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Marking the Moment

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Share a sentence or two about what you plan to write on our class discussion page. For example: I plan on sharing excerpts from my coronavirus journal. I'm looking for entries that reveal patterns or just get at some of the everyday weirdness and normalcy. I might model the structure on Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year. You all have such awesome ideas for this closing assignment! I'm really looking forward to reading/watching/listening what you come up with. On our assignment chart, you'll find links to a document where you can post the piece and/or share some parting words.
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Connections among our poets

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Look over the guidelines for the connections paragraphs . Post a connection you noticed between poets or poems on our class discussion page. Hello, 9Hers! Just a quick note to say how proud I am of you all and the work you've done on your poetry projects. You're teaching each other (and me) so much! To paraphrase poet Kenneth Rexroth on the influence of great poetry: it can make us better people, more "sensitive perceiving organisms," and - perhaps - better poets ourselves! Keep up the great work!
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Feedback on Projects

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Ask a friend, peer, or family member to look at the slides you have so far. Post one example of helpful feedback you received.
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Poetry Sharing

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Choose a poem by your assigned poet to analyze. Annotate a copy of it. Share one thing you admire about the poem. Example: I love how  Tom Wayman's "Did I Miss Anything?"  takes a common question posed by a student who has missed class and uses it to explore with sly philosophical wit how much and how little is going on in any given situation we experience. 
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Fun facts about our poets

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Wanda Coleman Share something from your poet research that surprised or interested you. For example: I learned from a Dan Chiasson profile of the poet Wanda Coleman that she made innovations in her poetry when she " rummaged for new forms in everyday material, like aptitude tests, medical reports, and want ads." I like the idea that forms don't always have to be inherited from the classics, but can come from the "everyday material" that surrounds us.
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Poetry Project Guidelines

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Please read the guidelines for the poetry project . Post a question or concern you have on the class discussion page.
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