Good Luck on Retreat, Seniors!

Journal Quote:
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." --Ambrose Redmoon

Classwork:

1) Reading Poetry as a Poet/Reading Strategy:

• What lines stand out to you? Why?
• What is the purpose of the poem?
• What is the main message of the poem?
• How does the poet get the message to the reader (if in fact, it does get to the reader)

2) Use this simple, yet effective, strategy to read both poems assigned yesterday

3) Write a HAIKU defining either poet or poetry, to post in the classroom.

Haikus are 3 line poems:
5 syllable line
7 syllable line
5 syllable line

EXAMPLE:

Quiet Observer

Silently noting details

Of the lives we lead