"We Real Cool" blog - 3rd hour 2014

We are going to have an online discussion of the poem, "We Real Cool," instead
of analyzing it aloud in class. You need to respond, thoughtfully and 
at a higher level, at least 3 times for each category. You may not repeat a fact or idea that someone else has posted. You must post ONE new idea and then respond to TWO other student's posts for EACH category.

For the paragraphs PRIOR to completing this blog, you need to follow the 3 paragraph instructions that you usually do PLUS write ONE paragraph (a 4th one) giving information about the author. Find "dirt" about the author, not the usual facts i.e. where she was born, what her husband's name was, etc.

Here is the poem below:

We Real Cool

The Pool Players. 
Seven at the Golden Shovel.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon. 

Gwendolyn Brooks

The categories are 
listed below:

Tone
Theme
Literary Terms
Information about the author

"We Real Cool" blog 1st hour 2014

We are going to have an online discussion of the poem, "We Real Cool," instead
of analyzing it aloud in class. You need to respond, thoughtfully and 
at a higher level, at least 3 times for each category. You may not repeat a fact or idea that someone else has posted. You must post ONE new idea and then respond to TWO other student's posts for EACH category.

For the paragraphs PRIOR to completing this blog, you need to follow the 3 paragraph instructions that you usually do PLUS write ONE paragraph (a 4th one) giving information about the author. Find "dirt" about the author, not the usual facts i.e. where she was born, what her husband's name was, etc.

Here is the poem below:

We Real Cool

The Pool Players. 
Seven at the Golden Shovel.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon. 

Gwendolyn Brooks

The categories are 
listed below:

Tone
Theme
Literary Terms
Dirt about the author