Nice job in class today stepping out and talking about the poem "Thank You". I know I threw quite a few new poems at you but I would encourage you to read those poems again in class tomorrow with your pencils in hand. Your goal before Monday is to choose one poem that really speaks to you and to "notice" what it is about the poem that makes it work. Once you have noticed these things-LIST THEM in your notebooks. We will create a list of ideas we have about what makes a poem work then we will attempt to write our own pieces on Monday. Besides being able to read your list of what works (be sure to identify the poem or poems to which you are referring) on Monday, I would like to see a page worth of writing by you that begins with your observations of your school community. You may find you can write the entire page on this topic or you may veer from the topic as you continue writing. This will act as a potential source for a slam poem.
To be clear, I will look for and grade the following on Monday:
1) Your personal list of ideas of what makes a poem work based on one or two of the poems in the packet that you have recorded in your notebook
2)A full page of writing that begins with the topic "observations I have made about my school community"
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