We are going to have an online discussion of the poem, "We Real Cool," instead
of analyzing it aloud in class. I will assign specific students to comment on
one aspect of the poem to get it started. You need to respond, thoughtfully and
at a higher level, to someone else's comment at least 3 times for each category.
For the paragraphs PRIOR to completing this blog, you need to follow the 3 paragraph instructions that you usually do PLUS write ONE paragraph (a 4th one) giving information about the author. Find "dirt" about the author, not the usual facts i.e. where she was born, what her husband's name was, etc.
Here is the poem below:
We Real Cool
The Pool Players.
Seven at the Golden Shovel.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
Gwendolyn Brooks
The categories are
listed below:
Tone
Theme
Literary Terms
Information about the author
of analyzing it aloud in class. I will assign specific students to comment on
one aspect of the poem to get it started. You need to respond, thoughtfully and
at a higher level, to someone else's comment at least 3 times for each category.
For the paragraphs PRIOR to completing this blog, you need to follow the 3 paragraph instructions that you usually do PLUS write ONE paragraph (a 4th one) giving information about the author. Find "dirt" about the author, not the usual facts i.e. where she was born, what her husband's name was, etc.
Here is the poem below:
We Real Cool
The Pool Players.
Seven at the Golden Shovel.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
Gwendolyn Brooks
The categories are
listed below:
Tone
Theme
Literary Terms
Information about the author