Experiencing Poetry, Day 1: December 12, 2018

Focus: What can we learn about poetry from each other's creative projects?

1. Warming up by enjoying poetry projects with follow-up questions and index card feedback

2. Watching a brief interview with Toni Morrison and collecting soundbites

HW:
1. For THURSDAY: Projects and papers are due.

2. For FRIDAY: Finish Beloved and prepare your final Socratic ticket of 2018!

3. For MONDAY: Complete your Beloved big question blog.

4. For NEXT THURSDAY:
Remember that your final is on THURSDAY, December 20 from 11:30 am to about 3:00 pm. You will need a pencil, a blue or black pen, and notebook paper.

Ideas for preparation:

• Look carefully through all the timed writings you've done this semester.
• Use Quizlet to review terms.
• Revisit your Socratic tickets on Beloved, as well as your blogs, your classmates' blogs, and the Socratic scribing.
• Look back through the sample multiple choice we've done.
• Skim through your composition notebook.
• Get a good night's sleep and eat breakfast in the morning.