29 Tuesday Sep 2015
Posted in assessment, homework, poetry
Before your Thursday/Friday class, submit to TRNTN your tone-analysis paragraph begun in the previous class.
Be sure to submit this paragraph on the prescribed template. Acknowledge discussion group members in the footer, along with any other sources of ideas or details that appear in this writing.
29 Tuesday Sep 2015
Posted in agenda, direct instruction, listening, poetry
Tues A / 10:30
Tues D / 11:45
Wed E / 11:45
learning goal: what basic sentence mechanics apply, when writing about a poem–e.g., punctuating excerpts, weaving quoted text into my own sentence?
Gratitude for “A Drink of Water” (10′)
grp wrk: tone in two “confinement poems”–W. Wordsworth, G. Brooks (20′)
ind wtg: TBA
HW: submit ind wtg to TRNTN before next class
Be sure to submit this paragraph on the prescribed template. Acknowledge discussion group members in the footer, along with any other sources of ideas or details that appear in this writing.
25 Friday Sep 2015
Posted in agenda, discussion, listening, poetry
Fri A / 10:30 am-11:25 am
Fri D / 11:30 am-12:25 pm
Mon E / 1:50
learning goal: map details of sound, imagery and Metaphor that create different tones in the Yeats and Owen war poems
first by yourself, on the supplied chart, enter specific descriptions or examples of sound, imagery and metaphor (15′)
with partner(s), discuss the entries in your chart, feeling free to add as you hear new ideas or examples; forge consensus on how to label the tone of each poem and how to explain the details’ contribution to this tone (15′)
as whole group, discuss consensus labels for each tone, noting especially and specifically effects created by particular poetic devices
23 Wednesday Sep 2015
Posted in agenda, direct instruction, discussion, film viewing
Wed A / 8:30
Wed D / 11:45
Thu E / 8:30
learning goal: what does concrete imagery look like? or taste, smell, sound or feel like?
OVERVIEW of coming attractions:
analysis of tone in two war poems by Yeats and Owen (full-group)
analysis of tone in two confinement poems by Wordsworth and Brooks (small-group)
original composition: PAN poem w/ PDF; or confinement/freedom poem w/ PDF
WARM-UP: concrete imagery (by sense-groups)–things that constrain, restrain, constrict, restrict, hem in, box in, hold back, confine, etc.
EXERCISE: tapping poems with matrix (cf. Maj. J. Borling video)
ANALYSIS of two war poems (start in pods, expand to full group); use glossary of poetic terms to identify how each poem establishes its tone
18 Friday Sep 2015
Posted in agenda, direct instruction, feedback
Fri A / 8:30
Fri D / 11:45
Mon E / 10:30
learning goal: what are the essential differences between editing and proofreading–in terms of purpose and process?
reach consensus on essential differences (cf. UNC Writing Center)
edit a partner’s PDF–by completing a Short Writing Rubric; partner, add editor’s name to acknowledgment footer; revise and submit to TRNTN
as time allows, proofread a Nobel profile of someone you have not already reviewed (mark proof marks in pen other than red); return proofed copy to front desk–having initialed top of page
16 Wednesday Sep 2015
Posted in agenda, direct instruction, poetry
Wed A / 10:30
Wed D / 11:45
Thurs E / 11:45
learning goal: where do essential elements of poetry appear in one or more of these sonnets (Wordsworth, Keats and Shakespeare)?
email feedback: writing, like Dr. Sacks’s science writing, becomes poetry when it ____________ (list of common responses)
what poetry does best is . . .
to think like a poet is to . . .
study these sonnets about beauty, contentment, simple pleasures, friends
14 Monday Sep 2015
Posted in assessment, homework
Before this class starts, submit to TURNITIN the PDF about your original science poem. Feel free to revise, explore and experiment further with the early draft(s).
I recommend you review my feedback on your poem draft, in case you want to consider any of my questions or comments.
Ahead of time, you can check a fuller set of instructions at this link: detailed PDF instructions.
14 Monday Sep 2015
Posted in Uncategorized
Mon D / 11:45
Mon A / 1:50
Tues E / 1:50
learning goal: what poetic tools help create tone in Heaney’s “A Drink of Water” and Stafford’s “Traveling through the Dark”
submit poem draft to TRNTN (I will leave brief comments on favorite lines)
apply short writing rubric to student PDFs (see instructions on “Raw Materials” page of this blog) your PDF is due Fri/Mon of this cycle
common working glossary of poetic terms / tools
summary of email feedback
(small groups) Use working glossary of poetic terms/tools to answer this question: what is tone of Heaney’s or Stafford’s poem? (tone typically expressed as a noun or adjective) tone is the speaker’s/author’s attitude toward the poem’s subject
10 Thursday Sep 2015
Bring to this class a typed draft of your original poem, using one of the two options described below.
Option A: sonnet (14 ll., rhyme scheme; no meter required, though you’re welcome to accept the challenge)
Option B: poem of at least 14 lines, with or without rhyme
in either case, your poem has a connection to science in some way–either direct or indirect.
For example, the speaker in Poe’s poem “Sonnet to Science” directly addresses Science itself. For another example, the speaker in “Uncertainty Principle” is a person who uses aspects of Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle to express her sadness and confusion at losing her husband.
10 Thursday Sep 2015
Posted in Uncategorized
Th A / 8:30
Th D / 11:45
Fri E / 8:30
learning goals: how does poem achieve its unique effect or connection? let me count the ways
backdrop for today: an original poem linked to science (option a, a sonnet linked to science; option b, a poem of at least 14 lines, with or without rhyme–also about science)
distribute two-poem sheet with “Sonnet to Science” and “Uncertainty Principle”
read rest of poems aloud–those from first packet, if time allows
start collective working glossary of poetic tools
in any of the poems, where do we see examples of poetic terms/tools from whiteboard list
HW: bring poem draft to next class
