Magnet Poetry

Use a creative word scramble/ magnet word website [see below] to put together your own poem! Challenge yourself to use three poetic devices, such as metaphor, imagery, etc., in its construction. This poem should be at least ten lines in length, and you should feel free to add additional words, appropriate for school writing, to the mix! Retype your finished product into a blog posting on your own blog.

That young magic poetry

your velvet voice,

perhaps would poison me.

For my life is cut short

by your love and affection.

Poetry

Do you consider Burns' poem to be "good" poetry? Why/ why not? In your opinion, explain what "good" poetry is, and, if you can, provide an example.

The poem seemed to be okay i liked it but it was hard to understand unless i looked you what it meant. when i did find out it was really good and saw how it related to holden. Good poetry to me is when you get lost in the words and feel the emotion the author is feeling and see that you can relate to it.

call to the author

From Activity I of the Wrap-Up on Catcher in the Rye, would you like to call J.D. Salinger/ one of J.D. Salinger's relatives? If you would, write a paragraph on what you would want to talk to him about and what you would say to or ask him. If not, write a paragraph about the reasons you would not want to talk to him.

If I could call J.D. Salinger I would he did this whole story in such a different type of format, it seemed like he was talking to you and i love that. I would talk to him on the views of Holden's life and what he thought of it and the people he met and how it related to his life, i would also ask him if he was alive now or if he new how the technology would be today if he would let "Catcher" become a movie. I think J.D. is a great writer and really creative so talking to him would be amazing.

Holden's Internal Conflict

-What two health issues does Holden pretend he has in Chapter 20?

-Why do you believe that our main character behaves this way?

He says that he got shot which wasnt true. He also said he pneumonia.

He seems to love attention weather it is good or bad he is always drawing attention to himself.

Write a stream-of-consciousness piece similar to the "Catch Her in the Oatmeal" handout. Your writing can be about your day/ week, OR you can turn your favorite fairy tale/ myth/ short story into a stream-of consciousness piece. Stream-of-consciousness is a type of storytelling where the writer reveals inner thoughts, feelings, etc., without censoring his/her work; therefore, you shouldn't take your fingers off the keyboard!

Hey doo whats up it kyle im on the bus now next to ma girl sammi p, its so annoying on here we are the last stop and we have to sit here for like 30 minutes whatever thats the least of the problems in my life. SO school REALLY WHATS THE POINT OF IT so i go through the halls wit my friends you know cause i actually have some SE MOM, so as i was goin to class i get sucked into a huge giant black hole called drivers ed class, i am shaking in my boots i have to take my exam to see if i can get my permit MY PERMIT. So i went to see my make up grade cuz the first time i didnt do so hot so i went to see my grade in the beginning of mat i got a 70 a 70 WHY i was so mad so now im goin to go to the DMV to take the test which it ok because i hear they have touch screens. well im home now yay.