3/24 and 3/29/2005

These two days were spent listening to each other's oral recitations of epic poetry about a classmate. I apologize if I misspell any names. :O(

Everyone did a SPECTACULAR job! I am so impressed by the talent in this class. Jeremiah sang a song, complete with a guitar and a chorus. Courtney also sang to the tune of everyone's favorite Christmas song: "Jingle Bells". I think that Courtney's poem got everyone involved the most. We got to sing along with part of her chorus everytime.

We were told of Wesley's battle with a big fist on the Yellowstone River on Halloween, and Valerie's journey to MSU after stealing the fire from a speech rival. Justin recounted Allison's desire for a Troll doll and Jennifer spoke of Kelly's "cornflower blues". Brian regaled us with the story of Stephanie's good times in Europe, while Stephanie charmed us with her tale of Brian's journey from the "alligator's bosom" to MSU.

There were many more and all were very well done. To see any that you may have missed, go up to the English office an look on the bulletin board to the left of the office entrance. I will post them there ASAP.

Valerie used Homer's Odyssey as her inspiration. Tracy modeled the book of Leviticus. I think also that Jeremiah had some definite role models in his presentation; however, I can't be sure which of the thousands of songs he most followed. Wayne used the pantoun poetry form in the composition of his poem.

Most of our stories used the convention "polytropos" which means "many turns".

The poet takes REALITY and tweaks it to make TRUTH.

We have given each other the gift of immortality according to Sexson. I have to say, that's pretty awesome.