Week 14 Agenda [Tentative]

Tuesday, November 27th

• On Final Portfolio & Reflective Essay
• On Publishing, Creative Writing Certificate, & MFA Program
• Discussion Leader/s: Kimberly Cervantes & Naissa Acosta
• Poems by Alexie, Dee Cervantes, Equi, Harjo, Nurske, Shihab Nye, Parédez, Soto, Vando, and Villanueva
• Share Your Poems
• Homework
• Complete Reflection #4 on our course blog by midnight on Thursday, 11/29
• in your Google Drive shared folder, create a Google Doc and name the file like this: Poetry-YourFullName
• Compose a series of FREE VERSE POEMS 
• NO LESS than 2 poems, and DO NOT exceed 3 pages total
• Your poetry should:
• be single-spaced
• include a title for each poem
• illustrate an understanding of most of the following elements:
• Meter & Rhythm (Starkey, pgs. 31-38)
• The "Music" of Poetry (38-42)
• Imagery & Figurative Language (42-50)
• Diction & Syntax (50-54)
• print/bring three (3) copies of your poetry to class on Tuesday, 12/4 for Workshop #4