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Ms. Nakada's Virtual Classroom: Day 28

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Agenda: Check-in "To the Young Who Want to Die" by Gwendolyn Brooks Prompts for the last day of NaPoWriMo HW: RJ 15.1- 15.4 get signature and turn in tomorrow Submit drafts of 20-30 poems Hey  y'all . Our Zoom is today at 1:00. See you there! Check-in: How do you feel about the end of NaPoWriMo? Will you participate in  Poem in Your Pocket Day ? It's worth 10-20 points extra credit. Click the link for ideas.   Today's poem:   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 reasons to live.  From Winter Tangerine: "Write an ode to your heart." And from  Writer's Digest : " For today’s prompt, take the phrase “Total (blank),” replace the blank with a word or