ENGLISH 7

Finish SBAC test prep.

If done and waiting for others. Can do other work, or read or grab a poetry
book from the back and read poems!

HW: Thurs-- Poem-In-your-Pocket day

ENGLISH 8

Missed speeches? @ break Thursday. Speech tryouts on door.

Turned in - Final Project, The Book Thief. Returned Books.

Handout-  Poetry Assignment,  Due: Weds., May 2. Briefly discuss.

Favorite Poems Project “founded on the belief that, contrary to stereotype,
Americans do read poetry; that the audience for poetry is not limited to
professors and college students; and that there are many people for whom
particular poems have profound, personal meaning.”
The project documents that giving voice to the American audience
for poetry. About 18,000 Americans volunteered to share
their favorite poems-- ranging in age from 5 to 97 -- kids, teachers, Supreme Court
justices, blue collar workers.

Poetry is universal. Poetry is choice. Poetry is individual.

Here are a few to watch listen:

Poems: We Real Cool (Gwendolyn Brooks)(5), The Sloth
(Theodore Roethke)(4) , I Am Nobody (Emily Dickinson)(5:33),
Minstrel Man (Langston Hughes) (4:28)

Lighter-- Harry Baker, the king of poetry slam and two poems.
First, he explains what poetry slam is, then, Paper People (3)
and if, time, on The Love of Math, Prime Numbers and Poetry

HW: Thurs: Listen to three others from the Favorite Poems Project.
See if you find one that interests you.

Weds 5/02 Poetry Project and ready to present