2015 starts with POETRY!!!

1. Welcome back
2. Some brief details on the exam
3. What's coming up: Poetry into Frankenstein into Maus I into Maus II. What a semester!

Let's begin ...

Goals of this unit:

1. This is an introduction to poetry. 
2. Developing an appreciation for poetry
3. Writing poems of your own (some creative play)
4. Encountering different forms & voices
5. Developing competency in identifying (and using) some poetic devices.

1. What is poetry? What do you think of when someone says you have to write poetry? Read poetry? Brainstorm on a piece of paper.
2. Share on board.
3. Some poetry explorations (see handout & PoetryTweets and #poetweet and Melissa Broder
4. Let's write

Option 1: Write some micro-poetry. You have 140 characters (including spaces)
Option 2: Create a found poem. Minimum of 7 lines.

Homework: using only approved websites, find a poem you love. Print it out. Write a paragraph on why you love it.

Here are two of my favorites:
Mary Oliver
WH Auden