Poems we love and the reasons we love them.
OR
Poems we hate and the reasons we hate them.
Today is about reading (or viewing). We are going to find pieces we love and write response pieces, but in class today we are going to read and share and read and share. Your writing options are listed on the following page.
Please don't select number 6.
Response Poem Ideas
Crystal
Kristie
Aleena
Tyler
Harley
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
February 24, 2014
Today we read the chapter titled Truce from Starkey's Poetry Writing Theme and Variations.
You need to annotate the chapter (and the poems).
You also need to complete the Your Turn assignment on the final pages of the chapter.
You need to annotate the chapter (and the poems).
You also need to complete the Your Turn assignment on the final pages of the chapter.
Monday, February 3, 2014
February 3, 2014
Today we're going to focus on keeping a writer's notebook, or a journal (if that word suits you).
We'll talk about uses and forms.
We'll talk about whether or not we'd like to share them (and with whom we'd like to share them).
I feel like keeping a writer's notebook (a place to jot down nuances, oddities, whatever you deem appropriate) keeps us mindful.
What can you include? The answer is anything that you want to include.
I have a notebook where I write down the things my children say. Felix only says mama and dada, but they're in the book. I don't write down everything Anders says; but when he says something particularly funny, interesting, or moving; I pull out the notebook and write. I don't just write though. I look back through the book and smile at the memories we have. The entries are tiny, but they bring me back to a time when Anders was three or two and even more innocent than he is now. Without the notebook the memories would be gone.
My father in law smokes his camel non filters backwards. When I asked him why, he let me know that it was because of Vietnam. If you smoked them backwards, then your officer wouldn't know who the butts belonged to...it burned the "brand" off? No smoking at night because of the glow? Cupping the cigarette with the palm of your hand hid this...right?
Lists...I have a love/hate relationship with them.
The idea is to write in these for three weeks without editing... just write.
You can use your computer, your phone, a little notebook, a larger notebook, or a combination of these.
Where do we write?
Do we have rituals?
Should we select a space?
Should we have rituals?
What kind of rituals will work?
Homework: Come up with a writing exercise to complete. Create an example or "model piece" for us to look at when understanding your prompt (your exercise).
Get yourself a journal and a ritual...
We'll talk about uses and forms.
We'll talk about whether or not we'd like to share them (and with whom we'd like to share them).
I feel like keeping a writer's notebook (a place to jot down nuances, oddities, whatever you deem appropriate) keeps us mindful.
What can you include? The answer is anything that you want to include.
I have a notebook where I write down the things my children say. Felix only says mama and dada, but they're in the book. I don't write down everything Anders says; but when he says something particularly funny, interesting, or moving; I pull out the notebook and write. I don't just write though. I look back through the book and smile at the memories we have. The entries are tiny, but they bring me back to a time when Anders was three or two and even more innocent than he is now. Without the notebook the memories would be gone.
My father in law smokes his camel non filters backwards. When I asked him why, he let me know that it was because of Vietnam. If you smoked them backwards, then your officer wouldn't know who the butts belonged to...it burned the "brand" off? No smoking at night because of the glow? Cupping the cigarette with the palm of your hand hid this...right?
Lists...I have a love/hate relationship with them.
The idea is to write in these for three weeks without editing... just write.
You can use your computer, your phone, a little notebook, a larger notebook, or a combination of these.
Where do we write?
Do we have rituals?
Should we select a space?
Should we have rituals?
What kind of rituals will work?
Homework: Come up with a writing exercise to complete. Create an example or "model piece" for us to look at when understanding your prompt (your exercise).
Get yourself a journal and a ritual...
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