Today we practiced how to read a poem and we took a page of notes on the poem, Spring. If you missed the discussion, call your homework buddy and copy out the notes.
We created thesis statements for the poem's theme. I.e. Why does this mother let the children play despite her fear they may catch pnemonia and certainly make more work for her?
Follow the literary must-haves. Include at least three pieces of evidence for your opinions.
Marks awarded for excellent vocabulary, insight, development and proofreading.
Good copy, double spaced due Thurs.
Next, we started a practice exercise for poetry using the Flip Dictionary.
We imitated a poem called You bring out the boring white guy in me.
This poem is basically a list of associations of things a boring white guy might do--wear white briefs, shop at Wal Mart, have flares in his trunk, eat Cheese Whiz etc.
This exercise is designed to build your creative muscles of lots of associations. The Flip dictionaries are excellent tools for this exercise as they have lists and lists. For example--lists of gardening tools, lists of heart diseases, lists of instruments, lakes in Russia, etc.
I collected all the Dec. USSR forms today as well.
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