Discussed journal entries about article from NBC.com. Also discussed movie version vs. book version of "Flowers for Algernon." Worked in groups to analyze "The Truth about Why I Love Mashed Potatotes" by Makeel McBride, one possiblity to use as model for writing your own poem for multi genre paper. HW: Write a poem about your research topic modeled after a published poem. Possiblities include the potato poem which looks at a potato from 5 different perspectives. Another version of this is "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." You may also choose to write a list poem, such as the one attached here by Walt Whitman called "I Hear America Singing." Or, this list poem from Teen Ink called "I was raised by"
A block only: This is due on Monday since you missed class yesterday and may miss tomorrow as well due to course selections. Here are some more sample list poems written and published by teens.
A block only: This is due on Monday since you missed class yesterday and may miss tomorrow as well due to course selections. Here are some more sample list poems written and published by teens.