If you look on your schedule, you'll notice that we aren't too far away from a cumulative poetry test. The test will be administered on Tuesday, February 26. The class period prior to that is generally dedicated to preparing for that test via small-group test question development and via large-group review.
HOWEVER, as I've mentioned, on February 21, the majority of our test preparation day will be replaced by a teaching demonstration. As such, let's divide test preparation into smaller sections, with a little bit of review each class period.
Step 1: Begin by going back and re-reading the text chapters you've been assigned thus far. Also, review the notes you've taken in class. You are responsible for basic comprehension of poetry terminology introduced in your text and/or discussed during class time. Perhaps more important than simple memorization of terminology, you should have the ability to APPLY that terminology.
Step 2: Isolate ONE term which either 1.) WAS NOT discussed during class or 2.) WAS discussed in class, but you didn't understand it fully.
Step 3: Use this blog post #7 to help you and your classmates to understand the term more fully by doing AT LEAST TWO of the following:
* Find and post a link to a website that offers a related creative writing exercise.
* Find and post at least one example of a poet and his/her work that hasn't been offered in your text or in lecture.
* Find and post a video on YouTube or elsewhere that will further illuminate your understanding of the particular term.
* Post one or more potential test questions you devise that will help your classmates get better acquainted with the poetry term you've chosen to work with. Devise questions that can be answered quickly (e.g. true/false, multiple choice, fill in the blank, short answer, etc.)
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