April 30th, 2013

4/30/13

In Class:
Journal--  Using only monosyllabic words, tell a story beginning with one of the following phrases: 
- “The last time I saw her…” 
- “When the bomb went off…,” 
     or
- “He told me not to….” 

Notes on upcoming extra credit opportunities!
Attend 2 of the 3 upcoming events to earn 40 points extra credit:
- Thursday, May 2nd, after school at Boulder Prep -- Café Cultura poetry and performance workshop.
- Friday, May 3rd, during Life Skills rotations at Boulder Prep -- writers' workshops led by Shane, Lily, and guest Lily Krenza.
- Monday, May 6th, 4-10 PM in downtown Boulder -- Laughing Goat poetry open mic (dinner and activities will be provided by Prep).

In pairs, students researched definitions and examples of assigned poetic devices, then taught their devices to the rest of the class. Terms included were: personification, hyperbole, internal rhyme, end-rhyme, consonance, onomatopoeia, assonance, cacophony, stanza, couplet, and enjambment. If you missed class today, please gather these definitions for the Poetic Devices worksheet from your peers.

Independently, each student composed a short poem according to the following guidelines:
Line 1) Write a line describing a fear of yours.
Line 2) Write a line of at least 7 words that uses a simile to explain this fear.
Line 3 & 4) Write two lines that use either internal rhyme or end-rhyme; in these lines, connect your identified fear to one of the following intangible ideas--'love,' 'education,' or 'freedom.'
Line 5) Write a line that includes both a proper noun and personification.
Line 6) Write a line that uses consonance and/or alliteration.

Exit ticket: Describe something you've learned outside of school in the past week.

Homework:
Revise your 6 line poem by Tuesday.
Keep polishing and practicing Jam poems.
Fill two more pages of your notebook.
Catch up on any missing work.