 Please get out your Imagist Poetry Packet so that we can pick up with our discussion.  Make sure you have completed all the sections for the poems (at least the ones we got to with our partners).  Pd. 1, 4, 7, 9 BELL RINGER 1/15

 Please come up with a definition for the following literary term:  Imagery  Be ready to discuss this when class begins.  Pd. 2 BELL RINGER 1/15

 Please get out your “A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste” Criteria List and turn in your books to pg. 732 (“The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter”).  Please read through this poem and be able to summarize the basic story that it tells.  Pd. 3 BELL RINGER 1/15

 EQ: How can we use strong and thorough textual evidence to support what imagist poetry says both explicitly and implicitly?  Agenda  Bell Ringer  Agenda/EQ  Imagist Poetry  The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter  Examining Other Imagists  William Carlos Williams, H.D. ENGLISH III

 Get back into your earlier groups of 3.  Each member should get a sheet of composition paper.  Create a list of criteria for Imagist poetry.  They can be either do’s or don’ts  Try to find at least 8 items  3 of those can be Mr. Flint’s rules.  We will finalize our list together IMAGIST POETRY CRITERIA LIST

1.Direct treatment of the “thing” 2.Use no word that does not contribute to presentation (all words reveal something) 3.Compose in sequence of the musical phrase, not a metronome 4.The rhythm should flow from one line to the next 5.Give feelings of liberation or sudden growth 6.Use concrete images, no abstractions 7.Avoid writing philosophic poetry 8.Present the image, don’t describe 9.Use surprising rhyme 10.Find the exact word that will achieve your goal IMAGIST POETRY CRITERIA LIST

 With your group members, read “The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter”  Using our list of Imagist Poetry Criteria, answer the following question:  Does Ezra Pound actually create the kind of poetry he describes in “A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste?”  Write a thorough paragraph that answers the question.  Give at least 3 pieces of evidence from the poem (including explanation) to support your answer.  You will also need to use some material from “A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste.” THE RIVER MERCHANT’S WIFE: A LETTER

 Please get out your:  Winter/Holiday Story  Your Pacing Graph  Any re-writing that you did yesterday BELL RINGER 1/15

 EQ: How do authors use pace and sequence to build a vivid, engaging, coherent story that works towards a particular tone and outcome?  Agenda  Bell Ringer – Pacing Quiz  “Pace” – Robert Newton Peck  How does Peck define pacing?  What suggestions about pacing does he make?  Discussing Pacing  Examining Our Holiday Stories  Re-read your holiday/winter story.  Graphing Pacing  Improving Pacing CREATIVE WRITING

 Re-read your holiday story.  Graph your story’s pacing:  X = Time (perhaps you could think in terms of pages)  Y = Emotion or Excitement  Your graph should go up when your story pacing speeds up (more tension, more excitement, faster reading) and go down when your story pacing slows down (less tension, slower reading).  Once you have analyzed your story’s pacing, find 1 paragraph where your pacing should speed up and 1 paragraph where your pacing should slow down.  Re-write these paragraphs using the techniques in our reading. GRAPHING/IMPROVING PACING