"A book, too, can be a star, 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,' a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe." - from Madeleine L'Engle's Newberry Medal Acceptance Speech

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Final PoetryAssignment


Final Poetry Assignment


In the last few weeks, we have read, reflected on, discussed, and written about a variety of poems. We have also, through writing prompts and in-class Monday Muses, written our own poems. Look back at what you have written and choose your best work; revise and turn it into a final draft. The final will be graded and submitted to the City College Poetry in Performance Project for possible publication in their annual literary journal.  


Final Poem:
  • choose and bring in your first draft tomorrow. 
  • write a 2-3 paragraph reflection:
1. What was the process like for writing your poem?
2. What have you learned in this unit? How has your understanding and experience with poetry changed? What lessons and discussions were significant and memorable? Why? 
  • final draft must be typed and neatly presented; hand in 2 copies of your final poem
  • attach drafts and rubric
  • extra credit for illustrating and adding relevant visuals and/or performing the poem to the class
  • Due Date: Monday March 3


Mentor Text:
  • choose a mentor text from the packet or choose a different poem; check with me first about this
  • read, annotate, and complete chart for this poem
  • write a new poem inspired by your mentor text, using some of the techniques from the poem



For rubric, go to: http://tigger.uic.edu/~mramos8/SSS/Resources/Poetry%20Rubric.PDF

For mentor text chart, go to pp. 69-70:
http://www.riverofwords.org/pdfs/ROWteachingguide.pdf


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