Creeper Aw Man and I-Oop

Agenda: Check-in "Because You Asked..." by Howard Nemorov  NaPoWriMo HW: RJ 12.2 Read for 20-30 minutes. Hey, all. That class yesterday with 100 students was crazy! Thanks for making it, and if that many of you keep coming to the Zoom classes, I will start doing two sessions so we can have more discussion. Our class/office hours are at 1:00 today.  https://lausd.zoom.us/j/169951141 Today, we are looking at the poem, "Because You Asked About the Line Between Prose and Poetry by Howard Nemorov.  I suggest you copy the poem down or print a copy if you have access to a printer so you can annotate.  Read through the poem 2-3 times (preferably out loud). What feeling do you get from the poem? What is it about? What makes this a poem?  Here are my annotations:   Now take out your NaPoWriMo Notes: Q: How do you know if what you write is actually a poem? A: Look for elements of poetry:  lines, stanzas, line breaks, rhyme, rhyme scheme, ...

Agenda: Check-in Boundaries/Learning Spaces Q. Q. & Song Intro to Poetry HW: RJ 12.1 Read for 20-30 minutes. Hey all. Hope you're doing as well as you can during this crazy time. Please know this: whatever you can do right now, it is enough. Be kind to yourself when there is so much change and uncertainty.  Our Zoom call is today at 9:00. Hope to see you there. If you plan to go to the Zoom, we will work through and discuss everything in the blog. If you don't participate in the Zoom, make sure you do everything in the rest of the blog.    https://lausd.zoom.us/j/810070746 How are you feeling today? Take a few breaths and really think about how you are right now. Feel free to answer this and other questions in the comments below! Think about your learning space. Make sure you have your English materials out and create a space where you will do schoolwork. Maybe it's the corner of a table like I'm using, or the foot of your bed. T...