Prompt #3 -- Choose a Style, Create a Poem

In class, we read some fun Shel Silverstein poems.  Now, choose one style and create a poem about yourself on your blog.

1) “Acrostic” poems - http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/

and http://www.wishafriend.com/photo/namepoem/

2) “Persona” poems - http://pages.uoregon.edu/leslieob/bio-poem.html

3) “Up-and-down” poems - http://pages.uoregon.edu/leslieob/updown.html

Prompt #2 -- Response to the Fountainhead Excerpt

Write a response to the Fountainhead Excerpt we read in class.  See if you can incorporate the themes of the individual vs. society and creativity vs. tradition.  Are these always mutually exclusive ideas?  Explain.

Where the Sidewalk Ends - The Poetry of Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein's poems are wonderful examples of what you can do with rhyme and rhythm in the English language.  Check out the poems below, before class:

“The Meehoo with an Exactlywhat”

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/shel_silverstein/poems/14826

“Messy Room”

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/shel_silverstein/poems/14818

“Ations”

http://www.qu-i-x.com/ations.html

“Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout”

Poem: http://edhelper.com/poetry/Sarah_Cynthia_Sylvia_Stout_by_Shel_Silverstein.htm

YouTube video of Tori Amos reading "Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rKXq9TZc-c

Free Audio Books!

Go to http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/ to download free audiobooks in English in a variety of different formats (mp3, iPod, etc.)  This website has an excellent collection of fiction, mystery, fantasy, and non-fiction titles!  Audiobooks are a great way to improve your fluency.

Prompt #1 - Passion

"Passion rebuilds the world...it makes all things alive and significant." --Ralph Waldo Emerson.

What is your passion and why?  Give reasons and details to support your answer.