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*Reminder:  Poetry Test Thursday November 3rd, 2022

*No Red Ink: Connecting clauses with semicolons and colons/clauses

*Spoken Word:  Brainstorming activity

Warm up spoken word free write activity:  Practice writing with imagery that includes all five senses.  Students describe an abstract or intangible entity using all senses:  what do they look, sound, smell, taste and feel like?

Examples:  Choose 2 of the following examples and write for five minutes each using imagery/sensory language.

a. homesickness

b. grief

c. love

d. joy

e. emptiness

f.  time

g. envy

Spoken Word Activities:

*Techniques for Creating Word Play

*Word Play Activity

 

 

Good Morning!

*poetry Test:

Poetry Terms

How to apply the poetry terms (line of poetry –what is the device)

Poems:  What do I remember of the evacuation

Caged Bird

Walking on Both Sides of an Invisible Border

Sympathy

Because I could not stop for Death

I Too

I hear America Singing

This is America

My mistress’ eyes

Shall I compare the to a summer’s day….

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*Connecting clauses with colons and semicolons; clauses

*Reminder:  Poetry Test on Thursday November 3rd, 2022

*Head’s Up:  Any late assignments should be in by now.

Assignment:  Writing Poetry:  Due Friday November 4th, 2022

-spoken word criteria

Grade 12-Learning is a journey that takes courage, patience and humility. (works with graduation)

OR It is about striving to become a better human being and living with balance in body, mind, heart and spirit.

OR Learning honours our ancestors, elders, knowledge keepers and descendants.

poetry-slam-and-performing-poetry

spoken-word-rant-or-this-i-believe-worksheet

Sarah Key

“Jellyfish”

“Hands”

“When Love Arrives”

“Somewhere in America”

Taylor Mali “What do teachers make?”

Martin Luther King

-We will be working on Spoken word:  we will look at a few samples of Rants…

 

 

 

*Spoken Word:  Brainstorming activitiy

Warm up spoken word free write activity:  Practice writing with imagery that includes all five senses.  Students describe an abstract or intangible entity using all senses:  what do they look, sound, smell, taste and feel like?

Examples:  Choose 2 of the following examples and write for five minutes each using imagery/sensory language.

a. homesickness

b. grief

c. love

d. joy

e. emptiness

f.  time

g. envy

Spoken Word Activities:

*Techniques for Creating Word Play

*Word Play Activity