1. As you come in…
Read the poem by Billy Collins found on your desk. With your group, discuss the answers to the following questions:
What is interesting about this poem?
What is Collins suggesting about poetry?

2. Happy National Poetry Month! (almost)
Modern Poetry
Happy National Poetry Month! (almost)

3. What do you like or not like about poetry?
(You can be honest here)

4. Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?  Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date:  Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;  And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st;  So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Write that madam a sonnet.
Madams love sonnets.

5. What are these poets saying?
If you love someone, tell them! Make them feel beautiful and appreciated.

6. Finding your Flavor of Poetry
Using your phone as a research device, look into modern poetry/poets and find one poem that you like.
Then, answer the following questions on a blank piece of paper:
Who is the poem by?
What is the poem saying?
What do you like about it?

7. Work on IRP Tier 2/3 Alternative:
Pick a poem (approved by me) from one of my books and complete the following:
Paraphrase the poem line by line
Write 3-5 sentences about the poems significance
Write 2 sentences explaining what you like/don’t like about the poem
Write a 3-5 sentences explaining the importance of coming prepared to class.

8. Homework: IRP Tier 2/3 (due 3/16)
Senior project papers will be graded by tomorrow! Swing by if you want to know your final score.