Step 1: Reread Sections 1-4 of “Between the World and Me” closely. Record words and phrases that have an emotional impact on you, or that create vivid images in your mind, or that you admire because of the author’s style. Step 2Carefully re-read the words/phrases you have highlighted and select the ones you want in your poem. Create a found poem based on what you’ve recorded from Sections 1-4.
Select and organize the words and phrases in such a way that a new meaning is revealed.
Punctuate lines as you would like. You may change the tenses, possessives, plurals.
Cut everything that is dull or that does not help express your overall meaning (you are creating a picture and idea with these “found” words).
The only words of your own that you may add are words to form a title. The title should reflect your poem. You don’t have to have a title. Title can also be 1st line of poem.
Pay attention to line breaks and layout, as this is a way to emphasize significant words and ideas, and also to add a rhythm if you want your poem to have one.
Play with font style and size, make words bold or italics. You may add a picture or alter the paper accordingly. Be able to explain why you did what you did.
Add color, shapes, and imagery to the background of your poem.

Step 3: On a separate piece of paper, write 2 paragraphs (min. 8 sentences) explaining your poem – why you chose and organized the words/phrases as you did. In other words, you are to provide an analysis of your poem. Your opening 1 or 2 sentences should reference where your words are from and how you created the poem. The rest of your analysis should explain your thought process (idea or message you are presenting) behind why you chose and arranged as you did. Make sure to include analysis of artistic elements used.

Poems are to be a minimum of 10 lines and 50 words long and the analysis must be at least 8 sentences. Your poem must show thoughtfulness and must clearly present a focused idea. Indicate the number of words you used in your poem on the back (tools, word count).

1st: Theatre History

4th Quarter

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Explanation:

1st: Theatre History

4th Quarter

Upcoming

Due today

Syllabus

Due Sunday

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.