Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Extra Credit

For extra credit, you may comment on one of the responses I wrote to you for Day One.

Day Two: 2nd Period: Poems

Today you will be sharing the poems you have brought to class.  Comment to this "Day Two" post to share your poem with the class.  Please remember to include the title and author of the poem as well as your name at the bottom of the post. 

Day Two: 2nd Period: Responses

After you have posted the poem you brought in, you will choose someone else's poem and write a response to it.  Comment to this post when writing your response.  Include the name of the poem and poet to which you are responding.

Your written response  should be between 100-200 words.  It should contain a discussion of at least one poetic device, such as simile, metaphor, personification, analogy, symbolism, allusion, paradox, oxymoron, rhyme, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, free verse, repetition, refrain, diction, or tone.

Day Two: 4th Period: Poems

Today you will be sharing the poems you have brought to class.  Comment to this "Day Two" post to share your poem with the class.  Please remember to include the title and author of the poem as well as your name at the bottom of the post. 

Day Two: 4th Period: Responses

After you have posted the poem you brought in, you will choose someone else's poem and write a response to it.  Comment to this post when writing your response.  Include the name of the poem and poet to which you are responding.

Your written response  should be between 100-200 words.  It should contain a discussion of at least one poetic device, such as simile, metaphor, personification, analogy, symbolism, allusion, paradox, oxymoron, rhyme, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, free verse, repetition, refrain, diction, or tone.

Day Two: 6th Period: Poems

Today you will be sharing the poems you have brought to class.  Comment to this "Day Two" post to share your poem with the class.  Please remember to include the title and author of the poem as well as your name at the bottom of the post. 

Day Two: 6th Period: Responses

After you have posted the poem you brought in, you will choose someone else's poem and write a response to it.  Comment to this post when writing your response.  Include the name of the poem and poet to which you are responding.

Your written response  should be between 100-200 words.  It should contain a discussion of at least one poetic device, such as simile, metaphor, personification, analogy, symbolism, allusion, paradox, oxymoron, rhyme, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, free verse, repetition, refrain, diction, or tone.