  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 1/16

  Please come up with a definition for the following literary term:  Imagery  Be ready to discuss this when class begins.  Pd. 2 Bell Ringer 1/16

  Please do the following things by the time the bell rings:  Get your book (turn to pg. 732)  Get out your “Imagist Criteria List”  Find a partner  Review the Prompt:  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.” Bell Ringer 1/16

  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 stories and your Pacing Assignment (graph & re-written paragraph).  Make sure you’ve labeled your paragraphs (the story and the rewrite). Bell Ringer 1/16

  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  Agenda/EQ  Re-write/Graph of Holiday/Winter Story  Pacing Prompt 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

  Have a character experience or witness a crime.  Choose a small time crime (no violence); it could be as simple as someone accidentally short-changing a customer.  But perhaps a character sees this, overreacts, and vows to avenge the cheated customer by doing something drastic.  How will the character react? Does the character meet the criminal at all? Does she follow the criminal? Does the victim ever play a role? Ask lots of questions.  Write a 1 page, front & back story that includes the crime and the main characters reaction, you must have 1 section that is deliberately fast paced (the crime) and 1 section that is deliberately slowed down (the scene before or after the crime). Pacing Prompt