First Drafts, Freewrites, and Work Time

Recitations

1.      Morning Class: Elliott, Stephan, Emma, Allie, Gregor, Kaia

2.      Afternoon Class: Daniel, Ian, Tyler, Hannah W., Leah, Chad

Starter 16

1.      Read “Sloppy First Drafts” in blue reader

1. Underline at least 3 places in the text that they identify with, or that strike them.
2. Make a marginal comment for each underlined part
3. Answer the following questions:

                                                              i.      What was her point?

                                                            ii.      How does this apply to you?

                                                          iii.      Paragraph 7:  Do you “trust the process?” Why/Why Not?

Generative Writing and Play

1.      Open freewrite 1:20
Circle one thing from the first freewrite and use it as your topic 1:20
 How do things in a kitchen relate to war? 1:20 How do things in the bathroom relate to peace?
How do things on the ski mountain relate to violence?
How do things in nature relate to war?
How do things in nature relate to peace?
Choose the one word or phrase that most relates to your poem from all the freewrites above and freewrite on it. 

Poetry Work Time

1.      Revise poems: Use stuff from your freewrites!

2.      Conference with Lori

3.      Study for Quiz

4.      Process Journal 3

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 your difficulty?

2.      Revision Challenge: 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.  Be creative…T.S. Eliot once described the evening in a simile that compared the evening to “a patient etherized upon a table.”

a.       EXAMPLE: Soldiers

                                                              i.      Simile: The soldiers were like dogs, straining against their leashes to enter the fight.

                                                            ii.      Metaphor: The soldiers were ants, marching without purpose towards their death.

3.      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

1.      Study for QUIZ!