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Agenda: Check-in Writing Your Introduction HW: RJ 16.2 read for 20-30 minutes and record.  Good morning, y'all and happy early Tuesday. Today is also Cinco de Mayo which recognizes an unlikely victory by Mexico over the French in Pueblo. So if you're celebrating, enjoy, and don't be racist. If you aren't sure what this would entail, we can discuss, but most of y'all seem smarter than the average person on issues of race and cultural appreciation v. appropriation. Today's Zoom class is short for Tuesday at 1:00.  Ok, for our check-in question: what are you reading?  Today we're going to work on writing our introductions.  In your introduction you can tell a little about the context of your poems. You can write about how you feel about poetry and who inspired poetry during this time. Here is my sample for this yea r:  Write your introductions today and putting your collections together. I'll se...

Agenda: Check-in Q - Q - Song Revision  Strategies for NaPoWriMo HW: RJ 16.1 read for 20-30 minutes and record.  Happy Monday,  y'all  and May the Fourth be with you. Our Zoom classes today are at 9:00 and 10:15. See you there.  Check-In: How has time been passing for you? Quickly, slowly, both? Something else?  Our quote this week: "Do. Or do not. There is no try." Yoda  What does this Jedi master mean?  Our question: How do you create balance in your life" Song: "Optimistic" by Radiohead What is this song about? Favorite Lyric?  Ok, so this week you are getting your collections together.  Try to revise your poems. Read through each draft and think about:  1) Titles? Dedications? Line breaks? Stanzas? 2) Take out all unnecessary words. 3) Read it aloud and listen for sounds (rhyme, alliteration, assonance, rhythm, word choice). 4) Notice what your poem is ab...

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...

Agenda: Check-in "Learning to Love America" by  Shirley  Geok-Lin Lim Prompts for NaPoWriMo Day #29 HW: RJ 15.3 on a poem.  Read a poem and write a poem. Tomorrow is our last day of NaPoWriMo! Make sure you turn in poetry drafts tomorrow and RJs Friday! Our Zoom's today are at 9:00 and 10:15. See you there! Oh, and check for new codes on Schoology today.  Check-in: How does poetry work  differently  than prose?  Our poem today is: 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 learning to love something like  Shirley  Geok-Lin Lim does about America.  From  Winter Tangerine : "Create a word; then define it." From  Wri...

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...