your writing) for each event.
Please post your writing.
Enjoy!
Mrs. Gaboury
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