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The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.– Bill Copeland

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***SMART GOALS MUST BE SET AT THE START OF EACH WORKSHOP PERIOD. YOU MUST DOCUMENT THESE GOALS IN A RUNNING GOOGLE DOC THAT IS DATED. ***

SMART GOALS
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Specific [WHO? WHAT?]
Measurable [HOW?]
Attainable [REASONABLE?]
Relevant [EXPECTED RESULT?]
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Create a google document that you can use to track and document your SMART GOALS while working on this Project.
You are responsible for noting your SMART GOALS for each class period.
SMART GOALS should be dated.

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#4. Creative Choice: Draft or Record or Animate 

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#4. Creative Choice: Draft or Record or Animate 

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Check out the link to the instructions for the Creative Work.

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Literary Devices -- Wright's Poem, "A Blessing"

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Literary Devices -- Wright's Poem, "A Blessing"

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Check this document out for a description of the literary devices that can be found in James Wright's poem, "A Blessing."

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“Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself.”-Mahatma Gandhi

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Task Guide: What do I need to read, think about, and write?

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Task Guide: What do I need to read, think about, and write?

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Use this learning menu as a guide to the reading, thinking, and writing you will do to deepen your understanding of "joy."
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***NOTE: Set SMART GOALS each day.
***NOTE --- ALL DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE SAVED AND SHARED AS A GOOGLE DOC [MAKE SURE TO TITLE THE PIECE].
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#1. Define Joy. Refer to the instructions on the "Defining Joy" pad.
#2. Read and respond to James Wright's poem, "The Blessing."
#3. Listen, take notes, and respond to one of two TEDTALKS.
#4. Creative choice: (a) Draft a poem or  (b) create and record a dramatic reading of a poem.
#5. Create a padlet pad to publish all of the above tasks.

NOTE --- ALL DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE SAVED AND SHARED AS A GOOGLE DOC (MAKE SURE TO TITLE THE PIECE].

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#3. Critical Reading/Listening to TEDTALKS

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#3. Critical Reading/Listening to TEDTALKS

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Pick one of the TedTalks on joy to watch. You should develop a set of notes and then draft a summary of the TedTalk. See this for the TedTalks.

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Close Reading Strategy How To: The Two Paragraph Poem Response

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Close Reading Strategy How To: The Two Paragraph Poem Response

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This is a model example of how to respond to a poem using ee cummings' "Maggie, Molly, Millie, and May."

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Read this article, "The Infrastructure of Joy, by Ian Bogost.

In the article, joy is described as follows:
To arrive at happiness, Lee suggests pursuing it from the bottom up, by finding (or creating) moments of joy. Unlike happiness, joy is momentary and small-scale: It comes from an intense, momentary feeling of positive emotion. In Lee’s view, that makes joy measurable, at least qualitatively. Something that makes you smile, or laugh, for example, like watching a dog play or feeling the texture of sand pass through your fingers. Joy is tiny but visceral, Lee said, the “little moments that make us feel more alive.” Over time, those small moments are what lead to happiness.
Task: In 250 words, describe a joy you have experienced. Your goal is to describe a "tiny but visceral" moment that has made you feel alive. Focus on drawing out the five senses in describing the moment. Help the reader to see, hear, smell, touch, and taste the joy you experienced.

Form: You may draft this as either a narrative or in the form of a poem. The document should be saved and shared as a google doc.

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#2. Critical Reading Response to James Wright's poem, "A Blessing"

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#2. Critical Reading Response to James Wright's poem, "A Blessing"

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Read and respond to James Wright's poem, "A Blessing." Use the model two paragraph response as your guide in drafting this work.

Task:  (a) develop a set of notes based on your close reading of Wright's poem; (b) draft a two paragraph response to the poem. Use the model as a guide. Your response should be saved and shared as a google doc. Please make sure to title the piece.

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Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota,

Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass.

And the eyes of those two Indian ponies

They have come gladly out of the willows

To welcome my friend and me.

We step over the barbed wire into the pasture

Where they have been grazing all day, alone.

They ripple tensely, they can hardly contain their happiness

They bow shyly as wet swans. They love each other.

There is no loneliness like theirs.

They begin munching the young tufts of spring in the darkness.

I would like to hold the slenderer one in my arms,

For she has walked over to me

And nuzzled my left hand.

Her mane falls wild on her forehead,

And the light breeze moves me to caress her long ear

That is delicate as the skin over a girl's wrist.

That if I stepped out of my body I would break

James Wright, "A Blessing" from Above the River: The Complete Poems and Selected Prose. Copyright 1990 by James Wright. Reprinted by permission of Wesleyan University Press.

Source: Above the River: The Complete Poems and Selected Prose (1990)

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A Blessing by James Wright | Poetry Foundation

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Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota, Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass. And the eyes of those two Indian ponies They have come gladly out of the willows To welcome my friend and me. We step over the barbed wire into the pasture Where they have been grazing all day, alone.

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BONUS: Another Close Reading Example Response w/a Template

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BONUS: Another Close Reading Example Response w/a Template

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Poem of the Week (PoW): Reference Example for Reader’s Response