Poetry Project--Poetic Terminology and Recognition (Due March 20th)

Directions: For each of the following poetic terms you will: 1. Write the definition for the term, 2. Find two examples of how the term is being used in a poem within your text book (be sure to include the title of the poem, the page number and the line number when you are quoting), and 3. Explain the way that it is being used in the text and what we learn from it.

1. Alliteration
2. Allusion
3. Assonance
4. Figurative Language
5. Hyperbole
6. Imagery
7. Metaphor
8. Meter
9. Onomatopoeia
10. Personification
11. Repetition
12. Rhyme
13. Rhyme Scheme
14. Simile
15. Speaker
16. Stanza
17. Symbol
18. Theme
19. Tone
20. Enjambment

Creative Writing Poetry Project (Due March 27th)

Directions: You will be writing your own poetry for this assignment. You must be familiar with the different types of poems that exist and attempt writing your own poems in the same format. The following is a list of types of poems. You must write one poem for each type. In all, you will have written 12 poems.

1. Ode (example p. 513)
2. Lyric (example p. 970-971)
3. Sonnet (example p. 990)
4. Villanelle (example p. 986)
5. Ballad (example p. 960)
6. Epigram (see example from notes)
7. Lymerik (see example from notes)
8. Haiku (example p. 989
9. Tanka (example p. 988)
10. Blank Verse (example p. 841)
11. Free Verse (example p. 974-976)
12. Write one additional poem of any type

Homework for the Week of February 17th-20th

DUE WEDNESDAY:
--Read Night Chapter 8

DUE THURSDAY:
--Read Night Chapter 9
--Night Conflict Chart (Worksheet)
--Night Vocabulary (Worksheet)

ONGOING:
--Study for Night Exam (Exam on February 25th)
--Work on Book Report #1 (Due March 3rd)
--Work on Night Essay (Due February 27th)

Homework for the Week of Feb. 10th-13th

DUE WEDNESDAY
--Read Night Chapter 6

DUE FRIDAY
--Read Night Chapter 7

ONGOING
--Work on Night Characterization Handout (Due February 19th)
--Work on Night Vocabulary Handout (Due February 19th)
--Work on Night Group Work (Due Febraury 19th)
--Work on Book Report #1 (Due March 3rd)

Homework for February 2nd-6th

Due Tuesday:
--Read Night Chapter 3

Due Wednesday:
--Read Night Chapter 4

Due Friday:
--Read Night Chapter 5

ONGOING:
--Work on Night Vocabulary Handout
--Work on Night Conflict Chart
--Work on Book Report #1

Book Report #1 (Due March 3rd)

Directions: You must read a book that is appropriate of your grade level and has at least 100 pages that you have never read before and complete a book report on it. Identify or answer the necessary information from the following questions.

1. Your Name, class period, and date.
2. Title of the book and number of pages.
3. Author
4. Identify the theme of the book and explain how the author supports this particular message.
5. Identify the main characters, give a brief description of each and identify whether they are the protagonist, antagonist, foil, static, or dynamic character. Explain how they receive this title.
6. Describe the setting of the story.
7. Identify five examples of figurative language from a fiction story (e.g. metaphor, symbol, ironic statement, foreshadowing, etc.) or five examples of objective writing (facts) and subjective writing (opinions) from a nonfiction text.
8. Give a brief summary of the beginning of the story.
9. Give a brief summary of the middle of the story.
10. Give a brief summary of the ending of the story.
11. My favorite part of the story was. . .
12. My favorite character was _____ because. . .
13. Write four memorable quotes from the story (be sure to include page numbers).
14. I do/do not recommend this story because. . .
15. Draw a picture to illustrate a favorite part. Write one sentence to explain the picture.

Homework for January 26-January 30th

DUE WEDNESDAY:
--Read Night chapter 1

DUE FRIDAY:
--Read Night chapter 2