Thursday 10/24

On Monday I will collect your notebooks.  I will expect the following to be complete:

• all 10 poems present and accounted for
• about 100 word free  write from Monday
• Tuesday's list of slam poem ideas to be complete and at least one sort of fleshed out
• Thursday's assigned write where you were attempting to employ an object as a symbol in your writing

Have a great weekend.

Wednesday 10/23

A little work with Tone today

Tuesday 10/22

We worked of slam poem themes to create emotionally charged remembrances to arm us to write poetry.

Monday 10/22

We visited Paul Smiths today and worked with the poets we have watched in class.

10/18

Today we worked with the poem "Oranges" by Gary Soto.  We then wrote our own poems following the directions on the sheet.

Thursday 10/17

Today we worked with a cluster map that identified indelible moments in our lives. This is to prepare for a writing activity tomorrow.  Michael, I hope you are feeling better soon.

10/16

Today we worked on a random words entry see below for assignment.  This is an assigned write and will be poem # 2 for later work.

RANDOM WORD ENTRY

1. First, on a blank page in your notebook, write down 30 numbers, between 1-200.

2. Then, choose a novel and write down the first word that is not a “little word” on each page, corresponding to your numbers.  For example, if the first number you wrote down was 26, turn to page 26 and write down the first word on the page.  If the first word on the page is a “little” word (and, the, from, it, etc.) then go to the next interesting word.

3. You will create a notebook entry from this list of words.  One word from your list should appear on every line in your notebook.  You may put more than one word on a line if it works for you, but the entry must still make sense.  For example, six of the words on a list are: Moon, Tuesday, Bracelet, Mountain, Gold, & Sofa.  The part of the notebook entry that includes those words looks like this:

Notebook Entry:

I sit on my sofa, soft and grey, staring through my window at the moon floating above the mountain.  It is Tuesday and it has been three weeks since I was up in those peaks, where I lost your gold bracelet…

 

Tuesday 10/15

Today we used Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog" as a model for our own. There were some very creative poems penned! We also looked at a William Carlos Williams poem, " This is Just to Say".  I collected notebooks.

10/11

In your notebook I will be looking for the 10 poems you have selected.  There are no independent write expectations this week.

10/7 and 10/8

Today we worked on finding good poetry to use as mentor texts.  We connected to BIlly Collins' website http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

please see slideshow for directions.