Critique Sign Ups and Devices Quiz

Recitations


Devices Quiz
If you were absent, you will need to make this up on TUESDAY, after school.

Starter 20

• What are all the steps you need to go through to make sense of a difficult poem?  List them.
• How confident are you in your ability to analyze a poem you have never seen?  Explain.

Critique Sign Ups

Need two volunteers to be critiqued on Monday.  Everyone else will get critiqued on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Work Time

Process Journal 3 and Poem Revisions.

HOMEWORK

1. Monday Recitations:  Grayson, Hunter, Riley, Stephen, Natalie, Joe, Geoy, and Skyler.  Practice your poem, and make sure you have your 3 paragraph written analysis PRINTED before class.
2. Critique Two Poems:  Read an annotate the poem.  As you go, make notes in your annotations or at the end of the poem:  2 greatest strengths, and 2 things to improve on, and how they could improve.  DUE: Start of class, Monday.
3. Process Journal 3:  Finish and PRINT process journal 3.  See previous posts for prompts.  DUE: Start of class, Monday.

OPTIONAL: Library Writing Contest!

I would encourage you all to enter your poems in the library writing contest.  

It needs to be double spaced, 12 pt. font, and less that 5 pages.  You can simply email it to engstromcr@ci.durango.co.us.  

Make sure to put your NAME, CONTACT INFO (phone and email) , and AGE on the poem you send.  The last day to send these is on Saturday!

Process Journal 3 and Conferences

Recitations


Starter 19
No starter today in order to get more conferences.

Work Time
Poem Draft 3
Process Journal 3
Conferences
Study for Devices Quiz

Process Journal 3

• What has been the most difficult thing about this process for you so far?  How did you (or how are you, if the difficulty is ongoing) work through this difficulty?

• Choose the three most important ideas or objects in your poem (example: war, peace, dead soldiers, bombs, etc.).  Describe them using a simile AND a metaphor.  You cannot use things that you’ve already used a simile or metaphor to describe!  Be creative…T.S. Eliot once described the evening in a simile that compared the evening to “a patient etherized upon a table.”

• What is your ne next step in the process?   Why?  (Brainstorming, peer critique, research, writing, including poetic devices, working on the specific form, starting over, working with a teacher or tutor, learning after-effects, illustrating your poem…other?)
  
  
  HOMEWORK
  Study for Devices Quiz tomorrow.

Poem Work Time

Starter 18
Freewrite for 1 minute 30 seconds on each of the following.

• Your choice of topic
• Circle one word or idea from #1, freewrite on that
• How do things in a kitchen relate to war?
• How do things in a factory relate to peace?
• How do things on a ski mountain relate to violence?
• How do things in nature relate to war?
• How do things in nature relate to power?

Conference Sign Up

Sign up on the board for a conference with Lori..  Over the next two days, everyone will have a conference.

Work Time

Work on the following:

• Poem Draft 2
• Process Journal 2
• Study for Devices Quiz

HOMEWORK

• Study for Devices Quiz.  Quiz is on Friday.  You will need to be able to define and write an example for each of the poetic devices.  Poetic Devices Handout.
• Poem Draft 2, Process Journal 2.  Finish and PRINT for class tomorrow.  See yesterday's post for details on Process Journal 2.

Peace Songs and Work Time

Starter 17:
Starter about a peace poem.  If you were absent, see Cayton for what you need to make this one up!

Peace Poems
Cayton teaches her final internship lesson!  Yay!  No need to make this up if you were absent.

Work Time

• Poem Draft 2
• Process Journal 2

HOMEWORK

• Study for Devices and Perspective Quiz.  Be able to define and write examples of all the devices on your handout.  QUIZ FRIDAY!  Poetic Devices Handout linked here!
• Poem Recitation and Analysis.  For Wednesday: Riley, Elijah, Stephen, Elliot, Aitor, John, Dusty, Abe, Jess, Ryan.

Form Inspiration and Critiques

Poem Recitations


Starter 16: Lost Generation

1. How does the form of this poem impact the message?  Explain.

2. What unique thing could you do to the form of your poem to emphasize your perspective?

List of Forms

For your poem, you will need to have a specific form inspiration--a poem you are drawing from stylistically.  The following website has some specific information on particular forms, and examples of poems written in those forms:  Poetry Forms

Poem Draft 1 Critiques

Critiques two poems, receive critiques from two people.

Poem Draft 2

Revise your poem.  SAVE AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT FROM DRAFT 1.

