Last day to turn in Make-up work!

Last day to turn in the following assignments:

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz(3/6/06), 3/6, 5
18. DNA for Dinner L3 in MU, 3/8, 15
19. Ode Charts, 3/13, 36
20. Quick Defs., 3/14, 4
21. Memory Poem, 3/15, 35
22. Extra Credit
23. Ode Notes, 3/20, 20
24. Ode, 3/25, 100
25. Nancy Drew, 3/21, 10
26. Poetry Letter, 3/23, 10
27. Recitation, 3/28, 40

Class Agenda

Dispatch (Writing prompt):Choose a controversial topic for your persuasive essay. Why did you choose this topic? What do you know about the topic already? What do you want to know about your topic? What are some of your points and arguments? What are some opposing arguments? Do you have a personal anecdote (or story) that relates to the topic? Where do you think you can find facts and statistics to bolster your arguments.


Read page 215 in Measuring Up about pesuasive essays then read the essay "Downloading Music for Free Isn't Fair!" and answer the "Guided Questions" on page 216.

Finish up Measuring Up

Finish the back half of the Persuasion Word Chart.

Finish the questions for "On Women's Right to Vote" on pages 47-48 in Measuring Up and answer questions 1-10.

Controversy

Write a few sentences in response to the following controversial topics.

1. The United States House of Representatives recently passed a law to build a wall between the United States of America and Mexico and to make it a felony to help illegal immigrants.

2. Abortion should be illegal.

3. Same sex marriages should be legal.

4. The United States should get out of the war in Iraq.

5. All Carnegie students should be required to wear a school uniform.


Copy Persuasion Word Chart.

Read "On Women's Right to Vote" on pages 47-48 in Measuring Up and answer questions 1-10.

Abolish the Penny?

1)"Abolish the Penny" read pages 44-46 in Measuring Up. Answer "Guided Questions" 1-8 and questions 1-2 on page 46.

2)Read " On Womens Right to Vote" on pages 47-48 and answer questions 1-10.

Workshop Day

Last day of class time to work on any unfinished work.

Progress report letter

This letter is to be filled out in class and taken home to your parents. Have them sign the bottom.

Use the rest of the period to work on your odes, recitations, and make-ups.

Work on ode, recitation, and take "Nancy Drew" Quiz

Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz(3/6/06), 3/6, 5
18. DNA for Dinner L3 in MU, 3/8, 15
19. Ode Charts, 3/13, 36
20. Quick Defs., 3/14, 4
21. Memory Poem, 3/15, 35
22. Extra Credit
23. Ode Notes, 3/20, 20
24. Ode, 3/25, 100
25. Nancy Drew, 3/21, 10
26. Poetry Letter, 3/23, 10
27. Recitation, 3/28, 40

Silently work on the above assignments which you haven't finished. Most students will be working on their ode and recitation.

Read the selection about the authorship of the Nancy Drew mysteries in the Measuring Up book on pages 34- 36. Answer questions 1-10 on pages 37-38.

Homework: Memorize poem for recitation, Write an ode, complete poetry letter.

Witness Protection Ode

Respond to the following prompt in writing.

You have to leave your home forever. You have 5 minutes to choose five items from your home to take with you. List the five possessions and explain why you chose each one.

Copy the following notes:

The Characteristics of Odes

* Praise something. (socks, womanhood)
* Usually long. (often much longer than a sonnet)
* Poet often speaks directly to his/her subject.
* Elevate their subjects to a higher level. (leaf of grass to stars, celestial socks)
* Often less formal than sonnets—no strict rhyme and meter schemes.

Ode checklist

__ Two stanzas of 9 lines
__ Follows the assigned rhyme and meter pattern
__ Has the ode characteristics 1-4.
__ Title
__ Proper heading in upper right hand corner


Assigned Rhyme and Meter Scheme

Line, Syllables, Rhyme
1, 10, a
2, 4, b
3, 10, a
4, 4, b
5, 10, c
6, 4, c
7, 10, d
8, 4, d
9, 8, c

Brainstorm ideas around one of the five items chosen in the writing prompt. Begin writing your ode.

