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Thursday, May 31, 2012
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Just a Few Notes...
Thanks for checking the blog!
I don't have any specific HW for you. I just want you to think about how you'll put your poems together (Folder due 5/24!).
I have a few blank books for sale ($1.00 each) if you're interested in using one for your poems instead of a folder.
Need more free choice ideaas? These are from Charles Bernstein's "66 Examples" website.
I don't have any specific HW for you. I just want you to think about how you'll put your poems together (Folder due 5/24!).
I have a few blank books for sale ($1.00 each) if you're interested in using one for your poems instead of a folder.
Need more free choice ideaas? These are from Charles Bernstein's "66 Examples" website.
7. Write a poem and cut it somewhere in the middle, then recombine with the beginning part following the ending part.
10. Substitution (1): "Mad libs." Take a poem (or other source text) and put blanks in place of three or four words in each line, noting the part of speech under each blank. Fill in the blanks being sure not to recall the original context. Make sure to give credit to the origianal poet.
14. Alphabet poems: make up a poem of 26 words so that each word begins with the next letter of the alphabet. Write another alphabet poem but scramble the letter order.
22. Write a poem made up entirely of neologisms or nonsense words or fragments of words. (Cf.: Lewis Carroll's"Jabberwocky")
29. Write a poem without mentioning any objects.
31. Write an autobiographical poem without using any pronouns.
32. Attention: Write down everything you hear for one hour.
32. Attention: Write down everything you hear for one hour.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Important Dates
8th Grade: Important Dates
Tuesday
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5/15/12
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6th
Grade Visit to MJH – Min Day
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Tuesday
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5/15/12
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Poetry Terms Test
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Thursday
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5/17/12
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6th
grade Parent Night/Spring Celebration
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Thursday
|
5/17/12
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Tutorial
Enrichment: 8th grade Promo Assembl; 7th grade tutorial
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Friday
|
5/18/12
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Min
Day
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Tuesday
|
5/22/12
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Honor
Society Fieldtrip
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Thursday
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5/24/12
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Poetry Folder due
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Friday/Mon
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5/25-5/28
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Non
work day & Memorial Day
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Tuesday
|
5/29/12
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Community Interview work
due
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Thurs/Friday
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5/31-6/1
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Community Interviews – 8th graders only
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Monday
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6/4/12
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PBL’s due
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Friday
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6/8/12
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Portfolios due
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Thursday
Friday |
6/7
6/8 |
Book
Turn In during Science Classes for 8th
Book Turn In during Science Classes for 7th |
Tuesday
|
6/12
|
Finals
Schedule 1-3 – Dismissal at 1:18
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Tuesday
|
6/12
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After
finals: 8th Grade Promo Practice & 7th Grade
Assembly
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Wednesday
|
6/13
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Finals
Schedule 4-6 ; Dismissal at 11:45
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Thursday
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6/14
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Last
Day of School – Dismissal at 11:45
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Thursday
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6/14
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Promotion
2 PM
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Poetry Examples
Examples:
1. Blitz (Good free choice option.)
2. Sonnet
3. Villanelle
The Blitz
Poem is a poetry form created by Robert Keim.
1.
This
form of poetry is a stream of short phrases and images with repetition and
rapid flow.
Bucket of Poetry
by Robert Keim
Kick the
canWorms Worms Philadelphia Reading Reading
Learning to Write a Sonnet
The sonnet
form is old and full of dust
And so I
sit, today, with pen in hand,
But I’m
not done until there’s fourteen lines.
But I
persist, my fourteen lines now done.
by Denise
Rodgers
Villanelle:
My soul so beautiful, so bright
But for some reason I keep them at bay
Sometimes I wish they would stay
They give up on me without a fight
Why do they runaway?
Some think I am pretty, I say I’m okay
Though this doesn’t feel right
But for some reason I keep them at bay
What can I do, what can I say?
What causes their flight?
Why do they runaway?
Just when I think I’ve won their heart, they stray
I feel like the farthest planet in the night
But for some reason I keep them at bay
What have I done to chase them away?
