Poetry Project: DP and Final Reflection

Elective Survey
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DP AND REFLECTION REQUIREMENTS

• Poem Grading and Reflection:  See this link for instructions for your Growth as a Poet reflection.  This is a MAJOR part of your project grade.  DUE:  Midnight, Sunday 5/10. Share with Lori.

• DP Requirements

• Final Poem
• Growth as a Poet Reflection
• Picture of your project (if it's a visual art piece)
• Video of your project (everyone- live performances will get these after Exhibition!)
• DUE:  Start of Class, Monday 5/18 (when you get back from Osprey Week)

Beautiful job at Exhibition last night- you made me proud!

Poetry Analysis Quiz

Quiz Resources:

1. List of strategies you can use for annotation
2. List of strategies you can use to help you understand the poem
3. Devices List

Take the Quiz!

If you were absent, you will need to come talk to me to schedule a re-take.  This is a long one!

When done...

1. Revise poem
2. Finish and share Process Journals 4 and 5
3. Conference Writing to prepare for conferences with Lori on Thursday and Friday (see below for details)

Project Conferences

I will be holding conferences about your project/poem starting Thursday, and continuing into Friday.  You will need to complete the writing assignment on my DP before you sign up for a conference with me.  When you come to conference with me, bring the following things:

1.      Most recent draft of your poem

2.      Conference Writing

3.      Ideas, sketches, drafts that you have for your project

Conference Writing

1.      What’s the state of your poem?  What are you still working on, how close are you to being done?

2.      What form do you want your project to take?  What do you want to do for Exhibition?

3.      What concerns or questions do you have about your project right now?

4.      List, in order, steps you will need to take over the next week for your project to come together.  Get specific, try to put those steps in the order you will need to complete them.

Critiques Continued!

Recitations!

• Ryleigh
• Reed
• Jake
• Max
• Kaleigh
• Kyla

Group Critiques

Critique poems in your small groups.

Work Time Priorities

1. Process Journals 4 and 5
2. Poem Revisions
3. Study for Analysis Quiz

HOMEWORK

Critique Poems.  Last round!

Critiques and Marisa's Survey!

Starter 17

1. What are all the steps you need to go through to make sense of a difficult poem?  List them here!
2. How confident are you in your ability to read adn write an analysis of an unfamiliar poem?  Rank yourself from 1-4 (1=not confident at all, 4=totally confident), and explain your ranking.

TURN IN STARTERS 15-17

Small Group Critiques

Critique the two poems from last night in your small groups.

Work Time

1. Revise your poem
2. Process Journals 4 and 5

Marisa's Survey

Take this survey for Marisa's senior project!

HOMEWORK

Critique Poems

Whole Class Critique

Starter 16

1. In the upcoming critiques, what questions or issues do you really want people to address in your poem?  (List at least 3)
2. If you had to describe each of the 2 poems you critiqued in 1-2 sentences, how would you describe them?

Announcements

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Critiques

1. Whole class in large circle
2. Author offers focusing question and reads poem out loud to the group. (1-4 min)
3. Group Feedback
• What’s memorable, piercing, or true about this piece of writing?  (6-8 min)
• What improvements could be made to this to make it even better?  (6-8 min)
4. Authors respond: what was helpful, what do they need to work on.  (2 min)

Total critique time per person:  15-20 min.

Critique Norms

1. Be prepared
2. Everyone participates and speaks
3. Take intellectual risks—go deep!
4. Stick to the times
5. Be specific and helpful
6. Be open to new ideas; avoid being defensive

Priorities

Revise poem!: Play with complete sentences.

Process Journals 4 and 5

HOMEWORK

Critique 2 poems for the people from your group:  Critique Instructions

1. Grant and Max
2. Emily and Camryn M.
3. Mikayla and Brynn
4. David and Coleman
5. Kyla and Izzy
6. Michaelan and Brenden