- On Final Portfolio & Reflective Essay
- On Publishing, Creative Writing Certificate, & MFA Program
- Discussion Leader/s: Katia Garcia
- Poems by Shihab Nye, Parédez, Soto, Vando, and Villanueva (pgs. 85-95)
- Share Your Poems
- Homework
- Pick two (2) new prompts from the following website and compose two (2) poems: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poetry-prompts
- your two poems should fit on one page
- each poem should include its own original title
- print/bring two (2) copies of your poems for in-class activity on Thursday
- read Poems by Alexie, Dee Cervantes, Equi, Harjo, & Nurske (pgs. 71-84)
- post Reading Response #19 on our course blog by midnight on Wednesday, 11/28
Thursday, November 29th
- Discussion Leader/s: Teresa Villarreal
- Poems by Shihab Nye, Parédez, Soto, Vando, and Villanueva (pgs. 85-95)
- Share Your Poems
- Homework
- in your Google Drive shared folder, create a Google Doc and name the file like this: Poetry-YourFullName
- Compose a series of FREE VERSE POEMS
- NO LESS than 2 poems, and DO NOT exceed 3 pages total
- Your poetry should:
- be single-spaced
- include a title for each poem
- illustrate an understanding of most of the following elements:
- Meter & Rhythm (Starkey, pgs. 31-38)
- The "Music" of Poetry (38-42)
- Imagery & Figurative Language (42-50)
- Diction & Syntax (50-54)
- print/bring three (3) copies of your poetry to class on Tuesday, 12/4 for Workshop #7