Homework: Poetry letter due 3-23. Recitation due 3-23. Make-ups due 3-28.

The Mysterious End...

Read your memory poem or sonnet out loud to the class for 15 extra credit points and a sticker.

Read the recitation poem for 40 points.

Read "The Mysterious End..." on pages 26-29 in Measuring Up. Answer all questions on pages 29 - 33.

Homework: memorize poem. Last day for make-ups is 3/28.


Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz(3/6/06), 3/6, 5
18. DNA for Dinner L3 in MU, 3/8, 15
19. Ode Charts, 3/13, 36
20. Quick Defs., 3/14, 4
21. Memory Poem, 3/15, 35
22. Extra Credit

Poetry letter

Review poetry letter. Take it home and have parents read the letter and listen to your poem.

Pick a poem to recite.

Letter and poem due 3/23.

Memory Thief

Memory Thief

The memory thief is knocking on your door. He will steal from you every memory you fail to write down in the next 30 minutes. First write with your dominant hand. For the last fifteen minutes, write with your other hand. Don’t look back. Don’t correct. There is no time to waste, when the thief is at the door.

After you’ve completed this exercise, select the memory that has the most energy, heat, pain, or joy in it, to work it into a poem.

The poem is worth 35 points. If you don't finish it in class, it's homework.

Groups

Work in groups according to what assignment needs extra work.

Quick dictionary definitions:

Define the following words related to odes.

lush

exaggeration

adulation

exuberance

Ode to odes

Make ode charts.

Examine odes on pages 141-152 in Poetry with Teenagers and complete an ode chart for six of them.

Finish assessment and make ups.

Check grades on the computer.

More Testing!

Distric Periodic Assessment on Thursday and Friday

DNA for Dinner! Lesson 3 in Measuring Up

Do Lesson 3 in Measuring Up. Read pages 22-23. Answer "Guided Questions" 1-9 on pages 23 and 24. Answer questions 1-5 on page 25.


Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz(3/6/06), 3/6, 5
18. DNA for Dinner L3 in MU, 3/8, 15

Short period due to testing

Today is a short period due to morning testing. Finish sonnets and start lesson 3 in Measure Up.

Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72
14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35
15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10
16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140
17. Exit Quiz (3/6/06), 3/6, 5

New grading period--Start Sonnets

I turned in the grades. Many students did not complete the homework assignment and the assignments while the substitute teacher was here.

Most of the class time will be devoted to writing your sonnets. After you complete the first draft, have a classmate check it with the checklist.

Exit Quiz on Poetry Terms

Write down appropriate poetry term for the following definitions,

1. Praise poem (ode)
2. 14 lines of rhymed iambic pentameter (sonnet)
3. two lines that rhyme (couplet)
4. a group of lines; a paragraph in poetry (stanza)
5. four lines of poetry (quatrain)

Homework: Finish Sonnet

Assignment list for new grading period

13. poetry chart, 3/1, 72

14. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes, 3/3, 35

15. Sonnet Checklist, 3/8, 10

16. Sonnet, 3/8, 140

Shakespearean Sonnet Rhyme Scheme

Joke of the day

Read Sonnets in Poetry for Teenagers, figure out the rhyme scheme and record the rhyme scheme on paper for 5 sonnets.

Culmination Requirements Assembly in Powers Hall

Last day for Make-Ups is this Friday. The following assignments are due.

1. Mood Dispatch, 1/25, 12
2. I/R Homework pages 258 and 259, 1/25, 16
3. 3 Wishes Disp., 1/31, 10
4. Monkey Paw Groups Essay, 2/7, 50
5. Frederick Douglass Disp., 2/9, 10
6. Cut-out Poem, 2/10, 50
7. extra credit
8. Measuring Up Lesson 11, 2/15, 12
9. Photograph Poem, 2/17, 35
10. Lesson 1 in Measuring Up, 2/21, 5
11. Lesson 2 in Measuring Up, 2/23, 5
12. Lang. of Lit. Page 652, 2/24, 5