Extra Credit

"What's your favorite word?  Mine is defenestrate.  Look it up!  Pretend YOUR favorite word has been selected to be removed from the dictionary.  You've been given a three-minute audience with a Congressional panel to plead for the word's continued survival.  What case can you make for a word in three minutes?"                  Thanks to http://writingfix.com/classroom_tools/dailypromptgenerator.htm

or  

"What would they say? Write a piece where you wake up (or something) and find your favorite characters staring at you. What would they do? How does your day pass? Let your imagination flow."

Looking for Poetry on the Internet

Some places to look for poetry:
Poetry Links
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  Look at the Fold Me A Poem Poems
6.  http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/58
      Check out Gary Soto 
        If you have a dog, you might like Nelson, My Dog.
7. http://middleschoolpoetry180.wordpress.com/  Look at the categories in the right margin.
8. A rap about poetry  http://www.educationalrap.com/song/poetry-for-life.html

9. http://www.poetry-archive.com/collections/ 

10.  http://poetry.eserver.org/


11. http://www.webenglishteacher.com/poetrycollections.html

12. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/pmsites1.html


13.  http://www.bartleby.com/verse/


14. Baseball poetry   http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poems.shtml

15  http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com



Here's a poetry word you may not know: (extra credit if you can tell me about doggerel)
doggerel
a low, or trivial, form of verse, loosely constructed and often irregular, but effective because of its simple mnemonic rhyme and loping metre. It appears in most literatures and societies as a useful form for comedy and satire. It is characteristic of children's game rhymes from ancient times to the present and of most nursery rhymes.  from dictionary.com   

Select at least three poems to paste (with each URL)  on your Finding Poetry page on our class wiki.
Go to our class wiki at
http://cavewriting2011b3.pbworks.com
or
http://cavewriting2011b4.pbworks.com

Fascinating Words Extra Credit

For extra credit:  Can you tell me what a group of ravens is called?  See this site and look through the charts for the answer:  http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/about/faqs/animals/names.htm