Process Journal 2

1. Form Inspiration: Find a specific poem that would would like to imitate in some way.  Identify and list all the poetic devices that poem uses, or if it's a specific form, the rules of that form.  Choose 3 that you would like to emulate.  For each of those three:
• Explain WHY you are drawn to that device.  What do you like about how that device is used in your inspiration?
• Explain HOW that device will help you to develop the message and perspective of your poem, either intellectually or emotionally.
2. Revision Challenge: Rewrite a chunk of your poem (at least 5 lines) in a completely different form.  (Examples:  If you are doing spoken word style, try a sonnet,  if your poem is formal, try to write like ee cummings, if it's free verse, try writing with rhyme and meter...)
3. Next Steps:  What is your next step in the process?  Why?

HOMEWORK

• Memorized Poem and Analysis:  See the list for the day these are due!  For Tuesday, we have: Sam, Josh G, Laurin, India, Robin, Mandi, Geoy, Cameron, Jessie, Ryan, and Brittney.

• Poem Draft 2 and Process Journal 2.  See above for instructions.  DUE: Start of class, Wednesday, PRINTED.

• Study for Devices and Perspectives Quiz: FRIDAY.  For this quiz, you will need to be able to define and write examples for poetic devices, and to explain the messages for 3 poems we've looked at in class.

Poem Drafting

Frustrated?  Watch This:  Institutionalized.  To make it relevant, sub in "simile" every time he says "Pepsi."

Starter 15

1. What is your favorite line or idea in your poem right now?  Explain why.

2. What problems or difficulties are you running into as you write your draft?  List them, and be as specific as possible.

3. Share your difficulties with the person sitting next to you.  Brainstorm at least 3 possible solutions/methods for dealing with their difficulties, and write them down in your starter.  Share with them.

Work Priorities:

1. Poem Draft 1 and Process Journal 1:  Print and turn in by the end of class
2. Recitation Poem Analysis
3. Memorization and Practice

Process Journal 1

Due by the end of class on Friday.  Must be TYPED and PRINTED.

• What do you think you are going to use as your content inspiration?

• What about this inspires you?  Why is this your choice?
• What do you want to say about this?  What perspective are you trying to develop?

• Revision Challenge:  Take two lines from your current draft and write them here.  Now rewrite those two lines so that they communicate the same message, but don't use ANY of the same words.

• What is your next step in the process?  Why?  (Brainstorming, peer critique, research, writing, including poetic devices, working on your specific form, starting over, working with a teacher or tutor, conferencing, learning programs, other...?)

HOMEWORK

• Memorize Recitation Poem.  Poetry Recitation Dates are linked here:  Poetry Recitation Days
• Written Analysis of memorized poem.  DUE: The day you recite your poem.

Exhibition Poem: Draft 1

Starter 14

1. What is this poem trying to communicate?

2. What's the most powerful line/lines?  Why are they powerful?

3. What do you notice about the way this poem is presented?  What does he do to increase the power of his words?

Add to Poetic Devices List:

1. Syntax: Sentence structure

2. Diction: Word choice

Content Brainstorm

In groups, brainstorm texts, movies, activities that you could use for your content inspiration.  Get those on the board.  Individually, choose the top 3 for your own poem.

Poem Draft 1

Write a rough draft of your exhibition poem.  Work on making your perspective clear and your language powerful!

Process Journal 1

Due by the end of class on Friday.  Must be TYPED and PRINTED.

• What do you think you are going to use as your content inspiration?

• What about this inspires you?  Why is this your choice?
• What do you want to say about this?  What perspective are you trying to develop?

• Revision Challenge:  Take two lines from your current draft and write them here.  Now rewrite those two lines so that they communicate the same message, but don't use ANY of the same words.

• What is your next step in the process?  Why?  (Brainstorming, peer critique, research, writing, including poetic devices, working on your specific form, starting over, working with a teacher or tutor, conferencing, learning programs, other...?)

HOMEWORK

• Memorize Recitation Poem.  Poetry Recitation Dates are linked here:  Poetry Recitation Days
• Written Analysis of memorized poem.  DUE: The day you recite your poem.

Recitation Poem Analysis

Starter 13: Figurative Language

1. Choose your favorite example of figurative language from the board.  Write it down.
2. Chart out the comparison the author is making (like we did for the examples from the figurative language handout), and talk about what they were trying to convey about their subject.
3. Draw the image this piece of figurative language generates in your mind.

Content Inspiration Poems

Trade poems.  Directly on the poem you receive, write:

1. What is the poet trying to convey here?
2. What are the strongest lines, and why?
3. What are 2 specific changes they could make to improve the power of this poem?

