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I want you to choose your WW Fenn performance piece this week. We will begin the memorization and performance process immediately--and it is a multi-step process! Performance implies mastery, not simply memorization.This contest originally started out as a poetry...

 "Good writers don't always make great poets,but great poets always make great writers"  ~fitz   Don't let anyone tell you what makes a poem. Like a good meal, you know it when you taste it. If I were talking to a farmer friend of mine and he said, "Ya know Fitz, so...

https://youtu.be/e0_67VDQG_Q Listen to Kali's poem. Post your response as a comment. Be sure to answer, "What does Kali try to "do" as a poet to make her poem effective? 

Book XV is no the most exciting book in The Odyssey, but it "sets up" the next six books in an important way. I was thinking of this as I left Star Wars tonight (which, by the way) is a masterful retelling of The Odyssey). I liked the movie, but I did feel like I was...

  1. Walden Essay: Post and to your blog and to  iTunes:15 Points  2. Literary Analysis Paragraph: Read "Ulysses" and during the exam time write a paragraph using the rubric that explains theme in that poem. You may use the rubric in class, and you may use any notes...