Ms. Nakada's Virtual Classroom: Day 17

Agenda:

Check-in

"For Black Poets..." by Ethridge Knight

Prompts for NaPoWriMo

HW: RJ 13.3 on a poem. 

Read a poem and write a poem. 

Aim for 10-15 by Wednesday. Please submit the drafts you have so far by Friday. 

Hey, all. Our Zoom classes today are at 9:00 or 10:00. Periods 4, 5, or 6 will meet at 9:00 and with periods 2 and 3 meet at 10:00. The link is the same. Please make sure your first and last name are visible so I can admit you to the meeting and we can avoid the Zoom bombers. Here is the link: 

https://lausd.zoom.us/j/810070746

For check-in today, write the number of poems you have written so far. Try to have 10-15 by Friday and submit drafts on Schoology. 

Ok, our poem today is by Ethridge Knight

Read through the poem 3-4 times (preferably out loud). 

What feeling/tone do you get from the poem? 

What is it about? 

What poetic elements do you notice happening in this poem? 

Annotate and make sense of this poem.

OK, let's take a look at this spoken word performance of the piece from the Get Lit Slam a few years back.

This Get Lit format, is what you will be using to put together a performance at the end of the month. Start thinking about a Poetry Slam piece where you will memorize and perform a classic poem (like this one) and then write and perform a response poem. You can do this on your own, or you can work in a small group. You will submit videos of these to me and then we will hold our own poetry slam here in class. 

Ok, so our prompts for today: write a response poem to Ethridge Knight's "To Black Boys Who Think of Suicide." 

Or, from Winter Tangerine:

"Write about your home." 

You can think of this as a literal or figurative home. 

Or from Writer's Digest:  For today’s prompt:

"Write a form poem (here are 100 poetic forms to choose from) and/or…

Write an anti-form poem. I get it; some people don’t like forms. If you feel like a form doesn’t quite give you direction for today’s prompt, write a poem about something with structure or form, or write a poem about chaos.

Remember: These prompts are just springboards; you have the freedom to jump in any direction you want. In other words, it’s more important to write a new poem than to stick to the prompt."

Ok, try to get at least half-way to your goal for April since today is the 15th. Submit those by Friday, please!