Ms. Nakada's Virtual Classroom: Day 27

Agenda:

Check-in

"Learning to Love America" by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim

Prompts for NaPoWriMo Day #29

HW: RJ 15.3 on a poem. 

Read a poem and write a poem.

Tomorrow is our last day of NaPoWriMo! Make sure you turn in poetry drafts tomorrow and RJs Friday!

Our Zoom's today are at 9:00 and 10:15. See you there! Oh, and check for new codes on Schoology today. 

Check-in: How does poetry work differently than prose? 

Our poem today is:

Read through the poem 3-4 times (preferably out loud) or listen to the poet reading it (link is above).  
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 about learning to love something like Shirley Geok-Lin Lim does about America. 

From Winter Tangerine: "Create a word; then define it."

From Writer's Digest: "For today’s prompt:

Write a look back poem and/or…

Write a don’t look back poem. Because some folks just want to keep their eyes on the road ahead.

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."

Once you have your poems submitted, start working on your collections and performance pieces. They are due next week!

For your collections: put together a collection of your best 10-15 poems due May 6th. (50 points)

Include an introduction and table of contents. 

Number your pages. 

Revise your poems to make them as strong as possible. 

For our poetry slam: Submit a video of you performing a poem by May 8th. (30 points)

You can do someone else's poem with a response or your own original poem. 

They should not be longer than 3 minutes. 

You can work by yourself or in a small group.