"I wanna hear a poem where ideas kiss similies so deeply, that metaphors get jealous, where the subject matters so much that adjectives hold pro-noun rallies at city hall."

"I don't talk things... I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know that I am alive."

Youth Poetry Websites

Poetry Slam Page

"If they give you ruled paper, write the other way."

Homework

Contemporary Poetry

How to internally cite poetry

Book List:

- From Totems to Hip-Hop, ed. Ishmael Reed

- Unsettling America, ed. Maria Gillan and Jennifer Gillan

English 8

All - R&J Test on Friday May 8th.

Quote Identification Sheet

Review List

READ FOR PLEASURE a.k.a Book of The Month Assignment

Due May 30th

Study Skills 7

Having Our Say

Some links about topics related to Having Our Say that I found interesting. They may or may not help you (use at your own discretion... Remember what the Citing packet says about websites):

MUSIC BY SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN HAVING OUR SAY

What Does A Minstrel Show Look Like?

http://www.nps.gov/malu/documents/jim_crow_laws.htm

http://academic.pg.cc.md.us/bookbridge/hosquest.htm (good examples of essay questions)

http://www.trms.ga.net/lessons/la/havsay.html

FYI

Common Writing Errors to Avoid

Sample Outline

How and what to Cite... the Citing packet

NEED HELP WITH MLA? THE QAS WRITING CENTER CAN HELP...

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