Let's write another poem--a poem about winter.

• Look back through your winter poetry packet for some inspiration.
  
• Consult your writer's notebook entry about winter and its associations. 
• Maybe pick a moment to describe as the other poets did: a snow day, outside as the snow approaches, in bed, drinking something warm, some snow activity, some moment of quiet, with your dog or cat, etc.
• Slow time; use sensory images; figurative language; try a first line zeugma (or a bunch of them), etc. 
• Avoid cliche -- if it sounds too familiar, change it or tweak it

Start paying attention to the shapes of poems. Think about:

• a good place to end a line and begin another
• a place to break a stanza
• use punctuation to help shape thoughts -- more commas and periods and dashes, etc.
  

Begin a draft today in class. Bring a draft to school on Tuesday.

Choose one of the two objects you've written about as the subject for your final object poem.

The requirements for the poem are:

• focused on a single object
• evidence of figurative language
• in a "poetic form" -- use class examples for ideas
• remember to show, and not tell

There is no required length--just long enough to capture some memorable trait or traits about the object.