Recitation Poem Analysis

1. Read and annotate your memorization poem.  Look carefully for the message and for all the poetic devices being used.
2. Outline your paragraphs (see the poem memorization handout for guidelines here)
3. Write a draft of your analysis
4. If you finish a draft, show it to Lori for feedback

HOMEWORK

1. Memorize and practice recitation of poem.  DUE:  Sometime next week (depends on what day you signed up for)
2. Written analysis of recitation poem.  DUE: The day you recite.

Content Inspiration

Starter 12
Illuminated Text Link

1. What is this poem trying to communicate intellectually?  Emotionally?
2. What connections do you see between the art and the text?
3. How does the art impact the message of the poem?

Figurative Language Activity

Finish figurative language activity from yesterday (handout is linked above).  Choose your favorite piece of figurative language that you wrote, and write it on the board!

Content Inspiration Poem
Choose ONE text, movie, or activity that we've done this year, and write a poem inspired by it.  Play with figurative language and at least two other poetic devices (choose some you haven't worked with much yet).

At the bottom of the poem, write a brief explanation that talks about:

1. The main message of the text, movie, or activity
2. What you took from that inspiration for your poem.  This could be ideas, specific language/phrases, other...?

Recitation Poem

If you finish the content inspiration poem and explanation, read and annotate your recitation poem.  Focus on:

1. Identifying the intellectual and emotional message
2. Identifying the poetic devices used

HOMEWORK

Finis content inspired poem and explanation.  PRINT before class!  You MUST have a hard copy!  DUE: Start of class, Wednesday.

Perspective and Figurative Language

Starter 11
Trade peace poems with someone, and write the poet's name at the top of your starter.  (If you were ABSENT, do these questions for your own poem!)  For their poem, answer the following:

• What is this poem trying to communicate intellectually and emotionally?
• What is the strongest line (copy it), and why?
• Give two specific suggestions for making this poem stronger.

Poetry and Perspectives

Working on getting away from "duh" perspectives like "War is bad," and "peace is good."  If you were absent, you need to write 3 possible perspective statements for your poem.  Make sure that it is nuanced and that it avoids being obvious!

Figurative Language

Work your way through the handout linked above.  Follow all the directions!

Poem Memorization and Choice

Finish choosing your poem, sign up for a recitation date, and work on memorizing your poem.

HOMEWORK

• Have your poem for memorization chosen when you walk into class tomorrow.

Peace Poems and Dulce Reflection

Starter 10: Peace Organization
In groups, everyone:

• Describes their peace organization
• Shares the 3 most important things they learned about their organization

Discuss, decide, then write:

• Which organization is most effective?  Why?
• Which organization is most inspiring?  Why?
• 3 questions about one of the organizations.

Peace Poem

Write a poem inspired by one of the peace organizations you learned about today.  Your poem should:

• Have a clear perspective
• Have at least one turn
• Use metaphors and/or similes to make your imagery more rich and accessible

Dulce Seminar Reflection

Answer the following 3 questions in typed and well-organized paragraphs.  For question 2, you MUST quote and refer to the text of the poem to receive full credit!

• React to one of your classmate's comments from the seminar.  Agree, disagree, explain what it makes you think...  My notes for seminar are linked here:  Lori's Seminar Notes

• Explain what this poem is trying to communicate about war. Discuss at least two devices the author uses, and how they effect the reader's experience and the message of the poem.

• What have you learned from this seminar process about reading and interpreting poetry?  Use specific examples or anecdotes to back up what you say!

Dulce Seminar Make Up (ONLY DO THIS IF YOU WERE ABSENT FOR SEMINAR)

Seminar make up assignment.

HOMEWORK

1. Finish Dulce Reflection.  Print OR email to lori.teacher@gmail.com BEFORE class on Monday.
2. Have your Peace Poem printed out and ready to share for class on Monday.

Dulce Coaching and Poetry Definitions

Starter 8

• What do you find most interesting about war, violence, peace, or power?
• What unique thing do you have to say about one or more of these themes?
• What theme are you interested in exploring for your poem?  Why?

Coaching Steps: Dulce Et Decorum Est

• Fluid Reading: Make sure everyone in your group can read the poem fluidly and without stumbling.
• Close Reading: Go line by line through the poem, make sure every group member can summarize the meaning of each line in the poem.
• Coaching Handout: Go through and complete the coaching handout in your group.

IF YOU ARE ABSENT...Complete the coaching handout on your own, bring it to seminar tomorrow.

