4/3 Friday! A-day . . . another happy National Poetry Month day!!
Post date: Apr 03, 2020 2:53:10 AM
Happy Friday, Scholars!!! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
GRADES -- today is the last day of Q3 -- I will get to your online journal and new assignments in the morning -- and your makeup work and give you a good idea of what you need hopefully by tomorrow afternoon! -- your late work won't be due until Monday!
I think we are going to slow down today and next week??? That sound good? .... nurture our creative side ....
We can do a couple journal entries next week -- finish these 3 assignments and your quiz next week - all for Q4 -- and then after break do some Khan Academy Writing test stuff, finish the novel, do some more poetry ...
Your assignment today begins with "shape" poems -- and by next Thursday, you will have used "shockwaves" and shapes to develop your own poem where an IMAGE is the central element of the poem -using our poem "Diameter of the Bomb" and what matters to you as inspiration!
1. FIND a SHAPE poem -- (due today, 4/3) I have included some examples of shape poems; I want you to find your own "shape" poem and see how an image or a shape can be significant to understanding a poem -- and make it fun! You will do a short reflection on your choice -- cannot be superficial and you must establish your own focus!
2. "Diameter of a Bomb" poem: Part I and Part II-- (2 class days to finish - due Tuesday, 4/7, so you will be ready for your Canvas quiz on the poem and turn in your CREATIVE POEM on Thursday, 4/9.
BIDFAST the poem (come on, g)uys, be creative .... use Google marking, highlighting, comments . -- or take a pic and submit that for your BIDFAST?) and then
use the GUIDED ANALYSIS to look more closely, more critically, and more carefully at the poem and its layers of meaning.
3. Write your own IMAGE / SHAPE poem -- this, too, is not due until the Thursday before your break -- April 9!!!
Links to your Assignments!
