Classwork
10-1
Freewrite: What is your favorite thing to wear?
Define: "ode"
Read: "Ode to My Socks" by Pablo Neruda
List: all similes and metaphors
What do they mean?
What is the "moral of this ode?"
Homework: Write your own ode. I will collect it, for points, tomorrow.
10-2
Choose a "boring" word (nice, good, etc.) and come up with as many specific, interesting synonyms as possible.
Freewrite: Are men and women under the same pressure to look "perfect?" What does "perfect" look like?
Read: "Same Song" by Pat Mora
Choose the most important, specific words in the poem.
Find the allusion.
Describe your routine, using the most detail and most specific words you can.
Homework: finish your description. For extra credit, read "Girl" and respond to it on this site.
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I think that the poem girl was about a mother telling her daugther how to do things. I noticed that the girl answers a few times during the poem, and I had to read it again to get them all.
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