Poetry Exercises: Day 2

Poetry exercises:

• Gather ye Rosebuds...er...words: flip through your poetry collection and stop 10 times and choose 1 or more words on that page that catch your eye. Write these words in your journal. Then continue to flip and stop and choose. Once you have at least 10 words, use the word bank you created to create a poem. Your poem should be at least 10 lines (if possible)
• Phrase spill. Choose a poem in your collection and write a word or phrase on the sticky notes given to you. Then, follow my instructions.  
• Shared poem. Select 2-6 peers in your area. Gather as a group. Each of you will select a line from one of the poems in your collection. Write it down on the paper provided. Hand your paper to the peer sitting next to you. That peer should do the same. The peer should read the line you just wrote, then select a line that continues the poem from THEIR collection. Then pass their poem draft to the next person/peer in line. Continue this until at least everyone has contributed to the poem. [You may add or change the tense of a word to make the line make sense if you need to]
• Watch the following video performance Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou (write a poem for 5 minutes about something phenomenal, or write an ode praising women (or yourself). 
• Watch the following video performance What a Teacher Makes by Taylor Mali; write a poem about What a ______ makes (choose an occupation that doesn't get the credit or attention it should, or write about a favorite teacher you once had)--write a draft.

One of your poem drafts should be completed today by the end of class. Please submit this poem draft to our Google Classroom for participation. Make sure you type up your poem draft--you won't get full credit if you don't type up your poem draft.

• Keep reading your chosen poetry book. Bring your poetry book back with you to our next class. Choose 1 poem from the collection you would like to read out loud to the rest of the class.

HOMEWORK: Submit your poem draft. You may, if you'd like, submit more than one poem draft from the poem drafts you wrote today in class.