Due Thursday, February 7, 2013

Your rough draft of your imagery poem should be shared with me as a google document. We will work on it in class on Thursday.

For after Chinese New Year Break:

Fill in the sections in your poetry checklist that have to do with rhyme and other sound elements. Also write about your poem's syntax. If I have made comments on your checklist, be sure to address them.

Read The House on Mango Street to page 75, "Four Skinny Trees."

Due Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Fill in Poetry Checklist for sound elements (assonance, consonance, alliteration, rhyme, and refrain). We will go over syntax on Wednesday.

Come up with one analysis, one evaluation, and one creation question for The House on Mango Street. We will have a Socratic Seminar on Wednesday.

Extra credit: Print out a copy of song lyrics and analyze it for sound elements and figurative language. Due by this Friday, February 8th.

Simile = blue squiggle underline
Metaphor = blue underline

Rhyme = circle
Refrain = box

Alliteration = underline first letter in red
Assonance = underline vowels in red
Consonance = underline consonants in red

Due Monday, February 4, 2013

Read to page 38 in The House on Mango Street ("And Some More")

Revise your Poetry Checklist up until Mood/Tone. I will be looking through them and making comments.

Work on your imagery poem (rough draft due Thursday).

Due Wednesday, January 30, 2013

I have lost the document recording what poem which student signed up for. Please comment to this post with the name of your poem. Please be honest!

Poetry Checklist:

• Make a copy of the Poetry Checklist Template (name it after yourself). Be sure the google document is shared with ms.lucy.pas@gmail.com.
• Finish the sections on what the poem is about, the author, imagery, figurative language, diction, tone, and mood.

Read The House on Mango Street up to page 20, "Gil's Furniture Bought & Sold."

Due Monday, January 21, 2013

Read all of the poems in Unit 7: The Language of Poetry, at least once (from "Ex-Basketball Player" on page 776 to "Reprise" on page 841). Choose your favorite three and be prepared to share in class on Monday.

Due Friday, January 18, 2013

Extra Credit:
Write a one page, double-spaced, Times New Roman size 12 paper on how the movie Fahrenheit 451 was different from your expectations.
An emailed, electronic version is fine, but it must be turned in by 3:10pm.

Due Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Final! Besides the vocabulary and literary terms, you will be asked to read a passage and information about the author of the passage, answer some reading comprehension questions, and identify literary terms from the  passage, including the following:

›Author's purpose/Theme
›Inform
›Persuade
›Express
›Entertain

›Author's perspective
›Historical and cultural context