AGENDA___________________________

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• AGENDA___________________________
• Pantoum Poetry
• HOMEWORK_____________________
• Create one more pantoum based on
• your theme
• OPENER__________________________
• What would happen if everyone wore the same
  clothes? (Minimum 1-2 paragraphs)

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• UPCOMING DATES
• -Textbooks due Wednesday
• -Poetry Chapbooks due Thursday
• -Memorized poem presentation due Thursday
• -Sidewalk chalk poetry Friday OR next Tuesday
• -Final Portfolio next Wednesday
• -Reading Counts next Friday

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• WHAT IS A PANTOUM?
• -Its a type of poem that relies
• heavily on RHYTHM through
• REPETITION
• -3 STANZAS
• Stanza 1
• 1. A
• 2. B
• 3. A
• B
• Stanza 2
• Repeat line 2
• C
• Repeat line 4
• C
• Stanza 3

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• In The Dark
• Outside my window, walking on a wire AThe cat
  meows and purrs B I kneel by the fire AThe
  darkness comes soon, cat licks her fur B
• The cat meows and purrs REPEAT LINE 2
• She walked between my legs today C The
  darkness comes soon, cat licks her fur REPEAT
  LINE 4
• The stars will guide my way C
• She walked between my legs today REPEAT LINE
  6
• Then she ran into the house D
• The stars will guide my way REPEAT LINE 8
• I walk the beaten path, like a mouse D