10/17 IN-class

Hey guys,

  Here is the lesson plan I gave Jared.  Have a beautiful day of writing and revising!  I look forward to your beautiful work on Monday. You're the best!

"Learning Target:  By the end of this class, I will have a spoken-word poem that 

a.   Has at least two characters (the author and a separate character, if not more)

b.  Moves between the past, the present, and the future.

c.  Has been rewritten to incorporate a specific poetry technique.

Lesson plan. 

I.  Introduce yourself, let 'em know that I'm sorry to be missing class but that I hope they have a great day and that I put some quality time into making this lesson plan and I'm looking forward to hearing and reading their poems on Monday :) 

II.  The students have written a rough draft of their poem.  The poems are on my desk.  Now it is time to expand the poem. Students can sit wherever they like, just not in the hall.  They can listen to music while they write, but not distract each other.   Remind them to "get in their flow" (they know what this means).   

a. Hand back their rough drafts.  Ask them to add a new character to the poem, a specific person who the narrator (the author) encounters and has a kind of experience with.  half-hour to do this.  If they aren't done after a half hour, that's fine, but just give them the next direction (and write each of these steps on the whiteboard so they follow the progression)

b  Now, ask them to add a shift in time (have the poem shift to either the past, the present, or the future) another half hour to do this.

c. Now,  ask them to add a shift in setting (where the poem is taking place). another half hour to do this.  

Last step:  Go to this website:  Poetry writing tips:  http://www.powerpoetry.org/resources?page=2

.  Choose a technique from the website that you want to try to use to improve your poem. Going back over your rough draft, rewrite your poem electronically and incorporate one or more of those techniques.  Rest of class to do this.  When their poem is finished,ask them to share a copy with me on googledocs. 

If a student finishes early, you can watch a poem about a one of the videos listed below, and to write a journal entry for extra credit saying

a.  What made the poet's delivery/performance powerful

b.  If/how the performance changed or reinforced their view of that social identity

c.  What they would have added to the poem or what they would want to ask the author about.  

Poem about female gender:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-8jtBOorpE

Poem about male gender:  http://www.guante.info/2012/02/10-responses-to-phrase-man-up-spoken.html

Poem about sexuality:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5frn8TAlew0