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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Prepositional Phrase Poetry

G/H Class - Too many of your finished RF pieces are view only for me. I cannot edit your papers. Your class will only be graded once you change the permissions so I can edit!!! - check your paper!

Reading Classes H/W
Your task: Write a prepositional phrase poem that tells the story of your picture. You may need to do a little research for facts/ideas to use in your poem about your picture. Your finished piece should be put into a slide, added to your poetry portfolio, and your poetry portfolio link dropped into the files below.   (Due: Thur)

C/D Class Poetry Portfolio
E/F Class  Poetry Portfolio

Use this image of common prepositions to help you.



Mentor Poem

Guidelines:

  • At least 16 lines long
  • Contains an anchor line or lines
  • Contains some poetic moves
  • An effective title


All classes: Tomorrow, you will be writing a simple poem about a news event. Be thinking about any news event that you would like to write about bring this idea to class. 

9 comments:

  1. The poem today was really cool. I never thought of writing poetry with prepositional phrases. It is really amazing what you can do with poetry!

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  2. Can the news event be the same as the one we wrote our prepositional poem on?

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  3. I don't know.
    That is a good question Aryaman. I assume yes, but I don't know.

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  4. Just to confirm, what exactly is an anchor line?

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  5. A hook line or one that does not have a prepositional phrase in it.

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  6. nice answer Jess.

    Preferably not Aryaman. The idea is that you are investigating lots of topics that you might want to do further research on when we begin our NF units.

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  7. That is a very clear consise answer Jessie!

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