February 21, 2008

February 21, 2008
Students wrote a poem in response to the picture on the overhead (a painting).
It should be at least 4 lines.
It may or may not rhyme.
If you were absent, find a painting that intrigues you (in a book, on the Internet, etc.) and write a poem about it, meeting the above requirements, or use the painting we did by viewing it at ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/wars_conflict/art/art_frontline_03.shtml

1. Computer Lab
We went to the computer lab today. Students who hadn't done it yet prepared their covers for their "creativity collage" packets.
Students did a Poetry Web Search. Each student was to find three poems they liked, place them on a document in Word, and print them up. See below.

2. If we had time, we read more from Love That Dog.

Creative Writing Class -- Poetry Web Search
Your mission is to find at least three poems you like by going to any of the following websites.
Copy poems you like into a Word document, and select three to print. Make sure your name and period are one the printed page(s). Save your document in your folder under
[your last name]poems.

Poetry Links
Type these exactly.
1. http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poemiddle.htm
2. http://www.poetry4kids.com/links
3. http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html
4. http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/p180-list.html
5. http://www.kristinegeorge.com/swimming_upstream.html
6. http://www.poetryamerica.com/teen-poetry-contest.asp