1. WRITING POETRY: DAY 3 HONORS MYP WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

2. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE WARM UP9/2/15 READ ONE OF THE FOLLOWING 3 POEMS. “WAKING THE MOON” (93) “WAITING” (104) “WHO I AM” (9) LIST THE TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE THAT YOU SEE AND INCLUDE THE EXAMPLES.

3. WARM UP DEBRIEF WHAT TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE DID YOU SEE? SIMILE: COMPARISON USING “LIKE” OR “AS” METAPHOR: COMPARISON WHERE ONE THING IS THE OTHER PERSONIFICATION: HUMAN-LIKE QUALITIES FOR AN OBJECT/ANIMAL HYPERBOLE: OVER-EXAGGERATION ONOMATOPOEIA: SOUND NOISES ALLITERATION: REPETITION OF THE SAME SOUND AT THE BEGINNING OF WORDS INTERNAL RHYME: 2+ RHYMING WORDS WITHIN A LINE NOW, TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO REVISE YOUR POEMS FOR FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.

4. OBJECTIVE, AGENDA, & HOMEWORK OBJECTIVE: I WILL GIVE AND RECEIVE MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK ON THEIRS AND OTHERS’ POETRY. AGENDA: LESSON ON FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE WORKSHOP GROUPS REVISING HOMEWORK: FINISH MAKING REVISIONS TO YOUR POEMS BY TOMORROW WE ARE IN THE DAEDALUS LAB! GREEK ROOTS 6-10 IS DUE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.

5. WRITER’S WORKSHOP EXPECTATIONS RESPECT THE COMMUNITY OF WRITERS. BE WILLING TO TAKE RISKS. BE WILLING TO SHARE YOUR WRITING. FIND YOUR PURPOSE AND AUDIENCE. DEVELOP YOUR OWN PROCESS(ES) FOR WRITING. CONTINUOUSLY ADD TO YOUR WRITER’S NOTEBOOK. BE 100% ATTENTIVE DURING THE FOCUS LESSON. BE PREPARED TO REVISE YOUR WORK REPEATEDLY. FOCUS ON THE POSITIVES WHEN GIVING FEEDBACK. ASK QUESTIONS AND GIVE SUGGESTIONS INSTEAD OF GIVING NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. DURING INDEPENDENT WRITING TIME, FOCUS ON BRAINSTORMING, PLANNING, RESEARCHING, DRAFTING, CONFERRING, REVISING, AND EDITING.

6. TIPS FOR WORKSHOPPING LEAVE THE WRITER WITH ENTHUSIASM FOR WRITING! FOCUS ON IDEAS, ORGANIZATION, VOICE, WORD CHOICE, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, AND SENTENCE VARIETY. DO NOT FOCUS ON SPELLING, GRAMMAR, ETC. QUESTIONS TO THINK ABOUT: WHAT DID I LIKE BEST ABOUT THIS PAPER? WHAT WOULD I LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT? WHAT STANDS OUT? WHAT IS CONFUSING? WHEN ASKING QUESTIONS OR GIVING SUGGESTIONS FOR A POEM, CONSIDER: DOES POEM TELL A STORY WITH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT? DOES THE PLOT FLOW, AND IS THE CONFLICT RESOLVED? IS THE THEME OF THE POEM CLEAR?

7. STEPS FOR WORKSHOPPING STEP 1: WRITER: TELL PURPOSE, AUDIENCE, AND WHAT YOU NEED HELP WITH GROUP: TAKE NOTES ON WHAT WRITER SAID STEP 2: WRITER: READ POEMS ALOUD GROUP: LISTEN AND TAKE NOTES ON WHAT COMES TO MIND STEP 3: GROUP: START WITH POSITIVES; ASK QUESTIONS WRITER: LISTEN, TAKE NOTES, AND THEN RESPOND TO QUESTIONS STEP 4: WRITER: ASK FOR CLARIFICATION; SHARE PLAN FOR REVISION GROUP: PRAISE THE WRITER FOR SHARING

8. WRITING AND REVISING AFTER YOU HAVE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM YOUR GROUP, START WORKING ON REVISING. REPLACE ADD DELETE AND REORDER REMEMBER THAT A COMPLETE DRAFT OF YOUR POEMS IS DUE TOMORROW AT THE END OF CLASS ON TUNRITIN.COM.