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Agenda: Check-in "It's Not Your Job" by Caitlyn Siehl Prompts for NaPoWriMo Day #28 HW: RJ 15.2 on a poem.  Read a poem and write a poem.  Zoom class today from 1:00 - 1:30. See you there.  Check-in: What is a quality you don't feel like you have but that you really admire in a friend?   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 something you think the world thinks you should be but you see as "n ot your job" or write a birthday poem for me (today's my birthday). A poem is just about the best gift I can get! From  Winter Tangerine : "Write instructions for falling in love." And from Writer's Digest: " For today’s prompt, write a massive poem. Th...

Agenda: Check-in Q ⧫ Q ⧫ Song "This Will Give You Poetry" by Yrsa Daley-Ward Prompts for NaPoWriMo Day #27 HW: RJ 15.1 on a poem.  Read a poem and write a poem.  Our Zoom classes today:  Periods 4/5/6 is from 9:00 to 9:45 NEW TIME FOR Periods 2/3  from 10:15 to 11:00.  See you there.  Check-in: What is a small thing that brings you joy?  Quote of the week: "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." Arthur Ashe What do you think this great American tennis player means?  Question: What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about? Song: "Across the Universe" The Beatles Today's poem:   is "Poetry" by Yrsa Daley-Ward 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?  Annot...

Our poem today is another by Lucille Clifton:  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 about wishes you have for someone different than yourself. From    Winter Tangerine : "What does the candle of you smell like?" From  Writer's Digest:  " For today’s prompt, write a change poem. This could be a poem about something that has changed or something that will change. Changing tires, clothes, or perspectives. Change left over when paying for something with cash. Feel encouraged to change it up today. 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."  Enjoy yo...

Our poem today is by Lucille Clifton. You might want to take note of her use of capitalization.  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 imagining seeing someone you know now but haven't seen in many years. From  Winter Tangerine : " Write a myth in a  landscape  you know very well." From  Writer's Digest:  " For today’s prompt, write a remix poem. That is, take one (or more) of your poems from earlier this month and remix it. Make a free verse poem into a villanelle. Or condense a sestina into a haiku or senryu. Or forget form. Just completely jumble up the words…or respond to the original poem(s). As always, have fun with it. Remember: These prompts are just springboards; you have the free...

Agenda: "Instructions on Not Giving Up" by Ada Limón Prompts for NaPoWriMo HW: Turn in 13.1-13.4 signed and th e drafts of 10-15 poems you've written.  No Zoom class today. Just get poems read and written, turn in RJs, and I will see you for class on Monday. You also might want to check out the  Get Lit Slam.   Our poem today seems about right for this bit of summer we're feeling right now.  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 of instructions for... From  Winter Tangerine : " Where  do your regrets live?" I hope none of you are  suffering  from too much regret, but if you are, what are you wishing you could go back and d...

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...