Happy Reading

Check out these poems from your classmates!

Poetry Revision

"No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader."

Grab one of the poems you have written this week and practice revising.

Steps
1. Go through your poem and find areas of weakness that align with the three targets.
2. Write a 2nd draft and find a partner
3. Read your poem out loud and have your partner critique your work (still paying attention to the targets)
4. Write a 3rd draft to be handed in

What we are looking for:

Where I'm From Student Examples// Intro to Islam

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Before we dive into learning more about Islam we are going to cover what you already know. In class today we will go through this anticipation guide and discuss what you think you know and what we need to cover.

Poems Galore!

We are starting the week with a bouquet of poems. We will be reading Knoxville, Tennessee by Nikki Giovanni, Winter Morning by William Jay Smith, and Where I'm From by George Ella Lyon. As we read and think about each poem, pay attention to how the structure of the poem creates an image. We will be writing poems using these examples to help structure our own memories.

Where I'm From By George Ella Lyon I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. I am from the dirt under the back porch. (Black, glistening, it tasted like beets.) I am from the forsythia bush the Dutch elm whose long-gone limbs I remember as if they were my own. I'm from fudge and eyeglasses,           from Imogene and Alafair. I'm from the know-it-alls           and the pass-it-ons, from Perk up! and Pipe down! I'm from He restoreth my soul           with a cottonball lamb           and ten verses I can say myself. I'm from Artemus and Billie's Branch, fried corn and strong coffee. From the finger my grandfather lost           to the auger, the eye my father shut to keep his sight. Under my bed was a dress box spilling old pictures, a sift of lost faces to drift beneath my dreams. I am from those moments-- snapped before I budded -- leaf-fall from the family tree.

RAFT Projects!

Len Cabral/ Memoir Poetry/ RAFT Rubric

Len Cabral is at Cape! Classes will be working with Len during SS this week. Have fun and see if  you can learn any tips to apply to the memoir project.

Sharing a memory through poetry- we will be reading "Early Memory" in class and discussing how the author captures her memory with emotion and purpose. From there we will brainstorm ideas and start writing memory poems using a similar format and idea platform.

Christianity Tweets are due THURSDAY
RAFT projects are due FRIDAY. Please check out the rubric before you pass in your work.

Monotheism EQ Reminder

Monotheism: How does religion guide people in their lives?

Judaism: How does the belief in one God (Monotheism) impact our world today?

Christianity: How does a small belief system grow and spread worldwide?