2013 National Poetry Month
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US History Web Search: Imperialism and WWI
Spend time reading the following Primary sources about Imperialism and WWI. Read each of the following and answer these three questions.
- Who wrote the reading and their nationality?
- Who is the intended audience?
- What is its purpose?
English: Asian Poetry
Du Fu (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Students will begin working on a mini unit that concentrates on Tang, Haiku, and Tanka poetry.
Wednesday: class readings of Tang poetry following the unit 6 quiz.
Friday: Review of Tang poetry homework and poetry pre-writing
Monday: Pair and share peer review. Read Tanka and Haiku poetry at the ravine.
Tuesday: Pair and share peer review of Tanka and Haiku poetry.
All of these poems should be entered into student journals/blogs.
US History Web Search: Imperialism and WWI
Image via Wikipedia
Spend time reading the following Primary sources about Imperialism and WWI. Read each of the following and answer these three questions.
- Who wrote the reading?
- What is its purpose?
- Who is the intended audience?
- When/Who originally published the work?
Imperialism
Rudyard Kipling
Black Man’s Burden by Edward Morel
World War I
Siegfried Sassoon
Wilfred Owen
John McCrae
English Poetry Homework
Image by Manchester Library via Flickr
Post at least two of your poems as a Comment to this assignment. Here are my poems from today in psudeo-tanka format.
Aching Bones, Warm Bed
Waking, Looking out
Bright cold morning walk
Tight chest, breathing
Thoughts of spring
Cold branches breaking
Sheltered Harbor
Jutting bulge towards open blue
Cutting sky from sea
Broken and rebuilt, owned but lost
Defended for ages without remorse
Protected journey to my voyage home
