Category Archives: Poetry Portfolio Project

The Excitin’ Works Cited…

Posted on April 19, 2010 by jculver

Okay, maybe not. But it IS something you need to know in order to do well on all your high school and college research papers. Some of you were talking about the different ways you can do your citations online/online … Continue reading →

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Whew!

Posted on April 15, 2010 by jculver

Your hand hurt yet?  Parents, today I let the students work on their original poems for their portfolio project OR they could work on writing their five paragraph essays (TP CASTT poetry analysis OR commentary on one of their prose … Continue reading →

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3 Day Weekend

Posted on April 9, 2010 by jculver

Enjoy it, but also find two more published poems that are about your chosen portfolio project.  Be thinking about which of the two prose selections (magazine, newspaper, etc.) you want to write a commentary on next week. Some of you … Continue reading →

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TP-CASTTing a Poem

Posted on April 6, 2010 by jculver

One way to analyze a poem is to TP-CASTT it.  In class today and yesterday, we analyzed Rita Dove’s “Grape Sherbet” as an entire class.  Here is my “Prezi” presentation on it. Tomorrow, please bring your rough draft of your … Continue reading →

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Over the weekend…

Posted on April 2, 2010 by jculver

You are to find two songs that fit the theme of your portfolio project.  Write down the titles/artists and the lyrics (or print off) on the sheet that I gave you today (Friday).  Have your parents approve the lyrics please. … Continue reading →

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Poets.Org=Okay to Use

Posted on March 30, 2010 by jculver

This is a poetry website that is okay to use. 🙂

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Monday Monday…

Posted on March 29, 2010 by jculver

Half of my classes went to the library today to find out details about the AVL, how to access it, etc.  I also showed them some books that had been pulled on all types of poetry.  You need to find … Continue reading →

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Preface to Portfolio Project

Posted on March 26, 2010 by jculver

Today we discussed the next five poems in Blue Lipstick and filled out the accompanying worksheet.  After that, we discussed writing the 200 word minimum preface to your project.  When writing it, think about why you chose your topic? What … Continue reading →

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Concrete Poems

Posted on March 25, 2010 by jculver

So today we started reading some of the poems from Blue Lipstick.  Hopefully you got a good idea of what concrete poems are all about. Your classwork (and continued homework) is to write your own concrete poem about the topic … Continue reading →

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Poetry Portfolio Projects

Posted on March 11, 2010 by jculver

Your theme is due when you come back from Spring Break! Be thinking of a good one!

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