The Poetry Presentations Begin!

Today we started poetry presentations (they were fantastic!). We spent the remaining time walking around and responding to topics.

Don't forget your poetry HW tonight:

1. Paraphrase the plot of this poem. Briefly, what is it about?
2. What is the overall tone of the poem?
3. Note a few literary techniques stand out in this poem.

Period 4: "Ode to the Maggot" by Yusef Komunyakaa
Period 6: "Evolution" by Sherman Alexie