I believe in nothing but . . .
silly thank you letters
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Intro. to poetry, poetic devices Read "Equine Aubade" Review poetic devices--sounds, connotation, specific images Prompt: Create list of people or things doing, talking, being like in Whitman's "I Hear America Singing." Concentrate on specific jobs and actions associated with the job, verbs with interesting connotations, and sounds of the words. Groups: short story workshop Sound Poetry Prompt: Choose five words from the flash cards. create phrases and lines that sound interesting and have strong connotative verbs and contain strong specific sensory images Writing: Sound poetry. Read examples and create a couple of poems that focus on creative use of sound, specific images, details, and strong, connotative verbs. Concrete Poetry. Prompt: Write down five emotions you've felt in the last week. Now describe where you were, what you were thinking, what you were doing, what you said, what other people said or did. We're making abstract thoughts concrete by using specific examples. We looked at two examples: a poem about grief by Auden called "Funeral Blues" and a student poem called "Ridiculous Revenge." Both use specific language and detail, sound devices, figurative language. They don't tell. They SHOW abstract emotion by describing examples. Use your prompt to create a poem that shows one of the emotions rather than just tells about it. Continued writing of emotion poems. Look at two more examples. Complete worksheet. Share "best of" sound poems or excerpts from them. "Here's what we threw away:" or "Here's what we recycled:" or "Here's what we brought to the party:" OR Think of specific cities or places and list them and what each offers that no other city, placer, or event offers. Combine specifics and details in an interesting way. Try juxtaposition. Continued practice with figurative language: juxtaposition, metaphor, simile, sensory images, personification. Prompt: I used to... Now I ... OR Our way of life has hardly changed. Poetry sharing and responding. Prompt: I'd like to speak to you like ... OR I'll simply say... Continue class poetry sharing and response Prompt: If I threw away the TV, cable, mobile phone, Ipod,.. (consequences and possibitlities) Finish poetry sharing and response. Watch the performance of the poem, "If I Had a Daughter" by Sarah Kay on YouTube. Then write a prompt: "If I had . . ." We worked on writing a poem about a significant relationship today and also one on gratitude or a thank you of some kind. Incorporate the poetic devices we have been studying. You may also want to google the poem, "Miss Rosie" by the poet Lucille Clifton. It's a great poem that is a kind of thank you. ONE poem is due at the beginning of class on Tues: relationship or thank-you. Prompt: write about an event (big, small, profound, sad, unimportant, funny, surprising) that suggests the family dynamics at your house. See the poems "Illiterate Progenitor" by Mary Karr and "It All Comes Back" by Galway Kinnell. We will work on this poem or on one that is a "snapshot" memory of some moment in time from your past. Prompt: What I am: What I'm not: name, home, who you are, who you aren't, geography, religion, ethnicity, race, religion--the elements that make you you. "Song of Myself" Euphony review Prompt: "[Dublin] made me." or "If I could lead you, . . ." Journeys, quirky relatives, extended family Prompt: "I don't always [look great.] You always [look better]" Sharing rewrites Prompt: "I have never been as ______ as I am now." Sharing rewrites Prompt: "In this part of the story I am . . ." Personal Exploration portfolio with at least three poems DUE. Prompt: "What's your probability of [happiness]?" or "I would lead you..." or "[Stories] are not welcome here." |
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