week of 2/26/13

Thursday:

Goal: Begin to synthesize "I Am," Poetry, , Change Poems, etc. Introduce paper.

HW: Draft of Paper (post on the blog for Tuesday). 

First Step: Homework update/change poems.

"I Am" reaction on the white board (silent chalk talk)

Introduce paper and time to work. (This is a link to the assignment.)



________________________________
Tuesday, 2/26:

Goal: Finish "I Am" and Discuss.

HW (for Thursday): Change Poem

First Step: Back to the "I Am" Sheet for a minute.

Finish Movie

Change Poem:

week of 2/19/13

Thursday, 2/21:

Goal: Continue I Am

First Step: Hand out "I Am" Response Sheets. Return to movie.

_____________________________________



Tuesday 2/19:

Goal: Begin to address/wrap up some of the fundamentals of the poetry unit. 

First Step: Sweet Like a Crow Poems. Where are they? Why has this assignment been difficult? (I got some emails over the weekend, and it seems that many of you have not bothered to do it.)

Share a couple from people who get it. 







For the rest of today and Thursday, we’ll watch the movie “I Am.” 

Get a lap top. There will be a back channel discussion during the movie. This means that you should post at least two times during the movie. You can ask a question, respond to a question, make a point, respond to a point, express confusion, clarify a point, etc. Just make sure that you post three times, and don't be anywhere on the internet besides our Edmodo page.

As a six-week culminating assignment, you are going to write an essay based on the movie of about 300-400 words (which means about a page or two, typed, double-spaced, normal-sized font and margins). Here’s your prompt:


Is Tom Shadyac a poet? Why or why not? This question sounds simple. It is not.



In answering this question, you must address specific topics that we've covered in class. The more specific you are with examples, and the more interestingly and sophisticatedly you compare our class work to ideas and events in the movie, the better you’ll do. 

week of 2/12/13

Day 2 (Thursday, 2/14/13

Goal: Build an image poem that hangs together, either because of a theme or because of categories of images.

First Step: A Valentine's Poem:

Remember the 2 C's of Poetry!

Taylor Mali "How Falling in Love is like Owning a Dog"


Sweet Like a Crow Poem.

First: 

Use Whitman Quote to model the exercise. 

3 Themes
2 categories of imagery that fit the theme

1. Choose the quote from your "three" that most inspires you. 

• Make a Lucid chart that breaks down your quote into themes. 

Step one: Use Google Chrome to get on the internet. Google Lucidchart or go to http://www.lucidchart.com

Step two: Make a flow chart on lucid chart that contains your quote, a major theme, five minor themes, and 20 GOOD images.

Step three: Turn your lucid chart into a poem that resembles "Sweet Like a Crow," with a title, an epigraph, and at least 20 separate images.




https://www.lucidchart.com/documents/edit#4422-4908-5050eac6-985e-7db90ad2361f?template=331&parent_id=&branch=f688b36d-5164-4f33-880d-3409a4e3771c

HW: Type your poem and submit it. Attach to Edmodo as a document. Please don't just cut/paste.


________________________________________
Day 1 (Tuesday, 2/12/13): 

Goal: Continue to discuss what it means to have conviction.

HW: For Thursday, Bring in at least three quotes you like.

First Step: O Me, O Life!

Conviction: Who has it? 


Share some poems if you want.

Now, back to...

"Sweet Like a Crow" 

here's a link: http://mareeblogblogblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/sweet-like-crow-michael-ondaatje-for.html

With a partner, answer these five questions about the poem: (Did this happen on Thursday?)

1. Make one or two absolutely literal statements about the text (ones that no one could disagree with).
2. Briefly describe the central tension of the text
3. Make one interpretive statement about an image in the text (one in which you ascribe meaning or investigate a meaning beyond the literal. Be prepared to defend your interpretation with evidence from the text.)
4. Make a central assertion that captures the most valid meaning/message of the text.
5. Ask one key question about the poem.

What was your favorite image and why?

Making categories of images.

Read through "Sweet like a Crow." Put the images into five categories. Be ready to share them.

HW: For Thursday, Bring in at least three quotes you like.

week of 2/5/13 - done

Thursday, 2/7

***HW due next Tuesday. Turn one of your free writes from this week into a poem and post on your blog. There are no specific requirements for length or structure.

1. 15 minute free write:


Requirements: 
1. Start with one of the following lines and keep going! Don't stop writing!

• You're indignant...
• It embarrasses you, this...
• You can embrace...
• A battered sign bleeds...
• At first touch it may certainly...
• So you say you're ninety-nine percent...

2. Read the poem "Sweet Like a Crow" There should be copies. If not, here's a link: http://mareeblogblogblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/sweet-like-crow-michael-ondaatje-for.html

With a partner, answer these five questions about the poem:

1. Make one or two absolutely literal statements about the text (ones that no one could disagree with).
2. Briefly describe the central tension of the text
3. Make one interpretive statement about an image in the text (one in which you ascribe meaning or investigate a meaning beyond the literal. Be prepared to defend your interpretation with evidence from the text.)
4. Make a central assertion that captures the most valid meaning/message of the text.

5. Ask one key question about the poem.

6. What is your favorite image and why?

***HW due next Tuesday. Turn one of your free writes from this week into a poem and post on your blog. There are no specific requirements for length or structure.

___________________________________________

Tuesday, 2/5:

"There is hurt here that cannot be fixed by band-aids or poetry." --Sarah Kay

Goal: There are so many poems up on the blogs. We need to honor some of this work.

First Step: Grab a computer. Let me know your number.

--Freewrite on your blog. The goal is to keep typing for 5-10 minutes.


Option 1: Something that irritates you.

Option 2: Something you love.

Option 3: Something you're anticipating with excitement.

Option 4: Something you're dreading.

Post your free write on your blog.

Then, go to http://ahscreative.blogspot.com/

Choose three people. Read their work and comment on their blog.

Let's find a few that we need to hear.