“A poetry of place is a poetry which values locales, which sees and lets the reader experience what makes a place unique among places. Much contemporary poetry focuses on psychological states, feelings, intellectual concepts, or language play totally devoid of reference to the real, lived, sensually experienced and infinitely varied physical world. Poetry of place may focus on such interior subjects, but it lets us experience them more profoundly and more authentically because theyíre rooted in a specific time and place.” —
If we are tilting the curriculum toward place-based educaation, would’t we spend some time reading and writing poetry that seeks to value locales?
Freewrite:
Response
Your Goal today:
General Understanding:
First be a creator with your own thinking, then respond to others.
Something that I have been interested in learning more about has been {something specific}. I remember {someone you know} talking about it {when?}, but {explain why you didn’t learn more at that time}. Lately, the issue has caught my eye again. I know that many people feel that {what do some people say about this issue?}. From what I have heard, {what do you know about this issue?} For example, I heard that {be specific with one expample of what you have heard.} Now that’s just what I’ve heard, it may or may not be true.
One thing that I know for sure about {your subject} is that {be specific}. Now I’ve studied my share of {Put a subject here, for example: U.S.History, Biology, Environmental Science, Religion, Philosophy, Music, Sports…}, and {make a claim about your topic. What do you believe?} Personally, it’s funny to me how {explain how what you are studying is a pattern that you’ve noticed before.}
{Your Subject} {was / was not} {explain what was important about this topic in the past.} {In two or three more sentences, explain everything you know about this topic.}
Being that I didn’t have a lot of background information on {your subject.}, I chose to do some research on the topic. As I searched for blogs and news articles on Google, I came across this one article: {Title and link to the article.} This article provided a lot of information and opinions on {your subject}. Some people felt that {your subject} were {summarize some facts from your article.} {Insert a quote from the article.} This {statement/statistic} didn’t really surprise me all that much, but it did make me feel {emotion}. {Write 2 or 3 more sentences, expaining why you feel the way you do.}
In another article, {Title and link to another article.} there was this one statement that made me {nod my head in agreement / shake my head in disagreement} with the writer. It was: {Insert a second quote from the article.} This is so {true / untrue}, because {expalin why you think and why in 3 or 4 more sentences.}
All of this makes me think that {write 3 or 4 more sentence summarizing what you learned from reading these articles.}
Freewrite/ Work on last weeks or do a new on this week.
Practice:
Your Goal today:
General Understanding:
Become a creator who replies to others.
Freewrite
Practice:
Your Goal today:
General Understanding:
Become a creator who replies to others.
Brainstarter:
- Write abour your break on paper first, then on tumblr/text
- Link to your post on Youth Twitter.
Practice:
- Find something you like in Space Issue #2
- Copy Sentence Starters (below) and paste them into a text box on your tumblr.
Your Goal today:
- Complete post with details and thought.
- Link to a tweet on Youth twitter
Become a creator who replies to others.
Copy these sentences, and replace anything that is in {these brackets} with your own details and ideas.
I found a {poem/story/essay/photograph/animation/song/video…} in Space, Issue #2 by {Name of Creator+link to blog}.
I {past tense verb showing emotion} “{Exact Title+link from Space},” because…
One {sentence/part} that stands out for me is: “{Quote from the work.}” I think this is {adjective} because… {add 1 or 2 sentences}
Another {sentence/part} that I {past tense verb} was: “{Quote from the work}.” This stood out for me because…
I look forward to seeing what {Name of Creator} makes next, because… {add 2 or 3 sentences explaining what will bring you back to see more about this person’s thoughts}.
Map of Memory Chain + Where I'm From = Hypertext Poem -
Use this guide to do a self-assessment. I will be using it to give you a grade. Check to see what you’ve finished so far, and what else you need to do now.
There are important links and resources for this assignment here.