Random Words Epigraph:

Step One: Randomly choose 15 entries from the dictionary. Just flip through the pages, close your eyes, and put your finger down on the page. Copy down the word that is closest to your finger. If your finger lands on a word that you don't know, you can choose the word just above or just below it. For the purposes of this assignment, count paired words as a single entry (for instance, "melting pot" is listed as a single entry).



Step Two: Shape your list of dictionary entries into a poem, using at least ten of the entries (you can, of course, use them all if you want). You can of course add articles (verbs, coordinating conjunctions, and prepositions).







Scavenger Hunt:
This assignment should be worked on in tandem with the work we complete this week/next week.

For the next week, you're on a scavenger hunt. Usually, when you have a scavenger hunt, you physically gather objects on a list. Instead of gathering the objects on your list, write a complete description of the items as you find them.

1. an angry exchange
2. something unpleasant
3. an out-of-place object
4. something fresh, new, or unused
5. a well-loved object
6. a lost or forgotten object
7. something well-used
8. a home-made or hand-made object