Today as a class we will read Ralph Fletcher's book Ordinary Things. After reading, I would like you to review your journal for the field trip exercise we did last class.
Task: You will write 5 different drafts of poems. Some of you might end up writing more than that. That's okay. The more you write, the more choices and practice you will have.
Choose topics that you wrote on your list. It is important to separate reality with what you think or feel about the subject. Write a poem having to do with each subject you choose.
Some tips:
1. Remember to use poetic techniques that you already know about:
3. Try to create a form or metrical rhythm to your poems
4. Say something significant. Poetry is at once personal, but speaks of the universal. Use models from favorite poets to help you if needed.
5. Hate poetry? Think about writing in prose, then cut your prose into lines. Try using enjambment or meter to avoid obvious cadences.
If you get stuck, try unsticking by completing some brainstorming techniques. Take a look at a few helpful websites dealing with brainstorming poetry.
Also, please write at least 5 DRAFTS of poems. If you have completed five by the end of class and want to write more, do so.
Task: You will write 5 different drafts of poems. Some of you might end up writing more than that. That's okay. The more you write, the more choices and practice you will have.
Choose topics that you wrote on your list. It is important to separate reality with what you think or feel about the subject. Write a poem having to do with each subject you choose.
Some tips:
1. Remember to use poetic techniques that you already know about:
- metaphor
- simile
- symbol
- alliteration
- assonance/consonance
- onomatopoeia
- personification
- stanza
- anaphora
3. Try to create a form or metrical rhythm to your poems
4. Say something significant. Poetry is at once personal, but speaks of the universal. Use models from favorite poets to help you if needed.
5. Hate poetry? Think about writing in prose, then cut your prose into lines. Try using enjambment or meter to avoid obvious cadences.
If you get stuck, try unsticking by completing some brainstorming techniques. Take a look at a few helpful websites dealing with brainstorming poetry.
ScholasticDon't have any objects to write about? Not about to go for a walk and look? Stop complaining. Try these:
Persistence Unlimited
The Writing Center
- Alarm Clock or clocks in general
- Pond
- Ducks
- Leaves in Autumn
- Pumpkins
- Dining room chair
- An empty wrapper
- Snow
- Licorice
Also, please write at least 5 DRAFTS of poems. If you have completed five by the end of class and want to write more, do so.
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