Road to WWI

First we went over the Roosevelt Corollary and then Mr. Kramer reviewed the main causes of the War. After watching and taking notes from the first 13:00 of Shell Shock, we used the following document to begin analyzing the United States' decisions and actions:
Should the United States Participate in World War I?

During the 2nd part of class, we continued work with the poems that we selected earlier in the week using this document to begin our work: Getting to Know Your Poem

To help inspire our work today, here are a few examples of people reciting poems:



Here are our tasks for today:

1. Copy your poem into your notebook - yes, by hand - make sure you are able to read it. Write it a little bigger and a little clearer than you usually write.
2. Read your poem aloud
3. Examine your poem
1. Put a box around words you need to define
2. Mark natural breaks - word, line, sentence
1. See Nate Marshall's "god made the hundreds, man made it wild" for an example of the role of breaks
3. Highlight words/phrases - the center of gravity for each break
1. "I never said she stole my money" activity. 
4. Start the "Getting to Know Your Poem" handout