Another stellar presentation!! Thank you for choosing the work of Patricia Young as she is an incredible poet and her work is appropriate for us all to read and emulate.
I handed out two poems at the end of today's class. Please write one following that model (a long title and a list of interesting items). What do you notice about the poems? What will you try to do to imitate that style?
No need to type them up as you can do so in the lab on Friday. Please arrive on time.
Also, it's time to start revising those Sept. and Oct. poems or to write new ones to replace them. I need to have seen at least two versions of each poem before you can include them in your portfolio in Jan. so set yourself some time lines and stick to them.
Some ideas for today's assignment:
Reasons We Won't Talk Before Dinner On a Monday
Reasons Mother Cannot Sleep
Reasons The Wicked Witch is really not so bad
Reasons the Number 6 Bus Driver Sings in His Sleep
Reasons the Number One Killer is Sleep
Reasons God Has No Mercy For You
Reasons Shakespeare is Really Mrs. Fraser
Reasons _____________ House is really . . .
Reasons You Live in a Tree
Reasons The Wicked Witch Should Have Killed Dorothy
Reasons My Math Teacher Hates Me
Reasons Little Girls Really Do Want a Pony
Reasons Big Girls Don't
Reasons For The Next Best Thing
Reasons For That Circus in your Brain
Reasons For Leaving
Reasons For Staying
Reasons I Really Shouldn't Have Eaten ____________
