Check out this sweet, haiku-ish poem focused intently upon a single image...
Fall, by Ed Ochester from Pennsylvania
Crows, crows, crows, crowsthen the slow flapaway over the hilland the dead oak is naked
1. Pass back essays--review the following items, and place in your writing notes--
Optional Lit Analysis Essay 2 Re-write is due Block day, 10/29, submitted physically.
Always write in present tense for literary analysis
Always write in 3rd person (no "I," "me," "we," "you," etc.)
Assert your argument as fact; do not admit you are unsure
Be organized; stay on topic.
Do not summarize the plot
Avoid simple their/they're/there mistakes, and its/it's mistakes.
Insert quotes within your own syntax. Bare minimum: The author writes, "..." (See Bedford 55 on how to do this well).
Some more refreshers: Essay Structure on MVCS Writing Resource Blog
2. Finish Reading poems, practicing Analysis; begin writing a poem (see Intro to Poetry Notes for instructions)
HW--Poetry Key Terms Quiz on Block Day
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