courtesy of http://www.iath.virginia.edu/whitman/audio
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Your Grand Challenge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Think about the ways Whitman defines himself. How do you define yourself? What are your traits or characteristics? What has influenced you? What do you identify with? Who are you? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Just because it's tremendously cool: Whitman's purported voice reading "America" on a wax recording! courtesy of http://www.iath.virginia.edu/whitman/audio |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Write a poem as a declaration of yourself. It can rhyme or not. Express yourself. Write a letter to the world. If you are not sure who you are, who would you like to be? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Go to http://www.modblog.com. Create an account for yourself, choosing an ID, which you must email me so we can make a class list of our blog names. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from http://www.iath.virginia.edu/whitman/manuscripts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Post your poem on your blog. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| To look at my sample blog poem and comment, click here. You can add feedback as well! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Go to the class list of blogs, and pick at least five. Read the poem on each of the other blogs and post comments about each one. Feedback should take the form of noncritical, nonjudgemental comments, such as "I noticed this in your poem," or questions about the poem, "What happened here? I didn't understand this." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Go back to your blog and receive your comments. Revise accordingly, if you as the author feel the comments are helpful and justified. Remember, as the author, you have the final word and the authority over what goes in your poem. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walt Whitman undisclosed and naked? Possibly. Photo taken by Thomas Eakens in the early 1880s. Image from http://www.iath.virginia.edu/whitman/gallery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||