Block Day, 2/19--2/20: AG Poems and Projects

* Open
  • Roots
    • multi -- many, much
    • nat, nasc -- to be from, to spring forth
    • neo -- new 
  • Poetry Exercise
    • Read "The Tuft of Flowers"
      • Answer in your notes: Why is the rhyming couplet the perfect form for this poem?
* Grammar: Punctuation: The Comma
  • Do 32-1 letters and numbers in your composition book.

* Clerihews: Let's Hear Your Poems
  • Vote on the best two for your period. 

* AG Poem Peer Edit
  • Grammar: Circle errors
  • Imagery: Put a box around the best images in the poem
  • You may choose to send this in or wait to send in your Poetry Santa Cruz submission. 
 * Project Work

HW: Send in Your Poem if You Wish (and take a picture of your envelope before you send it).
  • The overall winner will receive a $200 award and will be a guest at the National Agriculture Day Spring Luncheon.
  • The winning entry published on 15,000 placemats and distributed to restaurants countywide next year! 
  • Entries must be postmarked or delivered to
    Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau  
  • 141 Monte Vista Ave.  
  • Watsonville, Ca 95076
     
  • Mail in on Monday at the latest. 

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