week of 2/26/13

Thursday:

Goal: Begin to synthesize DPS and major poetry class goals. Change Poems. Introduce paper.

HW: Draft of Paper (post on the blog for Tuesday).

Link to Assignment 

First Step: Go Over DPS sheets.

New Beginning/Change Poem

Finish the following lines to create a whole poem. 
Be as specific as you can. It’s okay if you need 
to skip a line or two, but make an attempt to address every line. 
(DYT note: If you’d like to write a “change poem” 
in your own format, you may, but please address the idea of change.)

I was (description of who you were)…
I remember (a memory)…
I heard (something you wish you hadn’t heard)…
I saw (something you weren’t supposed to see)…
I worried (something that troubled you)…
I thought (a description of where your life was headed)…
But I want change.
I am (an accurate description of you)…
I think (how you perceive the world)…
I need (a goal you’d like to fulfill)…
I try (something that will help you improve yourself)…
I feel (describe an emotion)…
I forgive (someone or something that has caused you pain)…
Now I can change.
I will (a prediction of the kind of person you will be)…
I choose (something you want to do differently)…
I dream (something you dare to dream about)…
I hope (something positive that you strive for)…
I predict (how you see yourself in the future)…
I know (a full description of your future self)…
I will change.

DPS reaction on the white board (silent chalk talk)

Introduce paper and time to work. (This is a link to the assignment.)

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Tuesday, 2/26:



Goal: Finish "Dead Poets Society" and Discuss.

HW (for Thursday): Change Poem

First Step: Back to the "Dead Poets" Sheet for a minute.

Finish Movie

Change Poem: