We started today's class with twenty-five minutes of poem reading. Everyone had access to the Poetry Out Loud site and a physical copy of the Poetry Out Loud anthology. People could bookmark or write down the titles of poems that they felt they would like to save for reciting.
For the first twenty minutes of this time, everyone was asked to just read poems, write down any that seem appealing, and then keep reading other poems. In the last five minutes of this time, everyone determined which poem they would like to work with (or, if they had not found a good one yet, kept looking).
Everyone then responded to the following prompt in their writer's journal:
What is your poem about?
What speaks to you in this poem?
After everyone had a chance to respond to this prompt, we discussed students' answers.
Homework:
Start becoming familiar with and memorizing your poem.
If you have not yet found a poem, find one using the Poetry Out Loud site.
Choose a poem that you like and that you would like to work with more.
(choosing a random poem or one that just looks easy will not be as fun to work with)
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