Authors Chair - Week Five Edition

Hello Writers!

Happy Friday!  Let's celebrate our writing, our art, our voices!  Take advantage of this opportunity - support one another - offer feedback and love!  Here is to a great weekend!  Write Something!

1.Authors Chair
2. Cipher
3. Handout - "The Ultimate Guide...."
* Preview/Read/Take Notes - This will be our mentor text next week.

HW
Write!
Edit!
Revise!
Start think portfolio/chapbook - Honest Poems, I Wanna Be a Kid, 13 Ways, 2-Voice Poem

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
* Poetry Club - Wednesdays at lunch!
* Dead Poets w/Skye - 10/4 0- This Starts Tuesday at 6 pm at Robb Field
* Lyrical Exchange - Tuesdays @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.
* Anita submission - Friday 10/7
* SD Slam on Monday 10/10 - Go See Anita!  Go see Amen Ra!

Next Week:
* "The Ultimate Guide..."
* WRG - Wednesday
* Guest Poet - Dallas Wall (PLHS alumni)
* End of SIX weeks. Participate. Go to LE, Poetry Club, Etc....

Guest Poet - Please Welcome Anita Dias

Hello Writers!

Happy Thursday!  Today we get to learn from the very best.  Anita is one of San Diego's premiere poets.  She works hard at her craft, studies with the very best, and most importantly, she speaks her truth.  We are lucky to have her in class today.  Please take notes, get advice, ask questions, take notes, and participate. Watch for style, technique, performance, and content.

1. Prompts
2. Workshop with Anita!
*Poems, Q and A, Writing

HW
13 Ways and Two Voice Poems - Final (typed) - DUE Tomorrow
Authors Chair
Cipher

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
* Poetry Club - Wednesdays at lunch!
* Dead Poets w/Skye - 10/4 0- This Starts Tuesday at 6 pm at Robb Field
* Lyrical Exchange - Tuesdays @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.
* SD Slam on Monday 10/10 - Go See Anita!  Go see Amen Ra!

Prompts:
1. I just wanted to see you....
2. She/He belongs....
3.  I'll kiss you.....
4.  Falling in love with me.....
5.  Do not ask me to.....

Writing Response Groups - 13 Ways and Two Voice Poems

Hello Writers!

Happy Wednesday!  Today you will work in your WRG.  Please use your time effectively. 
Follow protocol - Praise, Question, Wish.  Use your handouts.
Offer suggestions, take notes, get advice, enjoy the opportunity to work with your classmates.

1. Prompts
2. WRG - You must be here and must be on task to get full credit
* 13 Ways
* Two Voice Poems

HW
Guest Visit TMRW  - Anita Diaz.  Do not miss this.  Take notes, ask questions, be better!
Final Poems(typed) - DUE FRIDAY

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
* Poetry Club - Today at lunch!
* Dead Poets w/Skye - 10/4
* Lyrical Exchange - Tuesdays @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.
* SD Slam on Monday 10/10

Prompts:
1. On a Carousel....
2. I Can't Let Go....
3.  So Damn Beautiful....
4. I'm Down...
5. Take My Love and Run....

Writing Time - 13 Ways of Looking At..... and Two Voice Poems

Hello Writers!

Happy Tuesday!  Please use your class time effectively today.  Write.  Play.  Partner up! 

1. Anne Lamont - "Bird By Bird"
* Notes and Annotations
2. Writing Time
* 13 Ways - Haiku -
* Two Voice Poems

Anita Diaz Poems - Preview our Guest Poet who is visiting on Thursday
"Text Me Back" -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65axHZQbS_g
"Colors" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI2gDiGfXUc
"Run" -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjUcw25_IdI

HW
WRG TMRW!
 Bring the poem you want to work on. Your copy with notes and questions.
 Bring THREE copies for your group.  You will work in groups of four this week.
Final Poems - DUE FRIDAY

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
* Poetry Club - TMRW at lunch!
* Dead Poets w/Skye - 10/4
* Lyrical Exchange - TONIGHT @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.
* SD Slam on Monday 10/10

13 Ways Poems and Two Voice Poems

Hello Writers!

Happy Monday!  Let's have some fun today! 
We will work with two different types of pieces today.  Enjoy the variety!  Have fun!
You will also get to work with a partner of your choice.

