- Discuss Final Portfolio, Publishing, CW Certificate, & Breakfast Potluck on 12/3
- Dr. Moreira's Intro to Poetry
- Discussion Leader/s: Oscar Jacome Serrano & Aisha Teegarden
- Starkey, pgs. 14-54
- Homework
- Pick two (2) prompts from the following website and compose two (2) FREE VERSE poems: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poetry-prompts
- your two poems should fit on one page
- each poem should include its own original title
- print/bring two (2) copies of your poems to class on Thursday
- Read poems by Alexie, Dee Cervantes, Equi, Harjo, Nurske, Shihab Nye, Parédez, Soto, Vando, & Villanueva (71-95)
- post RR#19 on our course blog by midnight on Wednesday
Thursday, November 21st
- Class Activity: Share Free Verse Poetry
- Discussion Leader/s: Jonathan Morin
- Poems by Alexie, Dee Cervantes, Equi, Harjo, Nurske, Shihab Nye, Parédez, Soto, Vando, & Villanueva
- Homework
- Compose Writing Assignment #4 in your Google Drive shared folder:
- Inside your Google Drive shared folder, create/name a new file like this: Poetry-YourFullName
- Compose a series of POEMS (Free Verse or Form)
- No less/more than 2-4 pages total
- Your poetry should:
- be single-spaced
- include a title for each poem
- illustrate an understanding of ALL of the elements of poetry detailed on pgs. 19-20 AND "Mystery & Discovery," the 7th element we discussed in class
- print/bring three (3) copies of your poetry to class on Tuesday, 12/3 for Workshop #7
