Pop Qiuz

For Self Paced English 4.   Come to class for your pop quiz by Friday.

Heartbeats

Please look at the types of poems page on the classroom site.  See if you can tell what combination of poetry  this poem is made up from.

Horseshoes and sunshine
rattles and spoons
cars and that little dog
ice cream and shoes

Memories we bring from childhood to bust
the little thoughts for each day we live with trust


Broken bottles and night
Police sirens and screams
guns and the raging bull
bullets and shame

Memories that disturb and destroy
now we are all lost girls and lost boys

Supplies for Projects

Please bring supplies like beads, feathers, fake flowers, lace, glitter, stickers, and material.  Pretty much any type of materials that you have laying around the house or anything you think you can decorate paper with for a poetry book project.  Start collecting today.

Today's Poem

Please attach your Today's Poem to this post.  Here is the basic outline.  Please be creative and think outside of the box.  Use as much figurative language as possible.

Today
is

It
is (time)

I
see

I
hear

I
smell


I
taste

I
wonder

I want

I need

I have

I
know
that

Tomorrow will be

Plaster

Respond to this poem.....


We do not often carry the weight of the world on our shoulders
instead it lays at our feet and we trample and stomp upon it
wading through the muck and making my shoes wet with mud
the rain never seems to wash any of it away or not so one can tell
how did this all end up on the ground? like plaster that fell from the walls

More than a book

Much Better Now

Little boat

Please look at these two short stories again.  You will need to find a non verbal story and post a link in the comment section of this blog.  You will each have a chance on Tuesday to present your non verbal story to the class.

Broken

As my body rejects
time, space, time, space,
means nothing

As my heart crushes
waste, time, waste, time,
means everything

As my mind deadens
time, place, time, and place
continue on without me