Sorry for the confusion today, folks. A few students seemed overwhelmed so I tried to alleviate stress by taking some of the things I had planned off your plate. Apologies for not being more clear about the poetry packet expectations earlier. The poetry questions I handed out today will be due before break. You will also create your own collection of literary or original poetry. This will count as an independent project.
If you have completed two independent projects for books you have read on your own this quarter, good job! Your poetry collection will count as your first independent project of QT3 Technically you don't have to hand it in until we get back, but we're going to work on it next week in class.
If you do not have two actual independent projects finished, you need to finish your poetry collection, as well as the questions, before break.
Here's a quick run-down of what's happening next week:
Monday - Final career research papers are due along with any notes you took and sources used. Late papers will receive -10%. Monday in class we will discuss narrative, odes, elegies, concrete, and catalog poetry. We will also look at examples of the types of figurative language you need to know (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole).
Tuesday - Finish the sample poems packet (haiku/senryu, sonnet, acrostic, lyric, limerick, free verse) and go over sound devices (alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, repetition, rhyme).
Wednesday - FINALS! GAK! Actually, it shouldn' be too bad. 15 words fill-in-the-blank, 15 words matching. Plus categorize 20 poetry terms according to structure, form, figurative language, or sound device. Anybody getting less than 45 can retake it Thursday (and/or) Friday.
Thursday - Time to work on poetry collections or listen to music on youtube (with poetic lyrics!)
Friday - Time to work on poetry collections or listen to music on youtube (with poetic lyrics!)
TL;DR: Don't panic! It's only an acorn. Career paper due Monday, Finals Wednesday, independent projects, poetry questions, and poetry collections by Friday. Your collections of poetry do not need analysis; we'll work on that after break (I'll need the time to read through 110+ poems).
BONUS! There are a couple people who flubbed up and have done no independent projects. Their procrastination is your potential gain! If anyone wants to focus their poetry collections (or write original poems) about topics related to bullying, I will give half-credit towards an independent project (full credit if you include analysis of each poem and how it related to bullying). They still have to be literary poems (address the forms, figurative language, and sound devices we have studied).
ReplyDeleteWait so do we have to answer all the questions on the poems and write a poem using each type of form by Friday?
ReplyDeleteYou need to answer questions by Friday and FIND (not write) samples of the poems. If you would rather write original poetry that's an option, but is not required.
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