1. Week 16: 1/9/2018 1.) New seats! 2.) See agenda table in back
3.) Turn in missing work to pink folder.
4.) Welcome back!
Week 16: 1/9/2018
Found Poems: Poetry how?
Noami Shihab Nye: Poetry where?
Discussion: Poetry Why?

2. Writer’s Lives 3 Round-Up
What in author’s writing process you would like to borrow:
“I would like to borrow her theory of approaching the world with eyes of an artist, ears of a musician and the soul of a writer.” - Sharon Draper
What in author’s writing process you would NOT like to borrow?
“Writing until 2:00 AM. I couldn't stay up that late, EVER.” – Shannon Messenger

3. Copy a quotation (or two) into your journal:
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.” Kurt Vonnegut
“It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.” Anatole France
“To live is so startling, it leaves but little room for other occupations.” –Emily Dickinson
“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.”
- Maya Angelou

4. “Valentine for Earnest Mann” by Naomi Shihab Nye
Where does NSN want us to look for poems?
Why is that, do you think?
What similarities do you see between her writing, or thought in this poem, and what you saw in Habibi?

5. Photos: 6 mins each Put yourself inside
Or describe from your vantage point
What do you see, feel, notice, think?
Photos: 6 mins each

8. Found Poetry “A Certain Meal”
Found poems are “found” by choosing words in other texts. They alter angle, focus, slant.
Found Poetry “A Certain Meal”

9. How to get Found:
Which words are key? Which stand out most? Circle them.
Rearrange into lines.
Remember, line breaks act a bit like paragraphs. We notice the word at the end most, sometimes we pause there while reading.
Title it! Let the title open a door into the poem, or turn on a light switch, or drop a mouse in… (key words, or new title)
Use ONLY words in text, but you may rearrange order, or add and/the/it/-ing if you must. Keep it brief.

10. Found poem comparison:
What’s a similarity between your poems?
What’s one difference?
What meaning (or focus) did your version draw out, add, or change in the text?

11. Elements of poetry
Poet’s Toolbox

12. Brainstorming: 2 rules?

13. Group activity
Why poetry?

14. Unit Homework Choose a book of poems to read!
One you’ve never read before!

15. Why poetry?
In terms of stories and fiction, why do we have both tv shows (Stranger Things, Once Upon a Time, the Flash) and movies: The Amazing Spider-Man, Cinderella, Finding Nemo?
Different formats carry stories, thoughts, ideas, concepts, images, experiences, emotions, and stories differently. Serialized tv show vs complete movie. Short movie versus loooooong show. What can each provide?
So we also have novels, series, short stories, plays and… poems.
What can poems do, that novels and short stories cannot? Carry a thought or an idea, an image, a single scene, an experience. They can also play. In short, we don’t mind if you don’t have a point, if the sound and rhythm is good. Some poems are more like music- rhythm, rhyme, consonance. I might not want to read an entire book that’s only point is puns and jokes and sound games and rhyme. But I would LOVE to read any poem with puns and jokes and sound games and rhyme.
Also consider traditions of pictures. When and why are pictures included in books? Why is that?