Ms. Nakada's Virtual Classroom: Day 13

Agenda:

Check-in
“There Are Birds Here” Jamal May

NaPoWriMo

HW: RJ 12.3 Read a poem and record tone and summary. 

Happy National Poetry Month! It's April, my daughter's birthday, and my birthday month. 😊 🎂 👏

Our Zoom class is today at 9:00. https://lausd.zoom.us/j/810070746

For check-in today, what do you miss most about being out in the world? 

For your reading journal today please start a list of poems you'll read like this:

RJ #      Date     Poem Title             Author        Tone               Three-word summary           

Here is today's poem: 

Read through the poem 2-3 times (preferably out loud). What feeling do you get from the poem? What is it about? What do you notice happening in this poem? Annotate and make sense of this poem.

Here are my annotations.

Now, go ahead and write your own poem. 

Here are a few possible prompts:

1) Jamal May uses a dedication: for Detroit in his poem. Write a poem with a dedication. 

2) From last years' Winter Tangerine prompt a day. "You wake in the belly of a poem. How did you get there?"

3) This one is from Writer's Digest: "For today’s prompt, write a cycle poem. There are no endings—only new beginnings, right? Well, that’s how cycles work anyway. For this poem, you can write about a cycle of life. Or you could write a poem that features a bicycle or tricycle. Heck, your poem could be about recycling. Have at it!

Remember: These prompts are just springboards; you have the freedom to jump in any direction you want."