J.+Poetry

= Monday, April 29th: Poet-Tee Day! =

The final task is to publish the poems you love on a T-shirt. Compile the poems you love either online or in your notebook. Be sure to include the poet’s name too. Find some classic and modern/hip-hop poetry. Read poems your friends have written. Write your poetry. Some of you want to know how many. You need enough poems to cover your shirt. Yeah, you need to cover 100% of your tee shirt with poetry.

The minimum requirements for a B are as follows:


 * GET a CLEAN UNMARKED TEE-SHIRT. WHITE or LIGHT COLORS ONLY.
 * At least one classic poem
 * At least one contemporary poem (could be song lyrics that are also a good poem)
 * At least one poem written by a classmate
 * At least one poem written by you
 * You must write a paragraph for each of the above poem explaining the importance of your choices in a Pages document to be handed in on or before the due date.
 * The remaining space of your shirt MUST be covered with other poetry (school appropriate and with proper poet credit given).
 * You must wear your shirt on the official Poet-Tee day: MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013 {easy A for that day}

If you want to earn an A you must go above and beyond the requirements listed above. I know you can do it.

On April 26th, there will be a poet-tee competition throughout the day. All three ninth grade English teachers are participating in this day, so the competition could get fierce! (Your paragraphs are due on that date too.) Not only will you show your shirts in class but you will also need to wear them around the school. There will be secret mystery judges looking out for your creations. You have the chance to win a coveted prize for the following categories: Most Inspirational Tee, Most Creative Use of Space, The Ultimately Epic Tee (that would be the tee that will go down in the history of all epic T-shirt creations).

Seeing there is a set competition day, no late work will be accepted for this assignment. Plan your time accordingly.

//Got a poem? “Po-et” on a Tee-shirt.//