It's day four so make sure to post a poem or something inspirational on Edmodo. Make sure you send it to Writing 12; if you do not, only Ms. Stenson can see the post. Thanks.
Still waiting for a few of you to complete you Animoto films. Email them to me.
Today we did a warm up using an abstract phrase (get a phrase from me if you were absent) and then we wrote a 10 to 12 line poem which doesn't use any other abstraction expressions.
We shared some of the poem's from Friday's bag exercise. They were wonderful. Thank you.
Next, we read a portion of a poem by Jan Zwicky. Please read the remainder of the poem. Start reading poems with your "writer" eyes so that you can steal whatever neat thing the poet you've discovered is doing. In this manner, you teach yourself to branch out and try things that you might not have thought of before.
Today's example was Zwicky's use of the double dash! Very exciting and very risky. We figured that even if we don't use the technique in our poems, we can still use the technique in our warmup exercises as it forces us to add detail in a new and energetic way.
Homework: Post on edmodo. Finish Animato. Look at the sheet for poet choices for your author presentation seminar.
MEET IN THE LIBRARY PERIOD 4 TOMORROW. WE'LL USE THE TIME TO SEARCH FOR AN EXCELLENT WRITER AND TO FIND A PARTNER AND TO HAND OUT PRESENTATION DATES.