1. Prompts - Lists of Perspective -
2. 13 Ways - Haiku -
* Mentor Text - Wallace Stevens
3. Two Voice Poems - Partner Activity
* Honeybees
* See Mentor Text Videos
Muslim/Jewish Girls - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCUz2b050lE
"Lost Voices " - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpPASWlnZIA
4.  Writing Time

HW
WRG on Wednesday - Bring the poem you want to work on. Your copy with notes and questions.  Bring THREE copies for your group.  You will work in groups of four this week.
Final Poems - DUE FRIDAY

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
* Poetry Club - Wednesdays at lunch!
* Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange - TMRW @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.
* SD Slam on Monday 10/10

Author Chair, Kid Poems, Cipher...Oh My!

Hello Writers!

Happy Friday!  Let's celebrate our work!

1. Cipher
2. Authors Chair
3. Poems DUE

HW
Write! Write! Write!

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
* Poetry Club - Wednesdays at lunch!
* Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange - Tuesdays @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.
* SD Slam on Monday 10/10

Next Week:
* Two-Voice Poems
* 13 Ways.... (haiku)
* Guest Poet - Anita Diaz
* Writing Response Groups

WRG - "Kid Again" Poems

Hello Writers!

Happy Thursday.  Welcome to your Writing Response Groups.

1. Prompts - See Below - Lamont's Prompts!
2. WRG - Await your groups! Use protocol! Take advantage of the time and your classmates.
3. WRG Reflection Discussion, Encouragement, and Props!

HW
"Kid Again" - FINAL draft DUE TMRW
Mentor Texts:
"I Wanna Be a Kid Again" - Fiveology - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEhk8jrAwWk
"I Get To Be a Kid Again" - Samakosky

AC/Cipher on TMRW- Participation

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
* Poetry Club - Wednesdays at lunch!
* Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange - Tuesdays @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.
* SD Slam on Monday 10/10

Prompts:
1.  Then a strange thing happened...
2.  It was a long time before I realized that....
3.  I could only imagine that the world was breaking down...
4.  I want to write. I want to be artistic, a free spirit, and...
5.  That night, before we went to sleep...

Guest Writer - Skye

Hello Writers!

Happy Wednesday! Today you get to learn with and from a peer in both age and experience.

Skye has learned to embrace her creativity and is now looking to pay it forward and help others find their own spark.  She is a PLHS alumni and she has written many of the same pieces you are trying this year.  She is a wealth of knowledge, a sweet and positive force, and a tremendous young writer.  Please take notes, ask questions, participate, and share!

1. Prompts - See Below
2. Guest Writer - Skye Karakas
3. Wednesday Cipher!
4. LE?

HW
"Kid Again" - Rough draft and copies due on TMR for WRG
*** You must be here to get credit
Mentor Texts:
"I Wanna Be a Kid Again" - Fiveology - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEhk8jrAwWk
"I Get To Be a Kid Again" - Samakosky
***Final Draft due on FRIDAY

AC/Cipher on Friday - Participation

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
* Poetry Club - TODAY at lunch!
* Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange - Tuesday @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.
* SD Slam on Monday 10/10

Prompts:

Writing Time - "Kid Again...."

Hello Writers!

Happy Tuesday. Take advantage of your time today.  Begin to structure your poem.  Begin to include your specific word choices, allusions, refrains, stories, memories.  Remember you are trying to capture a positive, nostalgic, sincere vibe. 

1. Prompts - See Below
2. "Bird by Bird" - Anne kick's down knowledge.  Annotate.  Maybe we will do a found poem?
*** Take Notes, Annotate
4.  Writing Time

HW
"Kid Again" - Rough draft and copies due on Thursday for WRG - must be here to get credit
Mentor Texts:
"I Wanna Be a Kid Again" - Fiveology - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEhk8jrAwWk
"I Get To Be a Kid Again" - Samakosky
***Final Draft due on FRIDAY

AC/Cipher on Friday - Participation

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
* Poetry Club - TMRW at lunch!
* Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange - TONIGHT @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.
* SD Slam on Monday 10/10

Prompts:
* Favorite people as a child?  Family?  Neighborhood friends?
* Favorite foods and celebrations?
* Bad choices?  Times when you did something you shouldn't have done?
* Puppy Love? Crushes
* Describe your grandmothers/aunt/family friend's kitchen/living room? 
Use sight and smell and words to describe it!

