Upcoming Assignments

For Thursday, Oct. 9th:
Read the 3 poems on the syllabus.
No blog due.

For Tuesday, Oct. 14th:
Come to class having written a 900-1100 word small essay. Pick one of the poems we've already read--But NOT "This is Just to Say" or "Casabianca". Start assembling some claims about the poem you choose, trying to select claims and evidence that relate to each other. Also, this writing should include an introductory paragraph that develops a thesis to which these claims and evidence are working.

Bring 2 hard copy print-outs of your writing to class!!!!

In class, we'll do a writing workshop, in which you'll give responses to peers' papers. And then we'll do some work on new poems to see what you can do without any Internet support.

I'll have you revise your writing after the workshop for a blog post, and you'll get details about this in class.