Writers made a list of people and things they loved. Choosing something from this list they then wrote about it for the opening prompt.

Mr. Zartler shared a variety of love poems with the class, and writers then tried emulating one of these poems for a subject of their own love (or hate).

Mr. Zartler reviewed the requirement of having six rough drafts of poems by the 21st. Two final drafts will be due on the 26th (this is an extension to the original due dates).

Monday/ Tuesday 11-12 February

On Monday writers studied and emulated the poem "9th and Hennepin" by Tom Waits.

On Tuesday the prompt was "I am not...."

Then writers read and discussed the poem "Hands." The class considered sound, metaphor, and the structure of the poem.

Writer's then tried to write a poem in the format of a negative statement.

Mr. Zartler retaught a lesson on the structure of feature magazine articles; any writer who did not yet receive credit for annotating the structure of a feature magazine article should bring that to class on Thursday.

1st semester final projects will be returned on Thursday.