Our 20 day countdown is on! Let's have some fun and continue to work hard. The following work days and assignments will have you experimenting, exploring, and working together to present some of your best work. Your will be compiling your poetry portfolio independently. Please be sure to complete all assignments for credit. Give your work time to live and breathe - this means revisit and revise so that your final product is something you are proud to have spent your efforts putting together. I look forward to seeing your completed work.
* See Portfolio content information below. Meet all requirements to receive appropriate credit.
* Slam Competition begins on Tues 5/29. You will have plenty of time to write, revise, practice, plan, and strategize. Bring your best. Encourage each other. The winning team gets an A for the Slam portion of our unit....your portfolio still needs to be awesome.
Monday - WRG - Sestinas are due. Revisit Sonnet, Free Verse, Haiku, In This Box
* Please have a Picture/Postcard/Photo with you for our next assignment.
* HW - Photo Poem (due Weds), Poem Revisions, Portfolio Work, Slam Prep, Goodreads
Tuesday - Finish Louder Than A Bomb, Work on Photo Poem
* HW - See Monday
* Office Hours/Tutoring/Slam Assistance/View scenes from Louder Than A Bomb/Slamnation
* Extra Credit opportunity - last day to find out
Wednesday - Slam Teams - Write and Plan
Thursday/Friday - Slam Preparation - writing, editing, practicing, strategize, view/discuss examples
* HW - Continue to write, edit, work on your Portfolio, Slam Stuff, Goodreads
Please continue to work hard. If you have any questions, please speak with me at the appropriate time. Take care of business.
Be good.
Samakosky
Portfolio - Does Not Need To Be In This Order. You can take any artistic liberties you want to make this presentable, attractive, and unique to you.
* = mandatory
*** = Extras
* Cover Page - Name, Date, Class, Title
* Table of Contents
* Acknowledgments - Thank you's, dedications, in-memory, etc...
* Haiku - Five haiku (individual or a series)
* Sonnet
* Sestina
* In This Box....
* Free Verse
* Photo Poem
* Individual Slam Poem
* Slam Group Piece
***Favorite Poem/Lyrics w/annotations and explanations
***Additional Poems (I Am, Free Verse, 6-line poems, additional poems...) - You can have as many as you want. Your efforts will be noted and given credit.
* About The Author
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