My poetry Top 10

Poetry Recitation Redos - My classroom Wed. from 7:30am onwards

H/W - You need to turn in your poetry Top 10 by Thursday. You must END your Poetry Top 10 with a copy of your final 'original poem' and your author's note.

Task: Name the 'top 10' things you have learned to do as a poet. 

• You must provide an example of each one - (you cannot copy examples from class.) Use examples from your own work or poems you find.
• Use attractive slide design
• Narrate your slides using quicktime screen recorder or iMovie
• You must END your Poetry Top 10 with a copy of your final 'original poem' and your author's note.

Drop your work in here: My Poetry Top 10

Student Samples

Final Tips for Reciting Poetry

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