WARMUP:

Write an original sentence using each of these vocab words.

 

• belligerent
• quintessence/quintessential
• retrogress
• benevolent
• feasible

 

LEARNING TARGETS: by the end of today’s class you should be able to

• identify some areas of improvement you can make on your poemfolios.
• understand exactly what your final draft of the poemfolios should look like

In class: Took Practice Vocab Quiz

POEMFOLIO FINAL DRAFTS DUE TUESDAY, OCT.9.

WHAT THEY SHOULD INCLUDE

• Title page
• Four poems.  Each should have
  • The poem with a creative title.
  • Your short (1-2 paragraph) self analysis
    • Explain the theme
    • Explain how you used poetic devices
    • Explain how the poem changed in the drafting process.
  • Some sort of illustration
• FORMAT
  • Hard copy.  May be either typed or hand written/drawn.
• GRADING:  10 points per poem
  • 1/2 reasonable best effort–evidence of thought and trying to apply principles we studied in class.  (Basically this means did you try to do this well or did you simply wing it to get it done, whether there was any real effort or not).
  • 1/2  quality of your self assessment.
• Poemfolios, scores will be returned by Tuesday, Oct. 16.

 

PEER EDITING:  Some things to give feedback on

–are you seeing poetic devices?

–do the poems read well/make sense/use appropriate word choices?

–are the descriptions, explanations well done.

EDIT WITH THE IDEA THAT YOU WILL GET A SCORE BASED ON WHAT GRADE THEY EARN!