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Friday June 6, 2008
Agenda
Thursday June5, 2008
Agenda
Wednesday June 4, 2008
Agenda
- continue editing your poems
- Peer edit some of your poems (will not have to do all of them)
- Explain the Poetry Scavenger Hunt that you will be working on Thursday and Friday
Tuesday June 3, 2008
Agenda
- How to edit your own poetry
- Edit Poems
Monday June 2, 2008
Agenda
- Read "Ode to Pablo's Tennis Shoes"
- Read "My Poem"
- Read "I Am"
- Pick an object that is dear to you and write an Ode to it (must use at least two similes, one metaphor, and an example of personification)
- Write a poem about what your poem can do. (must be at least two stanzas long with at least four lines per a stanza)
- Write a poem about you (use as few words as possible)
Friday May 30, 2008
Agenda
- Write a poem about Nature
- Write a poem about what you see in the clouds (imitation of "What I see Daydreaming")
- Write a poem about three different emtions and explain them by using similes (imitation of "Untitled")
- Write a poem about anything you would like
Thursday May 29, 2008
Agenda
- Finish writing the "Foreword" imitation poem
- Read the poem "Daisy Mejias"
- Imitate the poem "Daisy Mejias" by writing a poem that has three parts. Part 1: tell a mini-story on what makes you upset or mad. Part 2: write who you go to to talk about "important" stuff (can be anything you find important). Part 3: write what the important stuff that you talk about is
- Write at least two poems about anything you would like
Wednesday May 28, 2008
Agenda
- Review the poetry notes
- Review the notes on imitation
- Read the poem "Foreword" by Nikki Giovani (part of the packet of poems that I handed out)
- Go through the poem line by line to figure out what it really is saying
- Imitate the poem by using the last line (I'm a ______________) and the beginnings of the stanzas and lines
Tuesday May 27, 2008
Agenda
- Question on the smartboard (Where do you "see" poetry? And I do not mean in books, where is the inspiration for the poems?)
- Explained the thought books that you received
- Went over the calendar that was handed out that shows the rest of the school year
- wrote in the thought books (wrote down everything you see, hear, feel, smell after I said a location)
- Places to write ideas on:
- Out the classroom window
- In the hallway
- In the classroom
- Home
- Friend's house/s
- with friends
- homework time
- the books you read
- the movies you watch
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