Ms. Nakada's Virtual Classroom: Day 20

Agenda:
Check-in
Q * Q * Song
"The Orange" by Wendy Cope 
Prompts for NaPoWriMo Day #20

HW: RJ 14.1 on a poem. 
Read a poem and write a poem. 
Check Schoology and turn in any missing work. 

Happy Monday all. Periods 4/5/6, your Zoom class is at 9:00 today and Periods 2/3, your Zoom class is at 10:00. Hope to see you there. Links are new and are on Schoology. I'm no longer posting them here. 

For our check-in: What has been the best prompt of NaPoWriMo so far?

OK, make sure you have all of your English stuff ready for today. Write your agenda and here's your quote for the week: 

"Water does not resist. Water flows. [...] Dripping water wears away a stone. [...] Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does." by Margaret Atwood. 

What do you think this Canadian author means? 

Our question of the week: How do you find motivation when you are blocked or feeling stuck in a rut? 

Song: "Paper Bag" by Fiona Apple

Today's Poem:


  • Read through the poem 3-4 times (preferably out loud). 
  • What feeling/tone do you get from the poem? 
  • What is it about? 
  • What poetic elements do you notice happening in this poem? 
  • Annotate and make sense of this poem.
Prompts: Write a poem about a single simple moment. 

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From Winter Tangerine:  "What are the worn routes of your memory palace?"

From Writer's Digest:  "For today’s prompt, write a poem that uses the following six words:

 bump
embrace
fixture
howl
lonely
resolve

 How did I come up with this list? Actually, it’s a tie-in to our Shakespeare Week that starts today, because the Bard is actually credited with inventing all six of these words. Pretty cool, eh? For sestina fans, I kind of intentionally made it six words for a reason. So let’s get writing!

Remember: These prompts are just springboards; you have the freedom to jump in any direction you want. In other words, it’s more important to write a new poem than to stick to the prompt." 

 That's it for today. Take care and be well. 


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