Exit Slip Oct 9

 Today we made Fibonacci style poems and apple cider. While poetry is quite the polar opposite of my teachable physics, I recall being decent at it back in high school, so I was not too lost. Not having to pay attention to grammar and just how the lines flow and mesh is a nice break from formal writing. In any case, this was the poem I came up with in my sit spot:



I really wanted to start with the word arise because it fit the morning vibe and because I just finished watching Solo Leveling where the main characters signature ability is "Arise." From there, I was thinking of using the flowers or even the weeds on the ground until I heard some "chirps" and transitioned to birds. To be honest, I wish there were some crows because those are my real morning signal / alarm clock at my house. While I thought I did okay with getting up to 13 syllables, I was shocked to hear that some others went up to 34! Also, if I were to write another one or revise this, I would definitely try to add some more literacy devices such as alliteration (a common one others used was "drip, drop."

As for apple cider, I am not the biggest fan of it having tasted it in the past and not liking apples that much to begin with. It was interesting to see the process of making it though, turning the class into a factory line. From cutting the apples, to dicing them, and then finally pressing all the juice out. While we made (I want to say a few litres), it definitely took a lot of time for the amount of people working on it. I can see why hand-crafted wines are so expensive now...

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