Schools almost over!!

So guys, it's the end of the year, thus the end of English till next year, what was your favourite part of the year( favourite unit, book, class discussion etc or just best aspect of the class).

Poetry Cafe

What did everyone think about the poetry cafe today? Did anybody come across any interesting poems? We found a couple of good ones at our table from both the books at the front and from other classmates.

End of the Year

Now that it's the end of the year, with summer looming before us, I was wondering what everybody's plans for the vacation were? And do you think we should have a party on the last day of class?

Analysis.

When is the poetry analysis-majig due? Because apparently it's due tomorrow, but I don't remember hearing that (and yes, I do listen in class).

Thanks.

Your own poetry.

I was wondering if anyone wanted to share some of the poetry they've written, whether it was for English in the past couple of years or just for yourself. If you want you can give a brief explanation, or you could just leave it up for interpretation.

I'll start off, I guess. This poem is about my step dad's mother.


Dissecting Dolly

Withering wrinkles
shield her face.
If
I could count them
I would be a math
star.

For show-and-tell
in social studies,
she would re-enact
the American Revolution
in detailed description.

In science,
I could dissect her frown lines.
Chemical creations
dripping
from her dress.

She shall not
come to English
because
if she did,
she might read
this poem.

Okay, Okay.

Thanks for your patience.As most of you know I have been struggling the last two weeks with tonsilitus. This has made it difficult to keep your marking up to date. Bear with me! I know some of you are still having trouble getting started on the blog, so I will pose a simple question for you: Please share with the class one of your favourite poems of all time. You are not required to post the poem unless you want to. Just the title and authour will do. Check out what everyone posts and see if you guys have any poems in common. Remember, when I say poems it can be anything from Dr.Suess to Homer. As for your marks, they are based on your ongoing participation specified in the rubric I handed out at the beginning of the semester. Thank you for your feedback. I had expected that you would be able to be more independent at this point in the term. (posing your own questions and promts)Those of you who are posting are doing a great job. In an attempt to make blogging easier for you, I will post some more questions/promts over the next week.

If I ran the internet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu_PQBmk-6c

What did everyone think of that video ms clifford showed us this morning?

Hilarious? Rude? inspiring?

Comments please!