Monday, November 30th - True Confessions

TOC - You will need to print off and then photocopy the poetry project handout. If you have any trouble, please ask Tami Jerome, the librarian, to assist you. Enjoy the day!

1) Silent Reading

2) Sharing - anyone care to share their absurdist poem or story from their journal?
   Listen to Matt B's And Mike T's song from the Death of a Salesman Project (in computer).

3) Confessional Poetry - Click here for some notes and ideas to discuss.
                                  Daddy by Sylvia Plath - p. 914 - Read and discuss.
                                  (Remember the Q's to ask of a poem.)
                                  Others that could be read and discussed (in groups?):
                                  Anger by Linda Pastan, p. 556
                                  Quake Theory by Sharon Olds, p. 733
                                  On My First Son by Ben Jonson, p. 683
                                  The Boy Died in my Alley, p. 835

4) Poetry Project - the next two weeks of your life will be poetic. Welcome to the Personal Poetry Project.
Go over handout. I'll provide more detail tomorrow.

5) Today's Journal Work - Brainstorm around a profoundly transformative moment in your life - whether the stuff of tragedy or comedy... sketch out some ideas and begin to play with the right words to draft step one of the personal poetry project - the Autobiographical Poem.

6) Homework - bring in some favourite lyrics to consider tomorrow.