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Section/Pages: Pages 1-20
Members Present: All

Discussion Highlights:
- We established that the Harjo’s tone is a large component of how she conveys her message through her poetry.
- We evaluated Harjos Native American background as context to better understanding her poetry
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Section/Pages: 21-40
Members Present: All

Discussion Highlights:
- we discussed Harjo’s impressive use of symbolism in many of her poems. An example of one of the poems with this symbolism is “The Real Revolution Is Love”
- We went over Harjo’s use of antithesis to help convey her message of her poems
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- We discussed Harjo’s variety of uses of syntax and stanza structure and how it adds something to each and every poem

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Section/Pages: 61-79
Members Present:  All

Discussion Highlights:

- Discussed the importance of anaphora
- We argued on what we thought the authors purpose was in writing her poem “Mercy”
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Section/Pages: 41-60
Members Present: All

Discussion Highlights:
- We discussed Harjo’s beautiful use of imagery throughout all her poems but specifically in “Crossing Water”
- We identified that Harjo doesn’t just stick to one type of poetry yet explores all different variations of it whether it be certain rhyme schemes, verses, word choice, etc.
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Keep up with the assigned work

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Name: Anthony Cilmi
Email: 24077ac@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Patrick Scarantino
Email: 24367ps@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Jordan McDonald
Email: 24271jm@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Shane Tarr
Email: 24398st@chaminade-hs.org

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Meeting 1 Date: 4/26
Pages / Section: Pages 1-20

Meeting 2 Date: 5/4
Pages / Section: Pages 21-40

Meeting 3 Date: 5/12
Pages / Section: Pages 41-60

Meeting 4 Date: 5/22
Pages / Section: Pages 61-79

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Honesty and respect must always be upheld in conversation

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What are some interesting stylistic choices you can identify in the poem “We Must Call a Meeting”

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What effect on the mood does the beautiful imagery Harjo uses in “Crossing Water” have on the reader? What are some examples of this imagery?

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Bring enthusiasm to every meeting

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Discuss the tone of Harjo throughout the first bunch of poems? How does it change and represent her emotion?

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What do we think the dramatic change from creative stanzas to bleak, rectangular stanzas represents? Why would Harjo do this?

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Evaluate and Discuss Harjo’s ability to invoke imagery in the reader in the poem “Fury of Rain”. What are some good examples of this imagery in the poem?

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A reoccurring theme is these poems is death, blood, fire, and other things of a negative, destructive nature. How do these words impact the mood of the book? How does Harjo use this to convey her emotions?

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1. We stayed very on topic
2. We discussed Harjo’s use of tone too long and failed to tackle other parts of her poetry
3. Overall, we upheld all our group rules in the first discussion

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1. The incorporating of the reading journals led to much more and varied discussion
2. The condensed discussion time was upsetting
3. We were very productive today

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Background:
Author Info:

Joy Harjo is a Native-American poet who was born in 1951

Her poetry was inspired by Leslie Silko

She won the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts

3 questions:

Why did Harjo start to write?

What is Harjo’s main purpose in writing her poems?

What does Harjo accomplish through her use of free verse in her poetry?

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1. We felt like this was the most productive book club meeting so far due to everyone’s great enthusiasm
2. We felt like we didn’t have as much time as usual due to the capstone and wish we had more time for book clubs
3. We focused a lot on Harjo’s use of imagery in various different poems in the section read for todays meeting

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1. Today was productive because I got to work on my reading journal as well as my capstone
2. We covered all aspects of the book club through discussion as this was out last meeting
3. We worked quickly on understanding everyone’s viewpoint on the poetry

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