10/26

We continued revising poems for publish today. I learned of another poetry reading that you might be interested in .  It will be hosted by the Adirondack center for writing on Nov. 15.  I Think you would all enjoy it.  see the link here

10/22

We worked on finalizing the unpacking poetry assignment.

10/16

We finished up unpacking conversation then reread our 10 poems and chose 1 we wanted to unpack. Unpacking begins tomorrow.

10/15

We worked with partners to unpack the poem "Disappointments"

10/12

We spent time looking at the assignment to unpack mentor text. I showed an example of a completed assignment then we paired up to work with a partner unpacking the poem "Disappointments"..
Notebooks will be collected Monday 3 independent writes but I will count your 6th poem as an IW if you wrote it.

10/11/12

Today we reviewed the rest of October's plan--wrap up poetry unit.  In an effort to be prepared to finalize and polish our pieces we mined through our writing so far and found 6 Rough Drafts of poems that we may bring to a final draft next week.  If we could not find 6, we wrote until there are 6.  Leftover time was spent writing independently.

10/10/12

Today we worked with the quick write from yesterday and penned poems.

Poem Drafting Exercise

Autobiography Poem:  Expanding with Detail and Invention

Select a single moment from your 20 minute fast write and show the reader the moment in a poem.  Select an ordinary event, draft a poem, then add details to make the experience more meaningful.  Invent additional images, actions, or sensory description.  Advice:

• Use sight, sound, smell, taste and touch to describe the setting
• Include Dialogue

Write in Stanzas

Student model:

                                    I leave pools of burgundy choke cherries,

                                    Shout: “Be back at five.”

                                    But mom says: “You call this clean?”

                                    “I’ll be late,” I plead.

                                    “Late for What?”

                                    I look down and can’t confess I’m only

                                    Hoping to meet a girl accidentally, maybe.

                                    She points at the broom.  I sweep

                                    Knowing I’ll never see Suzanne now.

                                    I sprint up Pine Trail sure I’ve missed her.

                                    I turn up Snowapple and a brilliant red maple blinds me.

                                    It looks like it is on fire.  Then I hear a runner behind me,

                                    And Suzanne’s voice: “Hey, change your route?”

                                    I face her.  Sweat beads up on the bridge

                                    Of her nose, and her bangs are matted brown.

                                    “Look at this tree,” I say and feel stupid.

                                    But she says, “Yeah.”  And we stand

                                    Wordless until the sun disappears.

                       

                                    “Wanna have an ice cream?” she says.

                                    “Sure.”  I slip my fingers into hers as we stroll

                                    past the post office like we have never seen it before.

                                    At Miller’s Dairy, I order double fudge almond, and

                                    Suzanne orders chocolate chip cookie dough,

                                    And we silently lick the cones smooth.