Penfield Poetry Due Today! Please include a title page with your poem. Submission is required. Please submit your poems through email: lgrills@libraryweb.org (please attach the word file as an attachment, and in the subject line, please write: Poetry Contest.
Complete your drafts of the 3x5 poems and the Art poem.
Do the following assignment:
Go to the following website and browse. Buy a t-shirt, find resources to help your own poetry writing, get ideas from reading some poems teens like.
Choose 3 poems from "poems for teens" to read and comment on. What do you think? Like it? Not like it? Why? Why not? Have you thought about writing something similar? What do you notice the poet doing well in the poem? Notice any literary devices being used? Would you recommend it to another teen? An adult you know? Your commentary should be turned in by the end of class.
Then spend your time looking at other parts of this website.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Penfield Poetry Prep/3x5 draft; Art Poem draft
Today, please complete the following:
1. Prepare and chat with me about your Penfield Poetry entry. You should leave your name off the copy, just the title. On a SEPARATE sheet, please include the title, your name, address (with zip code), email address, cell # or phone #, School Name and grade.
2. Read and complete the following drafts today in class:
a. The Power of Art poem draft
b. The 3x5 poem draft
Here are a few examples and samples of similar style poems:
Ekphrasis poetry (poetry about art). An related art piece can be found under the sample poem.
War Photograph
A sample war photo.
Why Knowing Is
Matisse's Woman With a Hat
Stealing the Scream
The Scream by Edward Munch
Photograph of People Dancing
People Dancing in France photograph
Short Poems (3x5 poem samples)
William Butler Yeats "Death"
Amy Lowell "Fragment"
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" Robert Frost
"Dust of Snow" by Robert Frost
1. Prepare and chat with me about your Penfield Poetry entry. You should leave your name off the copy, just the title. On a SEPARATE sheet, please include the title, your name, address (with zip code), email address, cell # or phone #, School Name and grade.
2. Read and complete the following drafts today in class:
a. The Power of Art poem draft
b. The 3x5 poem draft
Here are a few examples and samples of similar style poems:
Ekphrasis poetry (poetry about art). An related art piece can be found under the sample poem.
War Photograph
A sample war photo.
Why Knowing Is
Matisse's Woman With a Hat
Stealing the Scream
The Scream by Edward Munch
Photograph of People Dancing
People Dancing in France photograph
Short Poems (3x5 poem samples)
William Butler Yeats "Death"
Amy Lowell "Fragment"
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" Robert Frost
"Dust of Snow" by Robert Frost
Friday, April 16, 2010
Catch Up & Have a Nice Break!
Today we will watch a few video clips about poetry (since it's the day of silence). After the video, please complete your poem drafts: The Found Poem, the Steal a Line Poem, The Natural Metaphor Poem, the Characterization of Place poem, the Internal Monologue. By the end of today you should have written 5 separate drafts (at least one of each of these poems assignments).
PENFIELD POETRY CONTEST is due Thursday, April 29. Choose your best poem. Proofread and prepare your poem. Your poem should have a title page with your poem's title, name, address, zip code, and email or phone # on it. Your NAME should NOT appear on the poem draft. Just the title.
Some ways to do well in poetry contests: Best poems capture a single or small moment in life that reflects the whole. The more specific the better. The more interesting the image, the better. Usually slam or spoken word doesn't do as well because these are performance poems, meant to be performances. You only have the page for contests like this, and remember this is a public library.
What's hot right now? Original voices. Culture. Creative use of literary devices. Imagery. Personal poems that develop a voice, but are universal.
What's not so good? Swearing. Angry or political poems that point a finger. Sex poems. Break-up or boo-hoo poems. Vague language (lack of poetic devices). Poems that don't make sense or difficult to "see" in the reader's mind. Poems that are center aligned or have formatting/grammar errors.
PENFIELD POETRY CONTEST is due Thursday, April 29. Choose your best poem. Proofread and prepare your poem. Your poem should have a title page with your poem's title, name, address, zip code, and email or phone # on it. Your NAME should NOT appear on the poem draft. Just the title.
