Author, Jen Calonita was the belle between bells when she
visited Ms. Maresca's Creative Writing class on Thursday, May 16th during 8th
period. Ms. Calonita had our students entranced with tales of her life as an
entertainment magazine journalist, for the now defunct Teen People and
Mademoiselle, before becoming a full-time young adult author. She spoke about
her path to writing novels and how she creates characters and develops the plot
to her stories. Our students are starting to write their own short stories and
Ms. Calonita has certainly given them a few new tools to add to their
repertoire. We raffled off 10 paperback copies of her novel, Belles. This event was sponsored by the National English Honor Society. Ms. Calonita will be back next week after school on
Wednesday, May 22nd for Creative Writing in the Courtyard. Students will
discuss Ekphrasis and Inspirational Poetry. Participants will have the
opportunity to craft original pieces while enjoying the beauty of the courtyard
on a bamboo mat.
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