Creative Response to Lit. -8th grade

THE ALCHEMIST BY PAULO COELHO
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HAPPY NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!!

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Why Poetry Matters
Poetry 180: A Poem A Day
Poem In Your Pocket Day 2016: April 21st


BOOK SPINE POETRY — KMS LIBRARY, APRIL 2016

Koryn
by Koryn


kimberly
by Kimberly


Kyler
by Kyler


Kodie
by Kodie


Jada
by Jada


brett
by Brett


sterling
by Sterling


zach

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END OF UNIT/TRIMESTER 2 ASSIGNMENT: sonnet assignment

LOOK WHO CRASHED THE CAPULET PARTY!!!
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Interactive Folio: Romeo & Juliet
What Shakespeare Plays Originally Sounded Like
Letters of Heartbreak Find Some Love in Verona, Italy (NPR article)

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ROMEO & JULIET by William Shakespeare

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A Treasure Bound; Shakespeare’s First Folio at the JSMA

O brave new world, that has such people in’t!”

This famous quote — and a multitude of others that have grabbed attention for centuries — would have vanished into obscurity were it not for Shakespeare’s First Folio, also known as “Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies.”

Published by his colleagues in 1623, just seven years after his death, it is the only source of 18 of Shakespeare’s 39 plays, including “The Tempest,” “Macbeth,” “Twelfth Night” and “As You Like It.”

Now an original copy of the First Folio will be on display when the exhibition “First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare,” on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library, makes its first stop at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Jan. 6 to Feb. 7. The exhibition marks the 400th anniversary of the great playwright’s death.

Additional materials on display from the University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives include the second and fourth folios of Shakespeare’s collected works, the first folio of the works of playwright Ben Jonson, and illustrations for an edition of “The Tempest” by British artist Walter Crane.

To earn the right to host the folio, the UO successfully made the case that it could provide suitable security for the rare work — of which there are only 233 known copies — and associate professor of English Lara Bovilsky came up with a fascinating series of Shakespeare-related programs both for the public and for visiting school groups.

WE’RE GOING ON A FIELD TRIP TO VIEW THE FOLIO ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4th! 🙂

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A seasonal creative response to literature! So fun! Here are some Shakespearean plots/plays told through Christmas songs! Shakespearean Christmas

With a partner pick a Christmas tune and explain Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken”.

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Background information about poet Billy Collins: Poetry Foundation

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BEASTLY by Alex Flinn

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In the movie version of the story instead of Adrien and Lindy reading Shakespeare’s Sonnet 54 they read Frank O’Hara’s “Having A Coke With You”. Which do you prefer?

HAVING A COKE WITH YOU

is even more fun than going to San Sebastian, Irún, Hendaye, Biarritz, Bayonne
or being sick to my stomach on the Travesera de Gracia in Barcelona
partly because in your orange shirt you look like a better happier St. Sebastian
partly because of my love for you, partly because of your love for yoghurt
partly because of the fluorescent orange tulips around the birches
partly because of the secrecy our smiles take on before people and statuary
it is hard to believe when I’m with you that there can be anything as still
as solemn as unpleasantly definitive as statuary when right in front of it
in the warm New York 4 o’clock light we are drifting back and forth
between each other like a tree breathing through its spectacles

and the portrait show seems to have no faces in it at all, just paint
you suddenly wonder why in the world anyone ever did them

I look
at you and I would rather look at you than all the portraits in the world
except possibly for the Polish Rider occasionally and anyway it’s in the Frick
which thank heavens you haven’t gone to yet so we can go together the first time
and the fact that you move so beautifully more or less takes care of Futurism
just as at home I never think of the Nude Descending a Staircase or
at a rehearsal a single drawing of Leonardo or Michelangelo that used to wow me
and what good does all the research of the Impressionists do them
when they never got the right person to stand near the tree when the sun sank
or for that matter Marino Marini when he didn’t pick the rider as carefully
as the horse

it seems they were all cheated of some marvelous experience
which is not going to go wasted on me which is why I am telling you about it

—Frank O’Hara

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Kyle is the most popular guy at school. He’s also the meanest and most self-absorbed. When his beastly behavior goes a step too far, a goth classmate (who’s actually a witch) literally turns him into what he is at heart—a beast. Now, in order to return to his handsome self, Kyle must find someone who can see past his horrific appearance and find some good in him. But the spell can only be lifted if Kyle loves in return. Can he find true love in just two years, or will he remain a beast forever?

EXTRA CREDIT OPTION: Make a rose using fallen autumn leaves — bring in and show it off = BONUS POINTS! 🙂
Here’s a link to a step by step method for making the rose(s) – this is just one method, there are others. diy project: autumn leaf bouquet
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Brain scan shows rich people display less empathy
How Wealth Reduces Compassion

How do you define beautiful?
What is good or bad about beauty?
What value does beauty have?
Is there a universal standard of beauty?
Is popularity always based on good looks?
Is love blind?

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The theme for the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art’s 9th annual NewArt Northwest Kids exhibition is “The Road Not Taken”. Students are asked to explore the theme with visual depictions and definitions of their lives, travel, or hopes for the future. NW Kids 15-16
Here is an audio of Frost reading the poem: The Road Not Taken
Here is a discussion of the meaning of the poem and how it is often misunderstood: PBS Newshour Bookshelf with David Orr
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What Are Blackout Poems?
Blackout poetry focuses on rearranging words to create a different meaning. Also known as newspaper blackout poetry, the author uses a permanent marker to cross out or eliminate whatever words or images he sees as unnecessary or irrelevant to the effect he’s seeking to create. The central idea is to devise a completely new text from previously published words and images, which the reader is free to interpret as he wishes.

Origins
Blackout poetry is identified as the brainchild of author, cartoonist and web designer Austin Kleon, who hit on the technique to overcome a severe case of writer’s block. Working with discarded copies of “The New York Times,” Kleon viewed the results as little more than an inspired writing exercise as he stated in a June 2010 interview with Austin University’s student newspaper, “The Daily Texan.” Popular response to the blackout poems that he posted on his blog led to the April 2010 release of his first book, “Newspaper Blackout,” in which he further expounded on the style.

Definition
Blackout poets like Kleon search for striking words or images in daily newspapers, which they emphasize by crossing out the unneeded text with a permanent marker, according to guidelines posted on the Newspaper Blackout website. For best results, it’s not necessary to read entire articles before you cross out words since the idea is to create a completely new work. The resulting poem can be read from left to right or from top to bottom, which opens up new interpretations for the reader.

Techniques
To maximize the effect of a blackout poem, Kleon recommends finding one or two “anchor words” — or a combination of phrases — in the newspaper article that you’re using. The effect, as Kleon informed “The Austin Chronicle” in April 2010, is similar to revealing a hidden message through a crossword puzzle or word search. Poets can also draw lines to lead readers from one phrase to another, or focus the eye on a particularly striking image, according to the Art Studio’s website. The rules are only as limited as the poet’s imagination.

Considerations

As Kleon has acknowledged, poets have been rearranging words since the Dadaist and Surrealist movements of the 1920s. For example, poet Tristan Tzara started a riot at a surrealist rally by proposing to randomly pull words out of a hat to create new works. During the 1950s, Beat writers and poets like William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin literally cut up existing texts, such as newspaper articles, with scissors. Unlike these approaches, however, blackout poets are built around short pieces of text, which the creator uses to build a mood or create a specific effect.
(by Ralph Heibutzki, Demand Media)
Click here to see more about Austin Kleon
Steal Like An Artist – TED Talk by Austin Kleon

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