Week+25+--+more+poetry


 * //28 March//**

//Review Stand and Deliver//

//Do this. Create a poem. As long or as short as you want. Stand. Deliver. Get a candy.//

Let's say I'm sitting in that room with you now. Take out a pad and pen, your favorite pen—the one that just slides across the paper. Be sure you have an hour or so, so you can take your time with each prompt.


 * 12 Ways to Write a Poem**
 * 1) Make a list of five things you did today, in the order you did them.
 * 2) Quickly write down three colors.
 * 3) Write down a dream. If you can't remember one, make it up.
 * 4) Take 15 minutes to write an early childhood memory, using language a child would use.
 * 5) Write a forbidden thought, to someone who would understand.
 * 6) Write a forbidden thought, to someone who would not.
 * 7) Make a list of five of your favorite "transitional objects." Choose one and describe it in detail.
 * 8) Write down three questions you'd ask as if they were the last questions you could ever ask.
 * 9) Write down an aphorism (e.g. "A stitch in time saves nine").
 * 10) Write down three slant rhymes, pairs of words that share one or two consonants rather than vowels (moon/mine and long/thing are slant rhymes).
 * 11) Write three things people have said to you in the past 48 hours. Quote them as closely as you can.
 * 12) Write the last extreme pain you had, emotional or physical. If the pain were an animal, what animal would it be? Describe the animal.

No human experience is unique, but each of us has a way of putting language together that is ours alone.
 * Tips**
 * Use one of the questions as the first line, each of the colors more than once, the slant rhymes, and the aphorism with a word or two changed.
 * Try using any part of, or all of, the material in any way you want—a line from your dream might work well on its own or your description of the animal might better describe your great uncle.
 * Let the poem be between 20 and 30 lines; let each line be 10 or more syllables long. Think of the poem as a dream or a psalm you are inventing, and don't force it. Write in your own speech, allowing its music and sense to speak through you.

//HINTS AND THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND -- Rhyme scheme, although not mandatory in this case, may give your poem some structure. There are as many rhyme schemes as there are poets, so don't believe anybody who tells you that one is necessarily better than another. That said, our own culture creates some that are more common for us.//

//ABAB -- Gives a Dr. Seuss or Nursery Rhyme quality// //ABAAB -- 'The Road Not Taken' by Robert Frost// //ABAB CDCD EFEF GG - Shakespearean Sonnet// //ABBA -- Love poem//

//..it goes on. My suggestion to you would be to get your ideas organized first with rhythm. If the rhyme scheme doesn't happen right away, you can work it in later. It's poetry. You have that option.//

//As far as rhythm goes, this is easier than it seems. Get your ideas structured. Build a collection of lines that create an image, or feeling, or tone. If a cool metaphor comes to mind, write it down! It might not work right away, but if it came to you, it's worth something.//

//Arrange your lines. Read them. Read them aloud. Seriously...do it. Pretend to rap them. It sounds ridiculous but it will work. If a beat is out of place, it will show itself.//

Read more: [|http://www.oprah.com/spirit/12-Ways-to-Write-a-Poem#ixzz1qMKbZQpd]

//Gun -- Diego// //Fat is not a Fairy Tale// //Watch// //The Cigarette is an insect b////y Lyla Johnston.//

//* This poem may be seen as a PSA of sorts. With a partner, come up with 2-3 topics (PSA or otherwise) that could be turned into an extended metaphor.// //* With a partner, create a spoken poetic piece that escribes something in extended metaphor.// //* In addition, use a minimum of 5 techniques we have discussed in your poem.// //* As a final step, you will need to video record this poem. Use any techniques you feel will help.// //Brainstorm ideas --// //* Love is a battlefield// //* Your kiss is poison.// //* Your kiss is a drug// //* My caf table is a deserted island// //* My future is a blank slate// //* Alcohol is// //* My family is// //* My best friend is// //* Sports are// //...or write about a moment, and compare it to a feeling or another situation.// //For example:// //I LOVE when I have something awesome to teach you and we get to that point where we're excited and the conversation is flowing to the point that we are off track. IIT's like we are are lost, but instead of finding our way, we end up somewhere better. It's like I'm opening a seal on an incredible package, or unplugging a dam and letting waters flow. Something like that.//


 * //27 March//**

//Silent reading / writing -- now might be a great time to start bashing ideas for poetry.//

//Homework check 'Play On' ... marks attached.//

//Closed reading --> analyze what works. Focus, too, on rhythm. Demo rhyme scheme if possible.//

//Review below...//

//Extended metaphor **-- often used as a method of getting a poet's point across in a more artistic fashion, this is a metaphor that continues throughout an entire piece of writing. Initially, the comparison or main idea may not be obvious to the reader, but when done correctly the extended metaphor will often leave a reader more deeply connected to a work.**// //**ie.**// //**An elderly woman who has lost all of her friends: "I am the last leaf of autumn to fall. The cold death of winter is all I have left."**// //**A university student leaving his family to move to a new city: "I board this jet, but it is I who am spreading my wings. My own wheels part from the ground that has held me up these 17 years. Although I distance my self from that base, I travel faster than those before me and as I rise higher the horizon opens up ahead and the heavens spread above me."**// //**A high school student feeling 'imprisoned' in a school:**// //**Discuss: I am a Rock...examples of metaphor w/in extended metaphor.**//

//Think / Pair / Share//

//Interim reports//


 * //26 March//**

//Silent reading or writing -- 20 minutes//

//Robert Pinsky -- is rap poetry?//

//Shane Koyczan's poem on Canada.//

//Activity --// //Play On//

//Handout and video. In pairs, identify as many of the terms as possible. Do a closed reading of this.//

//Review together.//

//**Y**// //**I am a Rock**// //** A winter's day **// //** In a deep and dark December; **// //** I am alone, **// //** Gazing from my window to the streets below **// //** On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. **// //** I am a rock, **// //** I am an island. **// //** I've built walls, **// //** A fortress deep and mighty, **// //** That none may penetrate. **// //** I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. **// //** It's laughter and it's loving I disdain. **// //** I am a rock, **// //** I am an island. **// //** Don't talk of love, **// //** But I've heard the words before; **// //** It's sleeping in my memory. **// //** I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. **// //** If I never loved I never would have cried. **// //** I am a rock, **// //** I am an island. **// //** I have my books **// //** And my poetry to protect me; **// //** I am shielded in my armor, **// //** Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. **// //** I touch no one and no one touches me. **// //** I am a rock, **// //** I am an island. **// //** And a rock feels no pain; **// //** And an island never cries. **//

//Lemon -- Where I'm From//

//Where I'm From -- template//

//Where I'm From -- Template #2//

//Taylor Mali//