#7 (due Thurs, May 26): revision comments

finalize 3rd memoir poem

Blog #7: how did your partner’s comments on the various versions of the poems help you to choose a version?

#6 (due Thurs, May 19): example of self-revision

Finish revising your poem, using the 5-finger punch method

Blog #6: post a line from your poem that was a 2, and the revised 3-level version (from the 5-finger punch method)

METHOD:

1. FIVE FINGER PUNCH
1. STEP 1: write down 3 things that your poem definitely IS
2. STEP 2: write down 3 things that your poem definitely is NOT

**COPY/PASTE YOUR POEM INTO A NEW DOCUMENT, AND TITLED IT AS A REVISED VERSION (DON’T CHANGE OR THROW OUT THE ORIGINAL)

3. STEP 3: Read through your poem, and rate each line from 1-3 (1=irrelevant to what you said your poem IS, or it focuses on what your poem IS NOT,  or it’s  fluff; 3=highly relevant, important and/or beautiful)
4. STEP 4: Remove the 1’s
5. STEP 5: Turn the 2’s into 3’s: circle the most important words in the line, and find more creative/poetic ways to say them.

#5 (due Thurs, May 12th): revision comments

Revise poem #1

Blog #5: post a revision comment you got from a peer and explain how it helped you