week of 12/4/12

12/6/12

Goal: Revisit Tuesday's topic and share some work. Spend some time on the portfolio. 

First Step: 

10 groups: 

1. read your poem in your group and mark your favorite moments. 

2. Be ready to read the poem with the class and talk about one specific thing you really like about it.

Portfolios

An Online option:

http://www.wix.com/ (some examples and advice)

Friends website

Time to work on portfolios


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12/4/12

Goal: More Wrap-up. What's the connection between love and poetry?

Don't forget your portfolios! You have 9 days. I had to change the due dates 

Portfolio


Homework (for Thursday): Write a love poem to an abstract concept. (Example: "Love Poem to Justice" "Love Poem to " or "Love Poem to Envy" of "Love Poem to Sadness")

• Needs to contain at least five concrete images (descriptions that appeal to our senses)
• Needs to ask one rhetorical question (a question that is not meant to be answered)

First Step: "Love" by Stephen Dunn. (On the doc camera)

Now Your small Edmodo groups, discuss these concepts. Post your answers on Edmodo. Be ready to discuss in 15 minutes or so.

1. How do you measure love? How does society measure it? Is it about excitement and pleasure or about commitment and emotional connection? Explain.

2. How do you think popular images of love influence you as a teenager? Do you think it might be different with other age groups? Explain.

3. Do you think popular contemporary images of love reflect your own experiences of love? If so, how? If not, how?
4. Last class we talked about the connection between poetry and our place in the universe. What is the connection between love and poetry.

Discuss

Talk about "Love Poem to an abstract concept" assignment. Brainstorm a list of abstract concepts to consider.