Your work

Thursday in class we identified the difference between a topic and a theme. Then students identified a theme that they wanted to use as the basis of their free verse poem. Keep thinking about your theme, a great idea is the beginning of  a great poem.

On Monday 3/10 we will watch and read some different styles of free verse poetry, and then we will begin to write our own.

On Friday 3/14 three copies of the draft of your free verse poem are due in class.

"anyone lived in a pretty how town"

Tomorrow in class we will review what we learned about poetry from ee cummings poem, and we will learn a bit more about the concept of free verse.

There are a number of you who were not in class on Friday, and I have not received your light verse assignments. Please make sure that you have them in class on Tuesday.

Our work this week

On Wednesday we will continue working on our peer review process for our light verse project. Erin has very generously allowed us to work with her poem.

If you have not brought your three copies of your light verse to class, be sure to do so on Wednesday.

We will do some work on editing in class on Friday, and the final drafts of your poem will be due in class on Friday. Be sure to bring a copy of your rough draft with your notes from peer review. I won't collect one without the other.

Homework for Wednesday

Today in class we read and annotated "The Spider and the Fly."  For class on Wednesday please bring in a paragraph which develops the setting for your light verse. If it helps, you might do a bit of research on your setting, and the creature who will populate your light verse.

Homework for Monday

Your homework for Monday is to complete the story outline for your light verse. We will begin working on light verse on Monday.