Definitions of Poetry

• Read through the list of Poetry Definitions (linked above), star your 3 favorites.
• For each of your 3 favorites, write what you think that definition is trying to convey about poetry.
• Choose one of the following topics:  War, Peace, Violence, or Power.  For that topic, write a series of at least 5 definitions that imitates the style of definitions that you've read.  Each definition should try to illuminate a different aspect of the topic you've chosen.

Memorization Poems

If you finish your definitions, look at possible poems to memorize!

HOMEWORK

• Finish Definitions, have ready at the start of class on Thursday.

Poetry Centers

Starter 7
On poem:  Bystanding--The Beginning of an American Lifetime
Complete all of starter on the text of the poem.

1. Circle the years, divide the poem into 8 sections (each section starts with a year except the first one)
2. What's the message/perspective for each section?  Write it on the poem.
3. What's the OVERALL message/perspective?
4. What's the most powerful part of this poem, and why?

When you've finished your analysis, watch her performing this piece (the spoken version is slightly modified).

Poetry Centers

Complete 5 of the poetry centers linked above.  Choose your best 3, and turn them in to Lori.  FOLLOW DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY!

Links for the ones with musics are below:

• Strange Fruit
• Time

Poetry Memorization Assignment

Read over the assignment handout linked above.  Poems must  be chosen by Tuesday, March 20th.

HOMEWORK

• Finish reading and annotating Dulce
• Finish Difficulty/Curiosity Journal, and PRINT it before class
• BOTH are DUE at the start of class on Wednesday

Complex Texts and Dulce et Decorum Est

Starter 6:

1. What is this poem trying to communicate?  Go beyond the title, and dig into the subtleties of the message!

2. List all the devices you see in this poem

3. How does the kinetic text affect your experience of this poem?  Explain.

Too Dumb for Complex Texts?

See article linked above.  For the 3 sections on pages 2 and 3 (A Willingness to Probe, The Capacity for Uninterrupted Thinking, and A Receptivity to Deep Thinking), read, and write the following in your Notes section:

1. Describe in your own words the strategy the author is talking about
2. Why does the author say this is difficult for students today?
3. Which of the 3 strategies is most important for poetry?  Why?

Reading a Poem Notes

Take notes on how to read a poem. If you were absent, notes can be found here:  Reading a Poem Notes (scroll down to about midway through the first page)

Dulce et Decorum Est

Poem is linked above.  Read and annotate the poem thoroughly, using all the skills we've covered so far.

Difficulty Curiosity Journal

Instructions are linked above.

HOMEWORK

• Read and annotate Dulce et Decorum Est
• Finish and TYPE Difficulty/Curiosity Journal
• BOTH DUE WEDS at the START of class.

Poetry Notes: Part 2

Starter 2

Watch the first poem.  (Well, you can watch the others, but the starter should focus on the first)

1. What is your favorite part of this poem?  Why?

2. What is this poem trying to communicate?  (Message, idea, experience, emotion)

3. Name one poetic device this poem uses, and talk about how it affects the reader/listener.

Poetry Notes Part 2

Look at the poems linked here:  Poems Part 2

Choose 3 of the poems to focus on.

For each poem, do the following steps:

• What devices do you see?  Label them on the poem.
• What is this poem trying to communicate (emotion, idea, message, experience)?
• What is the most powerful line, or set of lines? What makes them powerful?
• Choose one device, define it in your own words, and talk about how that device affects the poem and the reader.

Practice Poem

Choose 3-5 poetic devices that we've seen over the past two days.  Write a poem about the topic of your choosing that uses all of the devices you've chosen.

HOMEWORK

Finish practice poem.  See specific instructions above.  DUE:  Start of class Monday.

Poetry Notes: Part 1

Starter 1

1. What is the message of this poem?

2. What's your favorite part of this poem, and why?

3. What's the difference between poetry and other types of writing?

Project Introduction: 

1. Read over Poetry Project Introduction handout
2. Q & A with Lori
3. Look at examples of projects from the past

Poetry Notes Part 1

Looking at 3 poems, taking notes on them as a class about message, structure, and poetic devices.  IF YOU ARE ABSENT- get notes from a classmate, make an appointment to talk to Lori about what you missed.

Practice Poem

1. Choose 3-5 poetic devices from the ones we've covered today
2. Write a poem of at least 10 lines that uses those three poetic devices, on a topic of your choosing
3. Challenge yourself!  Think about what you are trying to say before you start writing, choose your words and phrases carefully.

HOMEWORK

Finish practice poem if you didn't finish it in class.  Instructions are above.  DUE:  Start of class, Friday.