Out of Class Experience (required for AP; extra credit for English 4)

Assignment Due Date: March 2

Upcoming Possibilities (I may not mention any again this quarter):

• Contests:
• Coastal Commission Poetry (Jan. 30): Theme: "California Coast"
• Farm Bureau Poetry (Feb. 24): Theme: "Grown in Santa Cruz and the Pajaro Valley"

• Gilroy Library

•  Saturday, February 13^th at 3pm Local Author Visit by Claudia Melendez Salinas: Learn about the inspiration behind her novel, A Fighting Chance about growing up Latino in a poor barrio.
  
  
  Saturday, February 13^th at 3:30pm Poetry Readings: Read or listen to original poems.