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Ms. Nakada's Virtual Classroom: Day 20

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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

Ms. Nakada's NaPoWriMo Post: Day 19

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Our poem for Day 18 is "Awaking in New York" by Maya Angelou. 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 today: Write a poem "Awaking in Los Angeles" inspired by Maya Angelou.  From  Winter Tangerine : "You wake and find yourself scattered in the sky-- describe this experience from the eyes of the sun." And from  Writer's Digest :  " For today’s prompt, write a message poem. You can decide the medium: Message in a bottle, postcard, or voice mail. Of course, there are text messages, telegrams, and letters. My wife loves to leave me messages on Post-It notes (and I love to find them). So write a message in a poem today! Remember: These prompts are just springboards; you have the freedom to jump in any direction you want. In other words, it’s mor