1. 10 Minutes of Book Love (Free Reading)

2. Requirements Title for your poem Author’s name
Typed, double spaced, and neat
Must be a single page
Minimum of at least 10 lines
Minimum of two metaphors or similes
Uses unique and vivid imagery
Avoid the obvious and ordinary
Does not have to rhyme!!!

3. Think of an image to describe yourself
Think of an image to describe yourself. If you were a sound, what sound would that be? If you were a color, what color would that be? In the spirit of Eloise Greenfield, do not limit yourself to naming a color. You can place that color in context to make it more vivid, like her “leaf turning red.” If you were a flower, which one would you be? Which bird? Which animal? Which element of nature? How can you best express who you are?

4. Brainstorm Using Images & Traits
Energetic: first chirping bird in summer time or sun peeping in the window
Capable: a camel able to walk indefinitely
Competitive: like an eager puppy
Aspiring: The small buds of an oak tree (growing strong with each year)
Shy: like the quiet music coming from a neighbor’s backyard

5. “Radio Static” by Brittany Iatarola
When I am alone with the stars
And I lift my eyes
I’m a mother
I’m the creak of a door
I’m the breath of the storm
I’m the radio static
I’m alive.
I’m rose-golden dawn
I’m a summertime song
I’m all the wishes I ever made,
and all the promises I ever kept.
And when I stretch out my arms
I trace the sky
I fly.

6. “The Old Book” by Danny H.
I imagine that I am an old book on a bookshelf,, Untouched for weeks on end. I watch as other books around me get pulled Off the shelf, But not a single look in my direction, Like an invisible ghost sitting on a wooden shelf. Until finally, someone comes and pulls me off the shelf. Looking through me like a pane of glass Then they close my cover, and slide me back in my Spot on the bookcase, Where I will wait for another to come and sift through me.

7. “The Difference in My Silence” by Jess L.
Quiet surrounds me Alone in my silence I dive deep into my thoughts. I am the arms around a wailing baby I am the caffeine triggering the energy rush I am like the shriek of a child on Halloween night I am the boiling anger of my bellowing brother I am the cackling hyena I am silent, always afraid, Only a number of people understand who and what I AM I will not be silent anymore I am different.

8. 15 Minutes of Individual Editing
During this time, you may choose to do any of the following:
Finish your rough draft
Read through your rough draft and make edits
Compare your rough draft to the examples and add anything you think is missing
Look through the rubric and see if your rough draft is missing anything
Brainstorm names for your poem
If you finish early, the rest of the time is yours to read or write freely.
End

9. Find your 5 o’clock partner, and swap poems
Please read your partner’s poem with his/her rubric next to you.
Using one of the highlighters in the blue bin, highlight any rubric items he/she is missing

10. Based on the instructions at your table group, complete the editing task assigned to you
Editing Assignment One: Format
Editing Assignment Two: Voice
Do you want your poem to look neat or messy?
Do you want to break your poem into stanzas or keep it as it is?
Do you want to justify your poem on the left, center, right, or rotate these?
Describe the kind of font your poem should be written in.
Will you include pictures when you type the final copy of your poem? If so, pictures of what?
Are there any lines in your poem that could be “weirder” (more relevant and specific to just you)
Are there any lines in your poem that sound awkward when you say them out loud? If so, rewrite them until they are easy to say and pleasant to hear.
Did you, after talking with others, accidentally include anything that isn’t relevant to you (maybe it is a good idea poetically, but it doesn’t actually reflect how you feel)? If so, take it out and replace it with something that feels more true to you.

11. Before you leave!
Please write down your name the summer reading book you would like to be assessed on next Friday on a post it and hand it to me
The options are:
The Martian Chronicles
The Good Earth
Tears of a Tiger
This World We Live In
Chinese Cinderella
The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
The Tragedy Paper
A Monster Calls
The Art of Secrets