Unfamiliar Texts: Poetry

What do these poems suggest about the way we should approach poetry?
What is one specific example (evidence from the text)?

1. How To Eat a Poem by Eve Merriam (page1)
This poem suggests that we shouldn't be afraid of writing anything. Be honest and just give in. Writing poems is a matter of confidence and letting it out in the world, writing your opinions and feelings out, ready to be vulnerable. everyone is about to read the piece. With the last stanza of her poem about nothing to throw away means that there is no right or wrong with writing poems.

The author wrote this very simple idea (that there's no right or wrong with poetry) in a very humorous way—wordplay, using pun and wit—which makes the reader stop, think and comprehend the piece word by word. I also think that the use of repetition, listing, and short sentence length on the last stanza was to give the reader time and pause to sink the words in their head.

For there is no core (means that there are no rules with writing poems)
or stem
or rind
or pit
or seed
or skin
to throw away

2. Eating Poetry by Mark Strand (page 2)
This poem is written with the author's imagination, a fiction-like poem, an imaginative poem. The author used his imagination with real-world aspects. However, this poem suggests that even though some people don't understand our poems, we should just keep writing and writing new ones. Especially if it's our passion it will definitely give us a different kind of joy that anyone can't steal from us.

Ink runs from the corner of my mouth.
There is no happiness like mine.
I have been eating poetry.

She does not understand.
When I get on my knees and lick her hand,
she screams.

3. Unfolding Bud by Naoshi Koriyama (page 3)
This poem suggests that writing poems (or even any kind of text) do not have to be perfect and spot on with your first try. We get better by practising every day, and it takes time.  The poem used a metaphor about us being water-lily buds. That every time we write new poems we take it into the next level, in short, as we get used to it. We make ourselves more vulnerable to the world of poetry.

One is amazed
By a water-lily bud
Unfolding
With each passing day
Taking on a richer colour
And new dimensions

Yet one is surprised
To see the poem
Gradually unfolding,
Revealing its richer inner self
As one reads it
Again
And over again

Choose one poem and create a collage which represents it visually.

Unfolding Bud

Unfamiliar Texts: How To Get An E8

Unfamiliar Texts Tips

Tip #1
Unfamiliar texts are not about pointing out language features, but instead, it is for how these language features were used to make us feel certain emotions.

Tip #2
Acknowledging the author's purpose of the language features and the text itself are 99.99% crucial to put in your paper.

Tip #3
Using your personal experiences, opinions in this paper can take you to a high grade. Because this is what makes your paper unique compared to the others.

Tip #4
Discussing how the text changed your point-of-view about things.


Use your personal experiences
Appreciate the text
Talk about the effects of language features
Author's purpose of language features

Unfamiliar Texts: Vocabulary Work

Write a full sentence that includes the specified word.

• inherited
• I inherited my grandmother's engagement ring.
• expelled
• John was expelled from his school because of his actions.
• persuaded
• Eric persuaded the customer to buy his products.
• transferred
• I transferred schools twice during my high school years.
• atmosphere
• The comedian gave the room a happy atmosphere.
• armament
• Jerico's father loves to collect armaments. He even keeps it in a large safe.
• pouting
• My baby sister would start pouting when she feels hungry.
• apprentice(s)
• The construction company I know is looking for apprentices.
• Cavalier
• Cavalier Aaron Titan's support for King Charles I never faded.
• holy orders
• John had received his holy orders to finally become a priest.

Connotations:

The first word you think of or feel/vibe about a certain word.

First thought about the extract:

My first expression of this extract is only about a small group of friends and someone from that group was persuaded to do something. Then he/she was expelled because of how serious it was because the word armament was used. (someone just probably brought a weapon at school because he/she was persuaded). I didn't expect a character is going to die too.

I was correct when I predicted the story will take place at school.

I was incorrect when I predicted

Identifying Language features in the text.
1.  Euphemism
- Alan and his Mini were unrecognisable.
2. Question
- Did the principal know that they'd just bought Alan a second-hand Mini as a birthday present?
3. Simile
- It made him look like a Cavalier on a holiday.
4. Listing
- Slim, tanned, black-haired, and hazel eyes Alan.
5. Adjective
- white Mini
6. Compound word
- Redhead

Week 8; Term Two

At the start of the week we were asked to use our mahi sheets and we have to outline things I will achieve this week.

This what I currently have for my panels. I'm planning to put these wet media artworks over to the blank rectangle space. I wanted to incorporate this artwok with the photos on the right side about thermal imaging connected with my main subject Climate Change.

My plan for next term is to finish my panel one for the first 2 weeks of the term and gradually start my second panel. I will start my panel two with a topic about politics and feminism.

Folio (What I have so far)

I'm thinking about removing, or probably change the size of the two big photos on panel two, but still undecided what I'm going to put on there instead.

Art Ideas From The Start Of The Year

At the start of the year, I was really looking forward to learning new things in art. I didn't know what topic I should choose, but I know I would like to include graphic design.  These are my first ideas from the start of the year.