Some ways to do well in poetry contests: Best poems capture a single or small moment in life that reflects the whole. The more specific the better. The more interesting the image, the better. Usually slam or spoken word doesn't do as well because these are performance poems, meant to be performances. You only have the page for contests like this, and remember this is a public library.
What's hot right now? Original voices. Culture. Creative use of literary devices. Imagery. Personal poems that develop a voice, but are universal.
What's not so good? Swearing. Angry or political poems that point a finger. Sex poems. Break-up or boo-hoo poems. Vague language (lack of poetic devices). Poems that don't make sense or difficult to "see" in the reader's mind. Poems that are center aligned or have formatting/grammar errors.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Steal A Line 2nd Drafts/the Found Poem (1st draft)
Please revise and prepare at least one of your Steal a Line poems for workshop. Please put the file in your workshop folder.
The Found Poem. Review the information about Found Poetry. Be familiar with what this is and some samples. (See below).
Class Assignment:
Go online to an online newspaper or magazine. Or choose a book or passage from Google Books or some other text-based source. Choose an article or a text based source. Use the words you find and write them in your journal. Rearrange the words and phrases of the article (you may add or delete, change forms, etc.) to make a new draft of a found poem. You may, of course, combine various sources (poetry, news, fiction, non-fiction, advertisements, scholarly texts, etc.) in a variety of ways for your FOUND POEM.
Having problems? Confused? Here's a link with instructions to help you.
Your first draft is due at the end of class.
The Found Poem. Review the information about Found Poetry. Be familiar with what this is and some samples. (See below).
Class Assignment:
Go online to an online newspaper or magazine. Or choose a book or passage from Google Books or some other text-based source. Choose an article or a text based source. Use the words you find and write them in your journal. Rearrange the words and phrases of the article (you may add or delete, change forms, etc.) to make a new draft of a found poem. You may, of course, combine various sources (poetry, news, fiction, non-fiction, advertisements, scholarly texts, etc.) in a variety of ways for your FOUND POEM.
Having problems? Confused? Here's a link with instructions to help you.
Your first draft is due at the end of class.
Monday, April 12, 2010
The Found Poem
By now you should have the following poem drafts in your "portfolio":
1. The Internal Monologue poem (revised)
2. The Natural Metaphor poem (revised)
3. The Characterization of Place poem (revised)
4. The "steal a line" poem (exercise)
5. The second "steal a line" poem
The last two assignments have begun to hint at a type of poem that many poets and students use to encourage their own creativity. This poem form is called: the Found Poem. Read about the found poem here.
To do this on your own, try the following:
1. Choose an alternative text. This text could be from another poem, a short story or novel, a non-fiction essay, a newspaper article, or any text piece found on the internet. Look absolutely anywhere to begin your found poem.
2. Take the existing text(s) and refashion the words--reorder them, and present them as poems.
Here's a few examples:
Enhancing a Poetry Unit with American Memory
Found Poem from Chapter 4 of Frankenstein.
Here's a website devoted to the form.
Your own found poem is due at the end of next class (Wednesday, April 14)
1. The Internal Monologue poem (revised)
2. The Natural Metaphor poem (revised)
3. The Characterization of Place poem (revised)
4. The "steal a line" poem (exercise)
5. The second "steal a line" poem
The last two assignments have begun to hint at a type of poem that many poets and students use to encourage their own creativity. This poem form is called: the Found Poem. Read about the found poem here.
To do this on your own, try the following:
1. Choose an alternative text. This text could be from another poem, a short story or novel, a non-fiction essay, a newspaper article, or any text piece found on the internet. Look absolutely anywhere to begin your found poem.
2. Take the existing text(s) and refashion the words--reorder them, and present them as poems.
Here's a few examples:
Enhancing a Poetry Unit with American Memory
Found Poem from Chapter 4 of Frankenstein.
Here's a website devoted to the form.
Your own found poem is due at the end of next class (Wednesday, April 14)
Characterizing Place Poem & Steal a Line draft
Today, please start a new page. We are going to try a writing assignment. You will have 10 minutes to complete the exercise. Instructions will be given in class.
