February 19, 2008

February 19, 2008
Assemble your "Creativity Collage" pages -- everything except the picture collage. If you don't have a cover, you can make one Wednesday in the computer lab.

Self-Starter: Students wrote a poem "inspired" by a poem on the overhead. They were to imitate the poem, using their own subject or details. They did this on page 21 of their notebooks.

I Need to Find a Place
I need to find a place
Where friendship never burns out.

I need to find a place
Where I can scream and shout.

I need to find a place
Where love is forever
Where don't give up -- never!

I need to find a place
That is comforting and calm.
A place -- where nothing goes wrong.
-- Emily G.

Poetry --
We read from Love That Dog, and students imitated poems (page 22+ in their notebook).
Each was labeled "inspired by. . . (with the name of the original poet).
First, they wrote a "So much depends. . . " poem, inspired by William Carlos Williams.
Second, they wrote a poem based on the format of "The Tiger" by William Blake.
Third, they started working on a concrete (shape) poem.

Students should be looking for a poem to perform for a Poetry Slam, which may take place as early as February 27.