A Little Nostalgic Trip Back...."Kid Again" Poems

Hello Writers!

Welcome to your Monday edition of WW.  Let's learn something new today...and take a little nostalgic trip back to some of our favorite moments and memories - it's time for some feel goods!

1. Prompts - See Below
2. Mentor Texts:
"I Wanna Be a Kid Again" - Fiveology - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEhk8jrAwWk
"I Get To Be a Kid Again" - Samakosky
*** Take Notes, Jot Down Ideas, Make Lists
3. "Bird by Bird" - Anne kick's down knowledge.  Annotate.  Maybe we will do a found poem?
4.  Writing Time

HW
"Kid Again" - Rough draft and copies due on Thursday for WRG - must be here to get credit
***Final Draft due on FRIDAY
AC/Cipher on Friday - Participation

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
* Poetry Club - Wednesdays at lunch!
* Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange - Tuesdays @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.
* SD Slam on Monday 10/10

Prompts:
* Desribe a game/activity you used to play with your siblings/cousins
* Favorite TV shows or characters you loved as a child
* Most beloved toy(s)?  Describe texture, shape, appearance. What feelings come to mind?
* Happiest childhood memory/memories?

Authors Chair/Cipher

Hello Writers!

Happy Friday!  Welcome to Authors Chair!  Let's share and inspire one another.
Jot down your classmates name - their piece title - and a few things you noticed.  Be present.
Let's have some fun today! Be encouraging and be kind!

1. Cipher
2. Reflection - Amen Ra visit
3. Authors Chair
4. DUE - Honest Poems - typed, stapled w/rough drafts.  Make these easy for me to "grade".

HW
Write something!
Find a clip to inspire us!
Sentence starters for prompts!

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
* Poetry Club - Wednesdays in here!
* Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange - Tuesdays @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.

Guest Visit - Amen Ra

Hello Writers!

Happy Thursday!  Welcome to another great day in Writers Workshop!

Today you have the utmost privilege to be among one of San Diego's best writers and spoken word poets.  You will get see unique performances as well as interact with our guest.  You should take some notes, make references to style, delivery, and content.  What does our guest do - that you can imitate, borrow from, play, and experiment with yourself? This is a chance for you to learn with and from the best.  Please welcome Mr. Amen Ra

HW
Honest Poem - Final Draft due TMRW (typed)
***Process work must be stapled to the back.

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
* Poetry Club - Wednesdays in here!
* Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange - Tuesdays @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.

WRG - Writing Response Groups

Hello Writers!

Happy Wednesday!  Please use your handouts and WRG Protocol.  Praise, Question, Wish.
Make sure you interact, take notes, offer advice/suggestions, be kind, be open, use your time well.

1. Prompts: See Below
2. WRG - Please await your group
*** Work Check - your copy annotated w/Q's and copies for your group.
3. WRG Reflection and Discussion - What worked?  What didn't?
4. LE?

HW
Honest Poem - Final Draft due Friday 9/16 (typed)

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
* Poetry Club - Wednesdays in here!
* Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange - Tonight @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.

Prompts:
1. Sometime, when I'm daydreaming, I have this vision....
2.  I have only one real memory of....
3.  I never had remorse or worries....
4.  I never expected to walk back into it and....
5. I know my hindsight isn't to be trusted.

Writing Response Group - Demo

Hello Writers!

Happy Tuesday!  Today we will cover WRG Protocol.  Follow along, take notes, use your handouts!

1. Prompts: See Below
2. WRG Demo - Samakosky and Students
3. "Bird By Bird" - Read, Annotate, Discuss
4. SD Slam - Anyone Go?
5. Amen Ra - "Play" Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihvjgyMC7b0


HW
WRG on Wednesday.  Bring your copy w/questions and notes... and TWO additional copies.
Honest Poem - Final Draft due Friday 9/16 (typed)

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
 * Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange - Tonight @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.


Prompts:
1. It couldn't be this easy, could it?
2. There is something humbling about....
3. There was a time not so long ago....
4. When I look at old photos...
5.  If I wanted to, we could have....

Bird By Bird - Read, Annotate, Discuss...Why Should This Matter To Us?

Hello Writers!

Happy Monday!  This is the best place to be.  So...make good use of your time. Find your in.

