Spoon River Reading

• Please get into groups of 3-4.
• Starting on page 48 in Spoon River, please spend period 3 reading outloud with your group. Take turns reading the poems. You should aim to complete the reading up to page 72.
• For homework, please finish reading the book on your own.

For each poem, notice WHO the speaker is (the persona), WHY are the speaker is speaking (what secrets do they tell us?), and the tone and voice in their poem. (Those characters might appear later in the book)

 

During period 4, in the lab: Write a new poem using a specific voice. Consider the words you use (diction) to create a tone for your "character" or persona. The poem character should NOT be YOU! Use understatement, euphemism, rhetorical devices, or any connotation within your diction.

 

HOMEWORK: Please finish reading Spoon River on your own. Select 3 characters that you like and write down their names and the page # they appear on in your journal. We will use this information next class.