Monday, March 24, 2014

Imperative Poem Based on "The Laughing Heart"

You are going to write a poem like the poem "The Laughing Heart" that we read for our Socratic Seminar. Hopefully this poem will be something that inspires you to transcend in life, like Bukowski implores us to do in "The Laughing Heart".  Hopefully this will be a poem inspirational enough to put on your wall as a reminder of your dreams! 

Follow these directions:

  1. Get out "Laughing Heart" and read it again.
  2. Notice that many lines are imperative - they start with a verb.
    • There are four sentence types:  declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative.
    • Declarative sentences give commands.
    • In English, we give commands by starting the command with a verb.
  3. On GDocs, write a poem with at least 12 lines, half of which (six) give a command.
    • You can write negative commands that start with "don't" too!
  4. Find pictures that go with the poem.  Add at least three.
  5. Pick a font that goes with the theme of your poem.  
  6. Print when done and put in your AVID binder.

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