Speaker & Packet

On Monday, Mr. Lowe will bring in a guest speaker-James "Cutty" Cunningham. See his blog for details:

http://www.joshualowesclass.blogspot.com/

The book talks are cancelled.

On Tuesday, your final packet will be collected:

Items for Packet on Tuesday
1. Women of the Beat Generation (online assignment) INCLUDES DIALOGUE POEM!—not typed
2. Howl Poem—typed and can include comments!
3. Fast Speaking poem—typed!
4. Slam Poem—typed!
5. ***Marty Poem/Letter—typed & separate from packet

Study Guide for Final Exam!

The exam will consist of poetry terms and analzying a poem using the terms. Use the link below to access the study guide:

https://docs.google.com/View?docID=ddn2rjm4_26cvxf3nc9&revision=_latest&hgd=1

Book of Poems Assignment

Book of Your Original Poems

(135 points)--Due: Friday, Dec. 12th

(1/2 credit if late)—Typed—Professionally Bound

· You will be creating a professionally bound book of 20 of your original poems.
· You may use any poems from this class and you may even write some new ones.
· If you use haiku or poems less than five lines, you will need two to count as one.
· You must have some artwork, a design or photograph for the cover. You may also include artwork, etc. with the poems. The artwork, photographs, etc. does not have to be your own.

Assignment and rubric:

____(10 pts) 1. Your book is professionally bound (Print Smith, Kinkos, Staples). Make sure you have all your pages ready with a cover so all the printer has to do is put a binding on it.

____(5 pts) 2. The cover has artwork, some design or a copy of a photograph along with the title and your name.
____(10 pts) 3. Each page is professional looking and typed.
____(100 pts) 4. You have at least 20 poems (2 Haiku or small poems count as 1 poem) in your book that are edited and polished. You may include more.
____(5 pts) 5. You have a table of contents page listing all your poem titles and page numbers that is typed and neat.
____(5 pts) 6. You have a ½ page intro about you and your poems after the table of contents. (A brief autobiography and some things about your writing and your writing process. This can be in poem form.)

Total:_______/135=_________

TAOW--Block 12/3-4 (Wed/Thurs)

1. Make sure you have 2 Peer Edits for your Howl poem. It's important to read it aloud at least once. These will be checked off but not collected until Monday 12/15 after the Book of Poems is due.

2. Presentation: Anne Waldman PowerPoint ("Fast Speaking Woman") & Fast Speaking Writing Workshop


3. Homework:

• Book of 20 of your Original Poems--due Friday 12/12
• Last Packet--due Monday 12/15
• Book Talk--due Monday 12/15
• Final on Thursday 12/18 (Poetry Terms & Poem Analysis) & Reading of one of your poems.

TAOW--Monday 12/1--Women of the Beat Generation

Take notes entitled Women of the Beat Generation (on a Word doc or in your notebook)

1. Check out Women's Roles in the 1950 and the 1950s home economics high school textbook that prepares girls for married life.

• Reflection: Would these roles and "rules" work for women today? Why do you think some women in the 1950s felt the need to move away from these roles and "rules"?

Watch five minutes of this 1950s TV show Father Knows Best or try this one.

• Reflection: How is the ideal 1950s family portrayed?

2. Read Breaking the Rule of Cool in Google Books. You are investigating the 3 Generations of Women Beat Poets. Start on page 8.


Reflection in your notes:

• List the names of the women of the first beat generation.
• Whose poem is reminiscent of Ginsberg's Howl?
• List who was part of the second wave of women beat writers. (pg. 11)
• How did the second wave have more social freedom and access to institutions of power?
• The third generation came during the transition from Beat to the hippie counterculture of the 60s, list the writers of the third wave. (pg. 16)
• What are some of the issues, themes, and topics of the third wave of women beat writers?

3. What was Lenore Kandel's Love Book and why were her poems so controversial?

• Reflection: After you are finished reading, write down how these courageous women beat writers might have influcened more expressive poetry and writing for women today?
• Be prepared to discuss in groups tomorrow!

4. Dialogue Poem--On your own, write a dialogue poem using any set of the following voices:

• Early generation male beat poet/early generation female beat poet
• Early generation male beat poet/later generation female beat poet
• Female beat poet/1950s housewife
• Early generation female beat poet/later generation female beat poet
• Any generation or gender of a beat poet/a young poet today
  

(Remember--a dialogue poem consists of two voices usually expressing contrasting viewpoints on similar topics. But feel free to experiment.)

Homework:

Due Monday, Dec. 1--Poetry Response
Paper

Block--"Howl" Inspired
Poem