1. Today’s plan Student poetry presentation Sharing our “Happy” poems A little about revision Group work day ◦ Getting caught up ◦ Revision ◦ Planning your book ◦ Free-reading poetry

2. Tips to revise your poems… Make sure you have strong verbs. ◦ A man walks down the street. Make sure your nouns are as descriptive as possible. ◦ A man walks down the street Rid your poem of unnecessary words. ◦ Once there was a man one day who walked his way down the sidewalk of a street.

3. Today is revision & catch-up day You may work with partners (up to four) to… 1. Revise your poem inspired by “Cody”. 2. Revise your “Happy” catalog poem from yesterday. 3. Make a plan for how you are going to make your poetry chapbook. 4. Finished with all that? Each member of the group grab a poetry book and explore. Share anything interesting you find with your peers. 5. Or, work on a poem of your own. (Your five poems for your book don’t have to be ones we’ve started in class.) MAKE THIS TIME COUNT!