Poscars Week

Example of an author's note

“If I Should Have a Daughter” by Sara Kay

H/W - Come with a printed copy of your poem completely annotated.

Awards Categories

Enjoy one of Mr. Buxton's favorite poems

Enjoy Coby's Tritime. Listen to his scenario opening and the depth of his research. Notice how he credits his facts to his research. 

Poscars: This WEEK!

Extended metaphor grades are in powerschool. How does yours compare?

You should have 80 minutes of Membean by Fri (total for last two weeks) 90mins+ scores exemplary

POscar Award Categories

• Best Visual Interpretation (Use of Body Language)
• Best Projection (Volume), Inflection (Pauses), Pacing, (Speed) 
• Best Use of Props
• Best Group Poem
• Most Improved Poet
• Best Poem interpretation (max. 1min of speaking)
• Best Original Poem (Overall 'top' award for poem and performance)

How will you shock, thrill, surprise, engage, excite your listeners?

Editing and Drafting Poetry

Sonnets...Who can you praise?

For HB: Take time to foucs on your habits. Make one choice to take control



Lesson Recap: Sonnets

H/W Draft of a sonnet for tomorrow

Student Sample

Not of Shining Stars

By: Joaquin de Jesus

Unlike the blazing glare of shining stars

The silent shade of trees surpasses all 

Reviving like the strumming of guitars

Singing the tranquil breeze of cooling fall

For Rest cannot simply be found but sought

It is a dove that’s shooting in and out

Through tempest seas, extreme canyons, and naught.

But that cannot be what Rest is about

Like the creeping shadow, and not the stars

For tis not the spring, but the windblown fall

The bandages that heal most painful scars

Restores the pain of day during nightfall

The journey home at the end of a quest

Nothing compares to the healing of Rest

Syllablic Verse and Poetry Party

Next Wednesday - Poetry Party Celebration - In the library

You will need to have two poems to share - One must be memorized. You will need to audition next Tuesday in order to receive an invite. You will receive on summative speaking grade for this audition (rubric on left side of blog) .If you do not get invited to the party, you will be given other work to complete. In order to receive an invite, you need to memorize a poem and practice delivering it with PIPES. You just need to prove that you put some effort into the preparation of your poems. The poetry parties will be multiple classes together. The poem you memorize could be one you have worked on before. Any poems you have already drafted can be used at the end. It is expected that you will edit and redraft 'with poets eyes' 

RECAP
Students are encouraged to bring in food and drinks to eat and share at the party.

• One poem must be one you have written yourself
• One poem must be a a published poem (written by another author)
• Author's note needs to be prepared for each poem

Resource :http://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems - + look at the links on my blog on the left side for poems. Finals of the recitation competition will also happen on this day.

Use this to count your syllables
http://writeahaiku.com/ counts syllables

H/W Do not forget that your Extended Metaphor Poems are due Thur - Syllablic verse poems due FriALL classes!
C/D Class Extended Metaphor
E/F Class Extended Metaphor