January 6 - 8

January 6

Johnson and Boswell (introductions only)
Record a biographical moment about an adult you admire. Use an audio or video recording tool of choice and hyperlink it to your blog. Use the subject line "A Biographical Moment"

Bonus Opportunity
Listen to a story or two at StoryCorps and "Record & Share Your Story Here" with StoryCorps DIY. Take a screen shot of your piece and email it to me with the subject line "StoryCorps DIY" by 11pm

Samuel Johnson: "As the Spanish proverb says, 'He, who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.'" J. Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson

As a reminder, please read the bio and following selection(s) whenever you see the author's name 

January 7
Gray
Write your own elegy on one of the themes from the author introduction or poem (solitude, the need to be remembered, men that die without wealth or fame, etc.). Make the theme your title and post it to your blog with the title as the subject line

"Full many a gem of purest ray serene,

The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:

Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen,

And waste its sweetness on the desert air."

January 8
Hanalani Writes