Authors Chair - Free Verse

Hello Seniors!

Let's celebrate your writing today.  We work hard so we can play hard.  Engage and be heard today!  We will do our last Cipher of 2018, finish our film, and present our writing.  Have fun.  Be present.

1. SWT
2. Cipher
3. Film
4. Authors Chair

HW
1. Guest TMRW - Crystal Rose Speros.  Be here to get credit.
2. Stephanie Reflection  - Due Tmrw
3. Extra Credit Film Reflection - Due TMRW

Prompts:
1. In the Morning - Jack Johnson
2. Christmas Cookies - G. Love and Special Sauce
3. Black Day in December - Said the Whale
4. Sonnet - The Decemberists
5. Back to December - Taylor Swift

WRG - Free Verse

Hello Seniors!

Take the time in your WRG to workshop your pieces.  Be prepared and be open to suggestion.  Take your audience into account.  Attempt some specific strategies for purpose.  Consider your diction, line breaks, stanza breaks, use of repetition, rule of three, numbers, and on and on...

Follow PQW protocol and mark up copies!  Be messy.

1. SWT
2.  WRG
3. Writing Time

HW
1.  Free Verse - Final copy due THURSDAY
2. Authors Chair/Cipher - 2018
3. Stephanie Reflection - Due by FRIDAY
4. Extra Credit Reflection for "Love Beats Rhymes" - due by FRIDAY

EC
1. Poetry Club TODAY at lunch! Attend! Share!

Prompts:
1. December - Norah Jones
2. December - Regina Spektor
3. Decembers - Hawthorne Heights
4. Summersong - The Decemberists
5.  December - Weezer

Writing Day and Film Day

Hello Seniors!

Welcome to your last few school days of 2018.  Enjoy this festive time.  Get your work done and have some fun.  Share your work and interact with your classmates.  Be good.

1. SWT - December Prompts
2. Writing Time - Free Verse
* Examples
* Ideas?
3. Film "Love Beats Rhymes"
* Reflection due by Friday

HW
1. Stephanie McInerney - Reflection due on Thursday
2. Free Verse - Draft w/copies due Wed
* Final Copy due Thursday

EC
1. LE Tonight
2. Poetry Club TMRW



Prompts:
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Guest Visit - Stephanie McInerney (P.2,3)

Hello Writers!

Today we are joined by PLHS Alumni Stephanie McInerney.  Stephanie is here to enlighten us with knowledge and information pertaining to diet and food choices.  Though she may be a different guest than we are used to - Stephanie is poised and professional, prepared and credible.  Please participate and find correlations to your own life.  If you would like - use the vocabulary or "big" ideas to help with your free verse ideas for the week - Eat a Rainbow!

Period 6 - You will have time to write and finish the film "Love Beats Rhymes"

1. Guest Presentation
1. SWT
2. Film - "Love Beats Rhymes"

HW
1. Free Verse (1-2 Pages) - Draft due with copies for WRG on WED
2. Final Copy due Thursday
3. Stephanie and/or Film Reflection due by Thursday

EC
1. LE Tmrw
2. Poetry Club on WED

Prompts:
1. If it means a lot to you....
2.  When your heart stops beating...
3.  Somebody told me...
4.  The light behind your eyes...
5.  How's it going to be....

Authors Chair - Sonnets!

Hello Poets!

It is sonnet day! Present your 14 lines f iambic goodness!  Let's have some fun.

1. Finish TED Talk - Shakespeare and Hip Hop. Takeaways?
2. Cipher?
3. Authors Chair
4. Senior Quotes!


HW
1. Free Verse (1-2 pages) due next week

EC
1. Rudy Reading TONIGHT! $15

Writing Response Groups - Sonnets

Hello Seniors!

Today we work in our WRG.  Please use your time wisely.  Follow the PQW Protocol.  Listen.  Be attentive. Scribble all over each other work with advice and suggestions.  Have out your mentor text to make sure you are following Sonnet form, rhyme scheme, and use of iambic penatmeter.

1.  WRG - Be sure annotate your copy with Q's and concerns.
2. Work Check - Are you prepared?
3. TED Talk - Hip Hop and Shakespeare
* Take Notes. 
* How does this relate to our Sonnets and the film we are watching?

HW
1. TWO Sonnets due TMRW - Follow form, rhyme, iambic pentameter

EC
1. Rudy reading TMRW

Film and Writing Time

Hello Seniors,

Good day to you!  Our guest was not available to come in to speak today.  We will make the most of our time.  Please work on your sonnets and enjoy the film.

1.  SWT - See prompts
2.  Sonnet Examples and Discussion
3. Writing Time
4. Film - Rhymes Beats Love

HW
1. WRG TMRW - Sonnets.  Bring poems and copies with Q's and annotations

EC
1. Poetry Club TODAY
2.  Rudy Reading on FRI
3.  Film Reflection

Prompts:
1. All my friends...
2.  Let me down easy
3.  Come pick me up
4.  Everybody knows
5.  We fight our way in/out...

Sonnet Writing Time and Film

Hello Sonnet Writers!

You can use class time to work on your sonnets while watching the film.  Make the most of your time.  Find the opportunity to share your work and be honest with your strengths and weaknesses.