My soul beckons to them like a beacon of light
Why do they runaway?
But for some reason I keep them at bay
The Blitz
Poem is a poetry form created by Robert Keim.
1.
This
form of poetry is a stream of short phrases and images with repetition and
rapid flow.
2.
Begin
with one short phrase.
3.
Begin
the next line with another phrase that begins with the same first word as line
1.
4.
The
first 48 lines should be short, but at least two words.
5.
The
third and fourth lines are phrases that begin with the last word of the 2nd
phrase.
6.
The
5th and 6th lines begin with the last word of the 4th line, and so on,
continuing, with each subsequent pair beginning with the last word of the line
above them, which establishes a pattern of repetition.
7.
Continue
for 48 total lines with this pattern.
8.
The
last two lines repeat the last word of line 48, and then the last word of line
47.
9.
The
title must be only three words, with some sort of preposition orconjunction
joining the first word from the third line to the first word from the 47th
line, in that order.
10.
There
should be no punctuation.
11.
When
reading a BLITZ, it is read very quickly, pausing only to breathe.
Bucket of Poetry
by Robert Keim
by Robert Keim
Kick the
can
Kick the
bucket
Bucket of
chum
Bucket of
worms
Brains in
my head
Brains in
my book
Book of
lies
Book of
secrets
Secrets in
the chambers of the human heart
Secrets in
the diary of my teenage sister
Sister of
mercy
Sister in
a habit
Habit of
swearing
Habit of
smoking
Smoking
gun
Smoking
outside
Outside of
the box
Outside of
what is normal
Normal
people
Normal
days
Days and
nights
Days upon
days
Days of
storms
Days of no
power
Power to
the people
Power over
people
People who
need people
People on
the streets
Streets of
Philadelphia
Street
sweeping
Sweeping
under the rug
Sweeping
her off her feet
Feet
grinding your face
Feet
sweating in old shoes
Shoes for
the homeless
Shoes for
rich women
Women who
want
Women who
need
Need a
change of scenery
Need to
stop
Stop
needing
Stop
reading
Poetry
takes
Poetry
gives
Gives…
Takes…
Learning to Write a Sonnet
The sonnet
form is old and full of dust
And yet I
want to learn to write one well.
To learn
new forms and grow is quite a must,
But I will
learn it quickly, I can tell.
And so I
sit, today, with pen in hand,
Composing
three new quatrains with a rhyme.
The rhythm
flows like wind at my command.
The
A-B-A-B form consumes my time.
But I’m
not done until there’s fourteen lines.
One ending
couplet, after three quatrains.
I’ve tried
to write this new form several times.
The
effort’s huge; I have to rack my brain.
But I
persist, my fourteen lines now done.
I wrote my
poem; my sonnet work is won.
by Denise
Rodgers
Villanelle:
Runaway
Why do they runaway?
My soul so beautiful, so bright
But for some reason I keep them at bay
My soul so beautiful, so bright
But for some reason I keep them at bay
Sometimes I wish they would stay
They give up on me without a fight
Why do they runaway?
They give up on me without a fight
Why do they runaway?
Some think I am pretty, I say I’m okay
Though this doesn’t feel right
But for some reason I keep them at bay
Though this doesn’t feel right
But for some reason I keep them at bay
What can I do, what can I say?
What causes their flight?
Why do they runaway?
What causes their flight?
Why do they runaway?
Just when I think I’ve won their heart, they stray
I feel like the farthest planet in the night
But for some reason I keep them at bay
I feel like the farthest planet in the night
But for some reason I keep them at bay
What have I done to chase them away?
My soul beckons to them like a beacon of light
Why do they runaway?
But for some reason I keep them at bay
My soul beckons to them like a beacon of light
Why do they runaway?
But for some reason I keep them at bay
"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird"
Click this link to see the slide show for "Thirteen Ways..." that we watched in class.
http://www.thelarkascending.org/TLA2_BoB/BoB_Assets/BoBmovieFrame.html
http://www.thelarkascending.org/TLA2_BoB/BoB_Assets/BoBmovieFrame.html
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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