CLASSWORK-NEW LINES

#6 (due Wed, June 1): posting revised lines

Finish revising your poem, using the 5-finger punch method

Blog #6: post a line from your poem that was a 2, and the revised 3-level version

#5 (due Wed, May 24th): revision comments

Revise poem #1

Blog #5: post a revision comment you got from a peer and explain how it helped you

Friday's classwork

post a bantu from your group!

$4 (due Wed, May 11th): revision comments

Revise your pantoums or villanelles, using your peers’ feedback; they do not need to remain in those forms, if you want to expand or change them entirely

Blog #4:  like before, post a piece of feedback that your partner gave you, either praise or criticism about the poem, and explain how it helped you to revise your piece.

FRIDAY CLASSWORK GROUP POST #2: group Haikus

Having fun with Haikus (we will spend several classes playing with various types of poetic form)

1. Most Haikus focus on nature imagery, without necessarily worrying about a deeper human meaning.  These are different, though.  
1. Read the poems aloud to each other and discuss: how does the author use the simple imagery to get across meaning about a human experience?
2. Practice! Take one person’s longer poem, in the group, and condense it into a Haiku-like poem (because traditional Haikus usually reference nature, this is really just using the style of a Haiku).  You must attempt to retain the overall meaning of the original poem, but also try to mimic the kinds of imagery a Haiku uses.
3. GROUP BLOG POST #2: post your finished group haiku

FRIDAY CLASSWORK GROUP POST #1: poetic devices

Go through all of the devices, on the handout: poetic devices

1. which poetic devices are used similarly in poetry and fiction?  
2. Which ones are typically only used in poetry, or used very differently in poetry?

#3 (due Friday, April 1st): revision comments

1. Revise your stories, based on all peer feedback.  Finals due in class next time.
2. Blog #3: like before, post a piece of feedback that your partner gave you, either praise or criticism about the setting, and explain how it helped you to revise your piece.

One piece of critism that was very helpful was the just entering commas into my piece to make it less confusing. Entering the commas made it a lot easier to read and to follow for the reader. I am glad that no one thought that the narriration was confusing because that was something I struggled with.

#2 (due Friday, March 18): comments on revisions

Post at least one piece of praise or constructive criticism you received on your stories, and explain how it was helpful to you, in revising the story.

One piece of constructive criticism was to make my plot more clear by showing the character in different environments. To improve my plot development I showed the character in school vs. the character at home to show how different she was in both places. This allows the reader to see how fake she is without the narrorator really saying anything. This piece of critism was very helpful because it made my story a lot clearer and easier to follow.

#1 (due Wed, March 2): comments on feedback

1. Blog #1: post one or more comments, that you received from your peers during conferencing, that you thought were especially helpful (praise or criticism), and what you changed about your story, based on those comments.