Then: please edit and revise your place poem, then send this new draft to your workshop folder. Keep track of your drafts and draft numbers. Again, change lines, add punctuation, cut unnecessary words, add simile, metaphor, personification, etc. Add literary and poetic devices. Break poem into stanzas or change line length to affect speed and content. Create an effective title. Etc.
By the end of the class, you should have a second draft of your place poems completed.
If you finish early, please complete the following assignment:
Use the draft you completed as the writing prep assignment and create a draft of a poem. Then, try another one:
Please go to poetry 180.gov and view any of the poems here. Steal a line or single phrase to start or end or put into your poem.
By the end of the class you should have 2 first drafts of these poems.
Then: please edit and revise your place poem, then send this new draft to your workshop folder. Keep track of your drafts and draft numbers. Again, change lines, add punctuation, cut unnecessary words, add simile, metaphor, personification, etc. Add literary and poetic devices. Break poem into stanzas or change line length to affect speed and content. Create an effective title. Etc.
By the end of the class, you should have a second draft of your place poems completed.
If you finish early, please complete the following assignment:
Use the draft you completed as the writing prep assignment and create a draft of a poem. Then, try another one:
Please go to poetry 180.gov and view any of the poems here. Steal a line or single phrase to start or end or put into your poem.
By the end of the class you should have 2 first drafts of these poems.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Poetry of Place (Characterizing Place Poem)
Places hold great significance to our lives. Locations can reflect or even affect our own moods. They are often the catalyst that opens the vein of memory. Poets use place to represent ideas, or personify them to make these inanimate objects or locations more human-like. Many of these type of poems also deal with nature or recall natural surroundings, similar to the natural metaphor poem you have written.
Here are a few examples of famous poets characterizing place:
Dawn in New York by Claude McKay
Mercy Street by Anne Sexton
At Pleasure Bay by Robert Pinsky
Daybreak in Alabama by Langston Hughes
Midsummer, Tabago by Derek Walcott
A Sunset of the City by Gwendolyn Brooks
Today, by the end of class you should write your first draft of your Characterizing Place poem. Read the models and reread the article we read last class to help inspire you.
If you finish early, please go to the workshop folder and choose 3 students and workshop their NATURAL METAPHOR poem drafts. These could be found in each student's folder or in the workshop folder. Like before, open a draft and save it with your name on it. Insert comments where appropriate.
Here are a few examples of famous poets characterizing place:
Dawn in New York by Claude McKay
Mercy Street by Anne Sexton
At Pleasure Bay by Robert Pinsky
Daybreak in Alabama by Langston Hughes
Midsummer, Tabago by Derek Walcott
A Sunset of the City by Gwendolyn Brooks
Today, by the end of class you should write your first draft of your Characterizing Place poem. Read the models and reread the article we read last class to help inspire you.
If you finish early, please go to the workshop folder and choose 3 students and workshop their NATURAL METAPHOR poem drafts. These could be found in each student's folder or in the workshop folder. Like before, open a draft and save it with your name on it. Insert comments where appropriate.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Natural Poem (workshop prep) and Characterizing Place poem - draft 1
Today, prepare your natural metaphor poem for workshop. A central metaphor should be communicated to your reader. The imagery and words you use for this poem should recall natural objects, nouns, verbs, etc. Please read the sample NATURE poems from the blog entry in March dealing with Poetry Samples. Other than that,
1. Break your poem into distinct stanzas. A new stanza should be started every time you start a new idea (just like a paragraph in prose).
2. Correct line length.
3. Examine your nouns and verbs. Make nouns stronger by being more specific. As for verbs, make these stronger by making your verbs active. Always choose the more appropriate and interesting word. Go back over your poem and make better word choices.
4. Remove repetition. If you overuse a line, remove it for now. See how the poem reads without all that junk. Try to shorten your poem by 10-15 words or lines. (You may shorten the poem by more or less, if you like).
5. Pick your most important line. Remove it from the poem and make it your title.
6. Make use of enjambment. Feel free to use a caesura (a pause) by putting periods or end punctuation within the line as opposed to always ending a line with an full stop.
