Due on 12/8

ALL ASSIGNMENTS SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN YOUR NOTEBOOK!

Watch the video Anthology Traces Rap's Lyrical Journey, Poetic Roots.

Write a one-paragraph reaction in your notebook to share in class. 

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/video/247 - 

Check Out  one of the stand up poets from the HBO special Brave New Voices...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYaOuQJUI84&feature=related



Reaction: 2-3 sentences


Please Watch Alicia Keys
P.O.W

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkSObnpCimA

Reaction- 2-3 Sentences

PART III

Prepare for Our Workshop 
Visit WWW.POETS.ORG ALSO KNOWN AS THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS. PERUSE THE WEBSITE!  You can sign up for a poem a day if you like!! This is one of my favorite websites !!

For YOUR WORKSHOP: CHoose TWO POEMS from Poets.org that you feel passionate about and that evoke emotion in you. PRINT THE POEMS and bring them to class. The website is fantastic and  has poems listed by subject. You can peruse the poetry and choose the ones you like.  In addition, Choose ONE song you really like and print the lyrics and bring them to class. You will need the poems and your song for our Workshop on Thursday! you will work in mini fishbowls on Tuesday !- Song and Poems should have related themes and be congruent.
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NOTE- I POSTED PUB 5 AS A PAGE!

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12/8

Love Workshops

HW: Print Poems posted on Blog


12/10 

Presentation Schedule: We will pick names out of a Hat. 

We will Read & Analyze  In CLASS : 
Identity by  Julio Noboa Polanco

All The Worlds A Stage by William Shakespeare

Fishbowl Discussion in Class

Pub 5 & Final Project Q&A


12/15- Final Exam Room Whitman 217
1:40-4:20