week of 5/7/13

Thursday:

Goal: Begin/Continue reflecting on your development as a writer (for the portfolio).

HW: On-line Portfolios are due Thursday. No extensions. There's not time. 

First Step: Come up with three metaphors that describe your artistic style. This should be about your writing, but feel free to expand. There is art to virtually anything we do really well: drawing, cooking, lying, playing basketball, being a family member, etc. Often our approaches to other things will affect our writing style. 

Examples: Maybe your poetry is "quilted." Maybe it's a "buzzsaw." Maybe your prose "crossing guard" prose.  




Then, 7 rules.

Example:

Quilted Poetry Rule #1: When putting pieces together, make sure to wear a thimble so the needle doesn't stick you.

Quilted Poetry Rule #2: It's not just how the individual pieces of a poem look, it's about the combination once everything's sewn together.

If time--do some work on your portfolios.

Once you finish: Add this assignment to your portfolio.




Tuesday:

Goal: Portfolios

First Step: Time to get going on portfolios. Let's do this first so Ms. Smith can grab the computers later.

Then: 

Animated Poetry: Bukowski

Sherman Alexie

Franz Wright