More Useful Sites for Your Poetry Project!

Research Your Poet:

Gale Biography in Context To access at remotely type in syrsls for both username and password
Create Your Works Cited Piece:

Citation Machine Please submit a works cited page in MLA (Modern Language Association) format. You may also want to check the free plagiarism checkers listed in an early post.

Analysis of Poems (it's a start):

http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/poets/homer.html

http://www.poemofquotes.com/articles/analyzing-poetry-tips.php

Poetry Project Assignments:

                                                         

Langston Hughes:  Jocelyn, Dymineke, and Nazmiah 

Theodore Roethke:  Rufus and Max  

Mark Strand: James and Sterling

Gwendolyn Brooks: Corey

Rumi: Matt and Ajamu

Charles Bukowski:  John, Ursula, and Donovan

Maya Angelou:  Toneisha, Arley, and Patience

Tupac Shakur:  Sheldon

Alicia Keys:  Rico

Naoshi Koriyama:  Natasha and Kiyona

****Some useful and reliable sites for your search: 

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/199

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/394

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/                                                          

Homework: Theme for English B Writing Assignment

You have been given the same assignment as Langston Hughes.  Please write a page about yourself in the form of the poem.  Think of the first few lines of the poem:

                                                  Go home and write
                                                  a page tonight.
                                                  And let that page come out of you---
                                                 Then, it  will be true. 

        
  You may write the poem in your writer's notebooks or on a piece of paper first. Some students said  they'd rather have me check their work first and then post it on our blog.   Good luck! 

Your Favorite Poem!

Please post one of your favorite poems.  Be sure to explain what you like about the poem.  Good luck! 

Nikki Rosa Poem

Please read the following poem:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=177827

Please write a one paragraph response about the poem.  Also, please remember to use complete sentences and academic grammar. 

Poetic Asylum: Homework

1)  Please read the following article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/15/opinion/15engel.html?_r=1

2) After you've read the article, please Respond/ React/ Reflect like we've been doing in class with the poems and You Tube clips. You will need a gmail account to post on this blog.  I asked you to create an account  in class today, however,  several of you said that you already had gmail accounts.  That is great! Good luck!