Please read or listen to Plath read the following poems:
"Daddy,"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hHjctqSBwM
"Lady Lazarus,"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hHjctqSBwM
"Tulips,"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIQojFKUfto
"Mad Girl's Love Song,"(a villanelle) and
"Mirror"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZht4WMoMo
Write a response to these poems and post on the blog by Thursday.
Write a poem inspired by Plath for Friday's class.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Monday, April 20, 2015
Active vs. Passive Voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn4Axx9BmhY
https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/CCS_activevoice.html
http://www.grammar-worksheets.com/worksheets/Lesson.Voice.Active.Passive.pdf
http://www.garfieldhs.org/ourpages/auto/2009/5/21/50456963/CST_prep_passive_voice.pdf
https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/CCS_activevoice.html
http://www.grammar-worksheets.com/worksheets/Lesson.Voice.Active.Passive.pdf
http://www.garfieldhs.org/ourpages/auto/2009/5/21/50456963/CST_prep_passive_voice.pdf
William Carlos Williams
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/guide/178804#poem
However, it is the archetypal example of Williams' oft-quoted maxim "no ideas but in things", the extreme simplicity of the language and the precise placing of each visual element an argument for clear sight in poetry, stripped of conventional symbolism.
http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/force.html
However, it is the archetypal example of Williams' oft-quoted maxim "no ideas but in things", the extreme simplicity of the language and the precise placing of each visual element an argument for clear sight in poetry, stripped of conventional symbolism.
http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/force.html
Sunday, April 05, 2015
Reflection due April 7th- All Classes Post Here
Please take a moment to comment on Dennis Mannion's presentation regarding his experiences in Vietnam. Take the opportunity to ask questions and make connections between the presentation, The Things They Carried, and Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam.
Sonnet Links
1. Form Group
2. Choose Poem
3. Research Poem Meaning & Poet
4. Assign Lines
5. Introduce individuals, give a sonnet fact, give a brief overview of the poem (what does the poem seem to be about?), state title and poet, read poem.
6. Practice several times and then tape.
http://www.thehypertexts.com/Best%20Sonnets.htm
http://www.cprw.com/Misc/finch2.htm
http://popsonnet.tumblr.com/
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson830/sonnet-links.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/179622#poem
2. Choose Poem
3. Research Poem Meaning & Poet
4. Assign Lines
5. Introduce individuals, give a sonnet fact, give a brief overview of the poem (what does the poem seem to be about?), state title and poet, read poem.
6. Practice several times and then tape.
http://www.thehypertexts.com/Best%20Sonnets.htm
http://www.cprw.com/Misc/finch2.htm
http://popsonnet.tumblr.com/
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson830/sonnet-links.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/179622#poem
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