You Gotta Work, Work, Work: March 1, 2018

Focus: How do we begin our poetry papers and projects?

1. Warming up with a brief Academic Vocabulary Quiz: Set 6 and the answers to yesterday's MC

2. Offering you a little poetry project inspiration from Aly T.

• (Click HERE for the sample film we watched before break.)

3. Touching base briefly with poetry paper people:

• Enjoy two new freedoms: Background and structure

• Use the thesis workshop; e-mail me your thesis (any outlining/drafting) by Tuesday.

• Check out the sample essay.

4. Conferencing with poetry project people

• Using the proposal as your starting place; submit this or conference with me by Tuesday.

• Considering the role the presentation will play in your project (check out "Your God" as an example).

4. Getting to work, work, work, work

HW:
1. For tomorrow: Complete your reading assignment, syllabus, and anything else assigned by your book club.

2. For Tuesday: Finish your poetry proposal and turn it it, or finish your intro/thesis and e-mail it to me.

Heads-up! March 13: Poetry papers and project are due.