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

Complete Langston Hughes Worksheet

Complete Langston Hughes Worksheet.

Carson visit

Carson's small learning communities visit.

The Ballad of the Harp Weaver

Periods 1, 2, 3, 5 will do lesson will read “The Ballad of the Harp Weaver” on page 648 in Language of Literature. Read it silently for 5 minutes then play the CD—it’s the fourth track. Discuss then answer the questions on page 652. Make sure they answer the “comprehension check” questions adjacent to question 1. Have them write the questions and the answers.

Read pages 22-25 in the Measuring Up books and answer questions 1-5 on page 25.
The Ballad of the Harp Weaver

Lesson 2 in Measuring Up

Periods 1, 2, 3, 5 will do lesson 2 in the Measuring Up books (pages 14-21).
They must title their papers “Lesson 2 Measuring Up” and subtitle their papers for each group of questions:
Page 17 (1-5)
Pages 19-20 (1-10)
Page 21 (1-5) Assessment practice
This assignment is worth 40 points and there will be no make ups for this assignment. It must be turned in today at the end of the period.

Read the poems in Language of Literature

Refer to the poetry "table of contents" on page xxiv in Language of Literature to pick poems to read in class. After reading each poem a few times and discussing it, fill out the poetry chart for each poem. Each student must complete two double-sided charts.

Homework: Finish photograph poem. Final draft must be in pen or typed with a photo attached. Write the poem so your readers can see the photo in their mind.

Finish lesson 1 in Measure Up books

Finish lesson 1 in the Measure Up books.

Update assignment list and enter grades.

Current assignment list

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

Measure Up books

Do lesson 11 in the Measure up books.

Photograph Poem

Veiw the kiss sonnet in Romeo and Juliet.

Click here to take online quiz: Quia class page for poetry forms

Romantic sonnets for Valentines Day

Click here to take online quiz after you finish the cut-out poem: Quia class page for poetry forms

Homework: We will be using the photograph tomorrow, so bring in a photo of a family member or friend that is important to you.

Poems of the day: romantic sonnets on pages 118-119 in Poetry with Teenagers.

From Romeo and Juliet:

ROMEO
[To JULIET] If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

JULIET
Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.

ROMEO
Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?

JULIET
Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.

ROMEO
O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do;
They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.

JULIET
Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake.

ROMEO
Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take.
Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.

JULIET
Then have my lips the sin that they have took.

ROMEO
Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged!
Give me my sin again.

JULIET
You kiss by the book.

Sonnet 36 by William Shakespeare

How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Write what is romantic about the poems? What lines are romantic? Why?

Finish cut-out poems.

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Quia class page

Click here to take online quiz after you finish the cut-out poem: Quia class page for poetry forms

Ode to Salt by Pablo Neruda

Poem of the day:"Ode to Salt" by Pablo Neruda

Copy poetry forms:

Ballad: story poem, often sung
Lyric: poem with one narrator or one voice or one speaker
Free verse: no specific rhyme scheme or meter
Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter
Ode: praise poem
Sonnet: 14 lines of rhymed iambic pentameter (10 syllables each line)
Epic: long story poem
Elegy: poem that honors someone’s passing (death)
Narrative: story poem

Finish cut-out poem.

Continue Cut-Out Poem

Dispatch: What do you think of the poem by Langston Hughes below. Consider sound, meter, and meaning. Which line from the poem is your favorite? Why?

Frederick Douglass: 1817-1895

Douglass was someone who,
Had he walked with wary foot
And frightened tread,
From very indecision
Might be dead,
Might be dead,
Might have lost his soul,
But instead decided to be bold
And capture every street,
On which he set his feet,
To route each path
Toward freedom’s goal,
To make each highway
Choose his compass’ choice
To all the world cried,
Hear my voice!…
Oh, to be a beast, a bird,
Anything but a slave! he said.

Who would be free
Themselves must strike
The first blow, he said.

He died in 1895.
He is not dead.

Finish Cut-Out Poem