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Agenda: Check-in "Playground Elegy" by Clint Smith Prompts for NaPoWriMo Day #23 HW: RJ 14.4 on a poem.  Read a poem and write a poem. Get these signed and turn them in tomorrow.  Zoom is art 1:00 today. See you there if it's something you need or find helpful right now.   Check-in Question for today: What are you grieving for from life before? Our poem today is by Clint Smith. 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. Prompt: Write a poem about an early  childhood  memory.   From  Winter Tangerine:  "Where do your joys live?" And from  Writer's Digest : " For today’s prompt, write a quirk poem. The quirk could be a personal or human quality. Or it could be a quirk of fate. Remember: These prompts ...

Agenda: Check-in Poetry Collections and Poetry Slam Videos "Toy Boat" by Ocean Vuong Prompts for NaPoWriMo Day #22 HW: RJ 14.3 on a poem.  Read a poem and write a poem.  Happy Wednesday. Somehow, the weeks are flying by. We're already almost done with our four week of distance learning. Crazy.  Zooms are at 9 and 10 today. See you there.  Check-in Question for today: What do you wish teachers knew or would do differently in the transition to online learning?  Before we look at our prompts, let's talk a little about our poetry collections and the poetry slam.  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 someon...

Agenda: Check-in "Hope" by Emily Dickinson Prompts for NaPoWriMo Day #21 HW: RJ 14.2 on a poem.  Read a poem and write a poem.  It's another short Tuesday, y'all. Our Zoom today is from 1:00 - 1:30. For our check-in: Now that we're 20 days in, do you have a favorite poem/poet?  OK, make sure you have all of your English materials ready for today. Write your agenda and here is t oday'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 something you find hopeful.  From  Winter Tangerine : "Write a self-portrait as your favorite body of water." From  Writer's Digest:  " For today’s prompt, write an isolation poem. For many, this is a very real and present subject. And for m...

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 i...

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...

Our poem for Day 18 is "First Fig" by Edna St. Vincent Millay.  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 that follows this ABAB rhyme scheme.  From  Winter Tangerine : "Write three distinct childhood memories." And from  Writer's Digest :  " For today’s prompt, write an exotic poem. Set your poem in an exotic locale. Or maybe write about an exotic person, animal, or technology. And remember that your everyday things may be exotic to someone else. Honestly, I’ve found poets are a breed of exotic creature whenever I’m in a room full of “normal” adults. 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 stic...

Agenda: "Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver Prompts for NaPoWriMo HW: Turn in 13.1-13.4 signed and th e drafts of 10-15 poems you've written.  * if you haven't turned work in (RJs, Book Projects, Essays, Poetry Drafts) the school will be calling home to see why. If you don't know how to turn things in on Schoology, please ask someone for help! No Zoom class today. Just get work turned in and I will see you for class on Monday.  Our poem for today is making the rounds and offering lots of comfort during these crazy times.  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. For today's prompts: write a poem that alternates between things you struggle with and ways the natural world responds like Oliver does in "Wild Geese." From  Winter Tan...