Monday, September 27, 2010

Class Constitution

We, the people of Period Three AP Lit, will strive to:

- Enter class with an open mind
- Support each other
- Respect varying opinions
- Contribute our insight even when unsure of ourselves
- Be as prepared as possible in order to engage in meaningful conversations
- Be positive
- Go deeper into topics rather than to cover more topics
- Challenge each other nicely
- Listen to each other
- Be open to new ideas about books, poems, etc
- Participate to the best of our abilities
- Make educated comments and support ideas with evidence
- Refrain from interruptions or talking over others
- Avoid dominating
- Avoid engaging in distracting side conversations
- Avoid judging
- Avoid becoming so unfocused as to distract others
- Avoid redundancy
- Avoid senior slide
- Avoid simply staying on the surface of a topic
- Avoid taking things personally

Monday, September 20, 2010

observations

Looking to your “pointing” notes from today’s class, what observations can you make about what tends to resonate with you in poetry? Extra credit for writing a "found poem" from your notes...

Poems of Place

Dang, were they ever good. Let's post them, shall we?

Thursday, September 9, 2010