In Class:
Journal-- What skill(s) of yours do you value the most?
Discussion and definition of theme by contrasting two poems:
Thirty days have September,
April, June, and November,
All the rest have thirty-one,
Save February,
To which we assign
Twenty-eight days,
Until the leap year gives us
Twenty-nine.
vs.
"Somebody Has To" by Shel Silverstein
Somebody has to go polish the stars,
They’re looking a little bit dull.
Somebody has to go polish the stars,
For the eagles and starlings and gulls
Have all been complaining they’re tarnished and worn,
They say they want new ones we cannot afford.
So please get your rags
And your polishing jars,
Somebody has to go polish the stars.
Used the analogy of an iceberg to conceptualize theme.
Explicated "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden, specifically identifying thematic construction.
Students independently "tended seeds."
Exit Ticket: Where was the last place you experienced love, rage, or bliss?
Homework:
Find a poem of someone else's to bring to class on Tuesday.
By Tuesday, April 23rd, identify three poems that you could potentially perform at the Poetry Jam.
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