Thursday

If I returned a paper copy of your explication draft 2 to you with a list of suggestions attached, please bring that paper in with you to class tomorrow.

Thanks!

Tuesday

Although I really think that if you are confused about the presentation, you are one who likes being confused and therefore will persist in that state, I will nonetheless review what is already in the instruction pack linked on the right as "Final 9 Week Assignment."

1. You use poems from the poetry packet. You do not use poems that are not in the poetry packet. Pardon me if I did not explicitly say that (although I probably did). I did not expect to need to say that. The poetry pack is linked on the right as "Poetry Pack."
2. Hand in, as you enter the room, your study guide. "Hand in" means that it needs to be printed. "As you enter the room" means as you should give it to me as you enter the room -- before you start to present. I have asked you to use the template I provided and that is linked on the right as "Rubric and template." It is an MS Word doc that you can type directly into, and the guide will be formatted in an orderly way. I will use this guide to check your presentation AND you receive a grade for the guide itself, as specified in the "Final 9 Week Assignment." You, the presenter, may NOT use the guide as you present. You must know the material.
3. On your desk you may have the three unmarked focus poems from each poet, a blank rubric, the comments by your critics, and a timer. The comments from your critics should be printed out separately a second time so that I get the study guide with the critics and you keep just the critics. That requires two (2) copies of the critics' comments. 

Any pair who would like to go on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday immediately after school is welcome. Make the arrangement with me. Anyone who would like to go immediately after first block, during the first minutes of second block, make arrangements with me.

Monday

Great start to the presentations today -- with bonus points, we had a 106. Two memorizers have earned a 106 as well.

For Tuesday, five presenting groups have signed up. If any of you presenters could run into second block without dire consequence, let me know.

Friday

Again, draft 3 should be dropped in the dropbox. Use the same naming protocol (Last.First.exp). Papers are due at 8:30 a.m.

Assessment will credit 20 points timeliness, 20 points to MLA formatting, and 60 points to your full response to my comments and suggestions.

Updated rubric

Look just below for the requirements for your paper, which is due Monday at 8:30 a.m.

Use the active voice and do not use these words or phrases:
can be viewed as, can be seen as, may refer to, refers to, is referencing, or any other use of "refers" since to use that word means you are not interpreting but somehow showing us what a poetic phrase REALLY stands for, as if the poet could not express the real thing somehow. Rather, investigate relationships within the poem. Everything is about relationships -- word to word, sentence to line, image to idea, me to you. What network of relationships has the poet constructed, and how do you and I fit into it?

Draft 2 of Grade 3: The Explication (without proper citations, the paper is not done)

Format and instructions (20)
Dropped on time: 8:30 a.m. Monday, April 7	10	0
Named	2	0
Works Cited format	2	0
Parenthetical and in-text citations	2	0
Page numbers	2	0
Font (Times New Roman or Garamond 12 pt.)	2	0
Development (30)
Overview/intro	5	3	1
Form and structure	5	3	1
Imagery and metaphor	5	3	1
Movement	5	3	1
Balanced, full-bodied treatment of whole	5	3	1
Conclusion/response	5	3	1
Engagement with text (and critics) combined with language use (50) (The terms that best describe the piece determine the score. Use the active voice. Check behind yourself.)	50 Lively, sophisticated, intense, fierce, playful, obsessed, opinionated, curious, committed, argumentative, tenacious, funny, moving, beautiful, striking	40 fluent, involved, opinionated, sincere,  curious, argumentative, interesting	30 accurate, sincere, workmanlike, sensible	20 puzzling, unresearched, sometimes nonsensical, “Who are you?” clichéd, bland, uncaring, shows tendency to settle

Click here for a pdf that you can print if you like.

Tuesday

We discussed drafts of the explication. For Monday, please do things THIS WAY!

Name your document Lastname.firstname.exp

Drop it in the Dropbox portal linked on the right of this page.

On time means by 8:30 Monday. After that is LATE!

Fully format the paper in MLA style with a Works Cited page and proper documentation.