7. Spell check and check your grammar. Remove fragments or run-ons and make the poem easier to read for your reader.
When you have completed your second draft of your Natural Metaphor poem, please send a copy of your revised draft to the workshop folder WITH YOUR NAME ON THE FILE. We will workshop these poems Thursday.
Make any changes you would like to make on your workshopped INTERNAL MONOLOGUE poems. Call this DRAFT #3.
After completing your drafts, please begin drafting the "Characterizing Place" poem. Read the handout, use google images to select a location or use a post card to inspire you and get ideas. You may also make a list or mind map in your journal to gather ideas. This is part of the brainstorming process (the first step before composing).
1. Break your poem into distinct stanzas. A new stanza should be started every time you start a new idea (just like a paragraph in prose).
2. Correct line length.
3. Examine your nouns and verbs. Make nouns stronger by being more specific. As for verbs, make these stronger by making your verbs active. Always choose the more appropriate and interesting word. Go back over your poem and make better word choices.
4. Remove repetition. If you overuse a line, remove it for now. See how the poem reads without all that junk. Try to shorten your poem by 10-15 words or lines. (You may shorten the poem by more or less, if you like).
5. Pick your most important line. Remove it from the poem and make it your title.
6. Make use of enjambment. Feel free to use a caesura (a pause) by putting periods or end punctuation within the line as opposed to always ending a line with an full stop.
7. Spell check and check your grammar. Remove fragments or run-ons and make the poem easier to read for your reader.
When you have completed your second draft of your Natural Metaphor poem, please send a copy of your revised draft to the workshop folder WITH YOUR NAME ON THE FILE. We will workshop these poems Thursday.
Make any changes you would like to make on your workshopped INTERNAL MONOLOGUE poems. Call this DRAFT #3.
After completing your drafts, please begin drafting the "Characterizing Place" poem. Read the handout, use google images to select a location or use a post card to inspire you and get ideas. You may also make a list or mind map in your journal to gather ideas. This is part of the brainstorming process (the first step before composing).
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Internal Monologue samples and workshop; Natural metaphor draft #2
Please spend the first 15 minutes of class reading and listening to the Internal Monologue samples. Listen to the poems being read or read silently.
Many poets start with a character. The internal monologue poem type can be used again, and again with every new character. It is an open form (in that you can choose ANY structure or poem form to house your ideas and express yourself through either fictional or non-fictional characters or people you meet.)
After 15 minutes, please get into the following groups:
A: Wade, Valerie, Marissa, Jenee (read and discuss each poem in the group; hand in your group notes for participation credit)
B: Alaina, Nautica, Zach, Shayla (read and discuss each poem in the group; hand in your group notes for participation credit)
B2: Khari, Brianna, Justice, Kennethea
B3: Addie, Victoria, Aubrey, ?
C: Everyone else who did not put a poem in the workshop folder, please form your own 4 person groups. No points will be given for students not in a group, or in a group that does not have 4 poets.
Please use your time in lab to workshop these poems. Read and discuss the lines using pointing. More on this technique during class.
If you are done early, please draft a second draft of your Nature Metaphor poem. Turn this draft in at the end of class for a workshop on Tuesday, April 6.
Many poets start with a character. The internal monologue poem type can be used again, and again with every new character. It is an open form (in that you can choose ANY structure or poem form to house your ideas and express yourself through either fictional or non-fictional characters or people you meet.)
After 15 minutes, please get into the following groups:
A: Wade, Valerie, Marissa, Jenee (read and discuss each poem in the group; hand in your group notes for participation credit)
B: Alaina, Nautica, Zach, Shayla (read and discuss each poem in the group; hand in your group notes for participation credit)
B2: Khari, Brianna, Justice, Kennethea
B3: Addie, Victoria, Aubrey, ?
C: Everyone else who did not put a poem in the workshop folder, please form your own 4 person groups. No points will be given for students not in a group, or in a group that does not have 4 poets.
Please use your time in lab to workshop these poems. Read and discuss the lines using pointing. More on this technique during class.
If you are done early, please draft a second draft of your Nature Metaphor poem. Turn this draft in at the end of class for a workshop on Tuesday, April 6.
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