Good morning. As you can see I'm out sick today. Please do the following for credit:

Period 1: workshop the poems you were asked to bring in for credit. Revise and hand in if you have time.

Period 2:

Creating a Word Bank for PoetryGo to the following website:http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180

Read poems #1-7. If you have looked at these poems before, please find poems that you haven't read. As you read, choose 3 words from EACH poem and make a list. (The best way to do this is either in your journal – where you will get credit; or you may keep a word document open and minimized on the bottom of your screen to collect the words).
Choose interesting or “powerful” words—words that draw YOUR attention; the best 3 single words in the poem. Avoid phrases.

Once you have a list with 21 words, use your word bank to create a poem of your own.
• You DO NOT have to use all 21 words in your poem.
• Your poem should make sense. Try to avoid sentence fragments. (Consider your character, setting, theme, conflict, etc. to help write a story...yes, even poetry has a story.)
• You may include as many OTHER words as you’d like.

Please hand in all of your work by the end of class. We will have our quiz Tuesday.