WORK DAY/WORK ESSAY

SENIORS: You have 3 things to work on: 1) Annotating Love Poem Medley, 2) Annotating The Shooter and answering the questions, and 3) Working on your slam poem. The due date for Love Poem Medley and The Shooter is Wednesday, May 27.

SOPHOMORES: Continue your work on your Nature of Man essay. Make sure you check past blogs for MLA format. Due date for the essay is Wednesday, May 27.

SLAM RUBRIC; SHOOTER; LOVE POEM/IN-TEXT CITATIONS AND WORKS CITED PAGE

SENIORS: I went over the rubric for your final, which is to create and present a slam poem of your own.  Click on this link for the rubric. Before you start writing your own slam poem, you need to see how slam poems can be constructed.  Click on this link for a transcript of Love Poem Medley by Rudy Fransisco.  Annotate the poem for the same things you will need to have for your final slam poem (see rubric). Another slam poem that you will need to analyze is The Shooter by Lamar Jorden. Click on this link for that assignment. It would be helpful for you to see these poets in action. See the links above, or, if they don't work, you can find them on YouTube.

SOPHOMORES: I passed out a handout with examples of in-text citations (click on this link) and Works Cited format (click on this link). There is also some advice if you have problems with EasyBib (click on this link). Lastly, as you worked on your essay, I started a Notebook Check.

FOUND POEM;T-CHART/WORK ESSAY

SENIORS: Found poems were presented to the class for extra credit; then, in your notebook, under the title T-Chart, find perfect and slant rhymes for BROWN, TOPIC, and WONDER.

SOPHOMORES: You were given class time to work on your Nature of Man Synthesis Essay.

WORD GAME;POETRY TERMS;FOUND POEM/ESSAY PROMPT

SENIORS: We started with a word game; we'll play it again on Thursday, and you can catch up.  Next, there was a handout of poetry terms for you find examples; upon your return to class, ask for the poetry terms handout. Finally, you got started on a found poem to be presented to class on Wednesday.  I will give you the handout for that upon your return to class.

SOPHOMORES: I handed out the Nature of Man Essay Prompt; click on this link if you want to read it, but you'll eventually need a hard copy as there is some advice on the back of the handout.  Also, I went over some examples of past essays so you could see what is meant by a "synthesis" essay. You can look at these examples upon your return to class.  For a reminder of what the MLA format looks like, go to the Sept.19 blog and click on the second link.

EMINEM/PHILIP ZIMBARDO;COLUMBINE TEENS

SENIORS: We watched the 60 Minutes interview of Eminem.  In it, he discusses what he uses for inspiration and how he creates his rhymes.  I can't create a link for that interview, but you can find it on YouTube if you Google Eminem 60 Minutes interview.  The rest of the class period was used to catch up on work to turn in: Poetry Packet, Alliteration Packet, Children's Book.

 SOPHOMORES: We watched a Philip Zimbardo TedTalk.  Click on the link above to watch (warning: since his topic is about how good people can turn bad, there are some graphic photos); click on this link for the questions you'll need to answer in your notebook under the title Philip Zimbardo.  Also, we read the segment called Columbine Teens Found Validation in Reprogrammed Hi-Tech Games in the Nature of Man packet.  Click on this link and put your answers to the questions in your notebook under the title Columbine Teens.

FULL MOON ME/THOMAS HOBBES

SENIORS: We read a chapter from the book Poemcrazy; the chapter was titled Full Moon Me.  In it is an exercise in which you answer several short questions and then create a poem based on the answers to those questions.  See me upon your return for a copy of the chapter.  The poem you create will go in your notebook under the title Full Moon Me.

SOPHOMORES:  Today the focus was on Thomas Hobbes.  In your Nature of Man packet, read Hobbes' Man is Evil and Warlike.  Then click on this link and follow the directions.

ALLITERATION PACKET/JOHN LOCKE; PIECES OF YOU

SENIORS: I assigned the Look Around poem (the last poem in the Poetry packet).  The idea of the Look Around poem is to do just that: look around your immediate area and create a short poem.  As you can see by the example, it doesn't have to rhyme. Write your poem in your notebook under the title Look Around.  Also, I handed out a new packet, the Alliteration packet. See me for your copy when you return to class.

SOPHOMORES: We dissected the short piece from John Locke titled  Man is Rational and then looked at the lyrics of Pieces of You by Jewel.  Answer the questions to Pieces of You in your notebook, using that same title.  You will find both writings in the Nature of Man packet.