Thursday, April 28, 2011

Thursday, April 28

First of all, good work on your original poems. Here are some of my favorite lines so far that weren't shared in class...

Our sleep schedules, like owls
Our transcripts, filled with vowels

I'm waiting for myself
To get up and finally walk around

The vulture who circles its prey like a clock ticking time away
Just waiting for the soft whisper of the clock to turn another day

Second, those that have turned in their Neruda packets have a free night to work on memorization and their IOPs. Those who did not turn in their packets still have a chance to earn their points by writing a purpose statement and outline for each poem in the packet. The outline should include at least 4 complete topic sentences and at least 3 pieces of evidence and their effect for each topic. These can be typed or written. Each poem is worth 10 points. I will give you 5 for the work done previously and 5 for the outline (No outline = 5/10)

Tomorrow in class we will have several IOPs, so come prepared to listen. I will also give you some time to work on memorizing and reciting your poem. On Monday we will start reading Shu Ting's poetry.

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