3.5.15+and+3.6.15

We have the opportunity to listen to a Holocaust survivor speak next week. The speaker will be talking during periods 5 and 6 on Wed. 3/11. Our classes don't meet during these periods, but I would like students to have access to this opportunity, so I'm sending them home with a permission form to miss either their 5th or 6th period class that day (with parent and teacher permission) with the knowledge that they will have a workday to make-up classwork missed in other classes or attend the missed class during our English class period if schedules allow. Ms. Hensley will supervise any of my students who attend the 5th period session, and I will be there during the 6th period session. Any student who go will be excused for their absence. Please let me know if you have any questions. Parents are more than welcome to join us to hear the speaker.

Peer Edit: Found Poem Draft

--What lines/sections are particularly effective? --What suggestions do you have for edits--spacing, font, repetition, needed lines, missing detail, etc. --In a nutshell, what is their poem about? What is the motif they're tracking: the goal here is to see if your partner can articulate your main idea without you telling them what it is. If they can't look for places where you can make this clear in your writing. If they suggest an idea you haven't thought of, or like, feel free to us that in writing as you go.

Artist Statement: Once you've finished your poem, you will craft a paragraph where you explain/defend your choices. The paragraph will set you up for writing your essay if you structure it with the necessary components.

Here's a model: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wNaKiqFmdMh-_HPZmVkunfYG8DHc4zMF_z2LZJt6znc/edit?usp=sharing

1) Start with a thesis about your poem: What motif did you use in your poem and what effect were you trying to create with it? AKA, What theme were you trying to illuminate through the examples you pulled and how you structured them.

2) To support your thesis, pull at least three direct quotes from your poem that support your idea and unpack them.

3) Make sure your quotes are integrated using TLC. For this paragraph you are citing YOUR POEM'S lines.

4) This paragraph can be in the first person or third person.

5) This should be about a half a page in length.

6) Proofread!


 * A visual component is suggested but not required. A point of extra credit is possible for a visual that is in-depth, appropriate, and thoughtful. A photo copied and pasted from the internet will not receive extra credit. A visual that enhances my understanding of your poem will.

HW: A final draft of your Found Poem and final Artist Statement is due on Monday. Please print copies of both. If printing is impossible you may submit this in your folder, but for this assignment I'd prefer a hard copy.