SENIORS: By now the rough draft of your slam poem should be complete; now work on making sure that you have the following: Written (100 points), At least 30 seconds long when spoken (100 points), 4 literary devices (choose from metaphor, simile, personification, irony, hyperbole, and allusion) correctly identified (100 points), 1 pun correctly identified (50 points), 1 example of each (alliteration, consonance, assonance, perfect rhyme, slant rhyme, internal rhyme) correctly identified (100 points).  Remember, if you memorize your poem, you get an EXTRA 100 POINTS!  Huzzah!

SOPHOMORES: We had a guest speaker today, so you get a short reprieve.  Your slam poem and sestina are now due first thing tomorrow, unless you want to share it with me tonight through googledocs.  If you are not sending me the work electronically, have the hard copies of your poems ready to hand to me at the beginning of the period.  REMEMBER: make sure you identify everything you're supposed to have in your slam poem (check the rubric).  If you can't find your rubric, make sure your slam poem has the following (which means annotate): metaphor OR simile, personification OR irony, one pun, perfect rhyme, slant rhyme, internal rhyme, alliteration, consonance, and assonance.  Your poem needs to be long enough so that, IF you were to present your poem out loud, it would be at least 20 seconds long (it can be longer).