Poetry 180 PURPLE CLASS SENIORS

PURPLE CLASS ONLY!

Let's see. You struggled to name ten poems that you read prior to this class. We've read at least ten already this year, and I bet that you can remember every one. You see? Your knowledge of poetry has increased exponentially.

Check out this list of 180 poems, specially chosen for high school students by Billy Collins (yup, the same one), the former poet laureate of the United States of America.

Read through some of them, find one that you immediately like, then comment on why you like it here at Schoolsville. As much as you may like the poem's meaning, make sure that you comment on its performance, too.

This assignment is due before class begins tomorrow.

Speaking of assignments, I'll remind you that your second attempt to write an original poem is due on Thursday. Feel free to borrow some of the poetic "tricks" from the "performances" on the Poetry 180 site.

Poetry 180 RED CLASS SENIORS

RED CLASS ONLY!

Let's see. You struggled to name ten poems that you read prior to this class. We've read at least ten already this year, and I bet that you can remember every one. You see? Your knowledge of poetry has increased exponentially.

Check out this list of 180 poems, specially chosen for high school students by Billy Collins (yup, the same one), the former poet laureate of the United States of America.

Read through some of them, find one that you immediately like, then comment on why you like it here at Schoolsville. As much as you may like the poem's meaning, make sure that you comment on its performance, too.

This assignment is due before class begins tomorrow.

Speaking of assignments, I'll remind you that your second attempt to write an original poem is due on Thursday. Feel free to borrow some of the poetic "tricks" from the "performances" on the Poetry 180 site.

Soph Research Paper Help

Research Paper Help--The Owl and dianahacker.com

The University of Purdue Online Writing Lab, also known as the Owl, is one of the best college on line sites of its type in the country.

Here is a link to the site, which offers, among MANY other things, a detailed and step-by-step approach to the entire research paper process. Once there, the links in the upper left hand corner will be most useful. Click on the link for grades 7-12 instructors and students (there's plenty of good stuff here) Then scroll down to Different Kinds of Essay Genres and click on writing a research paper.

OK, if you're ONLY interested in research paper help, just click on the final link. But it might be useful and interesting to familiarize yourself with the entire site, if not for this assignment, but for later in your education (like college) where you'll be asked to write many papers.

Would you like to read a good 6-8 page research paper? Then click on this sample MLA paper from dianahacker.com. It includes a works cited page, too.