Poetry Response to Literature Essay (Due Friday, May 9th)

Directions: Write a well-written essay of at least 5 paragraphs (typed, double spaced, size 12 font, MLA format). You must have an original title and number your pages. Choose one of the poems from the textbook (it must be different from the poem you use for the Poetry Art Project). Your essay must focus on one or more literary conventions and how it influences the meaning of the poem.

*Please see me if you need assistance with your essay.

Questions for "Jazz Fantasia" (p. 270)

1. Read the Poem.
2. Write as many examples of simile as you can find.
3. Write as many examples of imagery as you can find.
4. Write as many examples of personification as you can find.
5. Write as many examples of alliteration as you can find.
6. Write as many examples of onomatopoeia as you can find.
7. Explain why and how the use of these literary terms is significant for our understanding and interpretation of the poem.

Poetry Art Project

The following is a small project for our poetry unit. It is due on Thursday, May 1st. The directions for the assignment are as follows:
1. Choose a poem from our textbook.
2. Draw a picture/create a poster based upon the theme, imagery, or any other aspect of the poem that you have chosen.
3. Type the poem (in its entirety) on the poster.
4. Write an explanation about your work of art and how it relates to the poem.

Literary Terms Note Cards (Due Friday, April 18th)

Directions: Use index cards (or pieces of paper cut into the shape and size of index cards) to create flashcards for the following terms. Write the literary term on one side of the card and write the definition on the other side of the card. Bring these cards to class with you. Furthermore, using a sheet of computer paper (blank paper), create a grid of 30 squares (6 X 5). Fill in one term for each square (you are creating a bingo sheet for each of the terms).

Literary Terms:
1. Alliteration
2. Onomatopoeia
3. Assonance
4. Consonance
5. Meter
6. Repetition
7. Allegory
8. Allusion
9. Blank Verse
10. Irony
11. Dramatic Poetry
12. Figurative Language
13. Free Verse
14. Imagery
15. Genre
16. Haiku
17. Hyperbole
18. Metaphor
19. Lyric Poem
20. Narrative Poem
21. Personification
22. Rhyme
23. Simile
24. Sonnet
25. Symbol
26. Tanka
27. Villanelle
28. Stanza
29. Poetry
30. Ode

*Note: you will be able to find all of the definitions to these terms in the back of your literature book. "Ode" may be the one exception (you may use a definition from the dictionary or an online source for this term).

Make Up Work?

The following is a list of assignments that students have already completed and submitted for credit. Students may make up any of these assignments between now and Wednesday, April 16th. After that date I will no longer accept make up work for these assignments (note: I am not including exams on this list. Please see me concerning make up exams).

GRAMMAR
Grammar Work Book (GWB)
GWB p. 57-58 (Prepositional Phrases)
GWB p. 59-60 (Appositive Phrases)
GWB p. 61-66 (Participle Phrases)
GWB p. 165-170 (Commas)
GWB p. 171-174 (Semicolons and Colons)

Grammar Book (GB)
GB p. 305 Phrases
GB p. 307 Phrases
GB p. 309 Phrases

LITERATURE
Review and Assess Questions (R&A)
R&A p. 471
R&A p. 941
R&A p. 945
R&A p. 973
R&A p. 977
R&A p. 991
R&A p. 1015

Worksheets (WS)
Night Vocabulary WS
Night Character Attributes Chart WS
Night Conflict Chart WS

Overhead Projector Questions
"Flood" Questions
"The Reticent Righteous" Questions
Poetry Group Analysis Questions

ESSAYS
Narrative Essay

NOTES CHECKS
Note Check #1

*Note: All of the overhead questions, essay prompts, etc. are posted on this blog. Please email me if you have specific questions regarding any of these assignments (or ask upon our return from Spring Break). I can be reached at: fossgrimmen@yahoo.com