1. SWT - More Quatrains
2. Sonnets - Work Check
* Quick Share
3. Dallas Reflections Due
4. SD Slam? Any Takers?
5. Writing Time
6. Film - "Love Beats Rhymes"

HW
1. Sonnets due on Thursday.  Bring ONE w/copies to WRG

EC
1. LE Tonight
2. Poetry Club TMRW
3. Film Reflection - Due at End of Film
4. Rudy Reading on FRIDAY

Sonnets

Hello Seniors!

Today we work with Sonnets.  We explore octaves and sesters, iambic penatmeter, and meter!
This is excellent technique for song writing and traditional poetry as well.  It can be old school or it can be contemporary.  Have fun with this form and just let the pieces fit.

1.  SWT - Write some quatrians.
2.  Sonnet - Lesson
3. Writing Time
4. Film - ?

HW
1. Sonnet - Due TMRW.  Typed.
2.  Dallas Reflection - Due TMRW

EC
1. SD Slam TONIGHT
2. LE Tmrw
3. Poetry Club WED
4. Rudy on Friday

Authors Chair - Numbers

Hello Seniors!

Let's share our work.  The more voices the better.  Make an effort to honor your classmates efforts, creativity, wordplay, structure, and choices.  Have fun.  Be supportive.

1.  SWT
2.  Cipher
3.  Authors Chair
4.  Work Check - Numbers Poems

EC
1. SD Slam on Monday
2.  LE on Tuesday
3. Poetry Club on Wed
4.  Rudy Reading on Friday

Prompts:
1. Fourteen Lines...
2.  Rhyme Schemes
3.  Shakespeare
4.  Stanzas
5.  Couples

Guest Writer - Dallas Wall

Hello Writers!

Today we are joined by the enthusiastic talent that is Dallas Wall.  Dallas is Pointer alum, he spent time in Writers Workshop, and he elevated his craft to include many Third Spaces.  Dallas found his voice during his senior year in this class.  He took chances with his writing and spent time editing his works.  However - Dallas' true talents lie in ecnouraging other writers to play and put forth the effort to tell their stories.  It is a pleaseure to welcome back Dallas to our Writers Workshop.

1.  SWT
2.  Guest Writer - Dallas Wall
* Reflection - 5W's and H.  Be the journalist.  Ask questions and interact with our guest.

HW
1.  Numbers pieces DUE Tmrw.  Typed. Error Free.
2. Dallas reflection due 12/11
3. Authors Chair TMRW - Partner Poems, Number Poems, Etc..

EC
1.  SD Slam on Monday
2.  LE on Tuesdays
3.  Poetry Club
4.  LE Anniversary 1/8

WRG - Numbers

Hello Seniors!

Today we work in our Writing Response Groups.  Work diligently to edit and revise your piece.  Assist your classmates with suggestions, feedback, and honesty.  Truly engage in the P,Q,W process.  Take notes - leave class with plenty of options and ideas.

1. Mark up your text(s) - questions? line/stanza breaks? structure? titles? what to add? subtract
* Have out your mentor text out as a guide
2.  Work Check - TWO Poem Drafts
* "13 Ways...."
* "21"
3.  WRG - Wait for your groups
4. Writing/Revising Time

HW
1. Final Draft for number poems due on Friday.  Typed.  Free of Error.  Be sure to show effort.
2.  Guest on Thursday - Dallas Wall
* Reflection due on Tues 12/11

EC
1.  Poetry Club TODAY
2. SD Slam on Monday
3.  Rudy Reading on Friday 12/14

Writing Day - Number Pieces

Hello Seniors!

Today we write.  Take the time to draft, craft, create, play, write, type, conference, take risks, structure, and implement.  Your first drafts are due tomorrow to workshop.  3,2,1....Go.

1. SWT
2. TJ Reflections Due
3. Writing Time - See above

HW
1. WRG Tmrw - Both drafts typed.  Copies of the piece you will workshop.
*** Be prepared with comments, questions, annotations, notes.
2. Final Drafts - Due Friday

EC
1. LE Tonight!
2.  Poetry Club Wed
3.  SD Slam 12/10
4.  Rudy/Karla Reading at QB - 12/14
5. LE Anniversary - 1/8

Prompts:
1. Seventeen
2. Twelve
3. Eight
4. Five
5. Two

Numbers

Hello Everyone!

This week we will be working with numbers - we will complete TWO different pieces.  Be open, follow the mentor structures and allow yourself to play to produce quality pieces.  Within the formats, there is always room to experiment and try new stylistic choices.  Notice how the inclusion of numbers can really help provide direction and organization in your writing.

1.  SWT
2. Mentor Texts - Numbers
* Patrick Roche - "21"
* Wallace Stevens - "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" (see handout)
3.  Discussion/Brain Storm
4.  Writing Time

HW
1.  Drafts for both poems - due WED
* WRG (you will workshop ONE of these pieces)
2.  TJ Moss Reflection - Due Tues (P.2, P.3)
3.  Final Drafts due FRI

EC
1.  LE Tmrw
2.  Poetry Club - WED
3. SD Slam 12/10

Prompts
1.  Ten
2.  Thirteen
3.  Fifteen
4.  Sixteen
5.  Eighteen