1. Prompts: See Below
2. "Bird By Bird" - Read, Annotate, Discuss
3. Finish GD

HW
WRG on Wednesday.  Bring your copy w/questions and notes... and TWO additional copies
* WRG demonstration TMRW.
Honest Poem - Final Draft due Friday 9/16 (typed)

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
 * Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange -TMRW @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.
* SD Slam - TONIGHT @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.

Prompts:
1. I said nothing and he/she said nothing, and it felt like....
2. She/He made the first move.  He/She made every move....
3.  I still remember everything about he first time I heard....
4.  I wasn't prepared for all of that.  I wasn't prepared for it to be gone....
5.  I knew what I hoped would happen.  I hoped....

Authors Chair/Cipher

Hello Writers!

It is Friday!  It is your day!  Let's share, celebrate, and be inspired!

1. Cipher - Await your class leader and prompt!  Find your golden line(s)!
2. Honest Poems - Rough Draft Due!
3. Authors Chair!

HW
Honest Poem - Final Draft due Friday 9/16 (typed)

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
 * Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange -Tuesday Nights @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.
* SD Slam - Season Starts this MONDAY @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.

Next Week:
Finish GD
"Bird By Bird" - Intro w/notes to discuss
Revision Process
Grades/Syllabus....blah blah blah
Amen Ra Visit
AC/Cipher #3

Bird by Bird and Writing Time

Hello Writers!

Happy Thursday!  Let's read and give you some time to write!

1. Prompts - See Below
2. Honest Poems - Writing Time, Edit, Revise, Type, Print
3. "Bird By Bird" - Introduction
* Read, Annotate, Discuss, Be Inspired
4. Great Discovery (if time)

HW
Honest Poem - Rough Draft due TMRW (typed)
Cipher/Authors Chair - TMRW
* Sign Ups!

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
 * Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange -Tuesday Nights @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.
* SD Slam - Season Starts this MONDAY @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.

Prompts:
1.  It was the first time I'd....
2.  I never expected to...
3.  I love that moment.  I love it when.....

Honest Poems - Mentor Texts, Time to Play, Bird by Bird

Hello Writers!

Welcome back!  Here we go.  Time to write, time to read, time to be honest and real.

1. Prompts - Truth, Honesty, Authenticity.
* Define, explain.  Are we always these, if not why?
* Where do we search for meaning and truth?  How do we know if it is even real? 
* Elaborate on these ideas. Real life examples? School? Friends?

2. Honest Poems
* Mentor Texts - Rudy Francisco, Amen Ra, Samakosky, Student examples
3. "Bird By Bird" - Introduction
* Read, Annotate, Discuss, Be Inspired
4. Great Discovery (if time)
5. LE?

HW
Honest Poem - Rough Draft due Friday (typed)
Cipher/Authors Chair - Friday

Additional Opportunities/Credit:
 * Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange -Tuesday Nights @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.

Time To Get Honest!

Hello Writers!

Welcome back!  Here we go.  Time to write, time to read, time to be honest and real.

1. Prompts - THE NINE RIGHTS
2. Honest Poems
* Mentor Texts - Rudy Francisco, Amen Ra, Samakosky
3. "Bird By Bird" - Introduction
* Read, Annotate, Discuss, Be Inspired
4. Great Discovery


HW
Honest Poem - Rough Draft due Friday (typed)
Cipher/Authors Chair - Friday


Additional Opportunities:
* Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange -Tuesday Nights @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.

Authors Chair/Cipher

Hello Writers!

Welcome to the our first Authors Chair.  Let's celebrate our voices and inspire one another.

1. Prompts
2. Cipher
3. Authors Chair - DJ Blue Light in full effect
4. Journalism Opportunity?


HW
WW Questionnaire - due Tuesday
Great Discovery - We will finish this on Tuesday. 

Additional Opportunities:
* Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange -Tuesday Nights @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.

Book Checkout/Complete Great Discovery

Hello Writers!

Welcome to the September of your Senior Year.  Please have out your Writers NB.

1. Prompts - "The Great Discovery" - #8,9,10
2. Activity - "The Great Discovery" - Get up and share! Class discussion to follow.
3. Book Checkout
4. Index Card?
5. Journalism Opportunity?


HW
Authors Chair/Cipher - Friday
WW Questionairre - due Tuesday

Additional Opportunities:
* Boxes of Tissues, Hand Sanitizer
* Lyrical Exchange -Tuesday Nights @ Queen Bees in N. Park. $5 Cover. 8 p.m.