HE from 5/19

Due on 5/24/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.  TURN IN YOUR SIGNED READING LOG TUESDAY!

* We will have our year-end party on Tuesday instead of Thursday.  Bring your treats to share on Tuesday.

* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.

* Write in your journal at least once per day.  Use first person.  If you address an audience at all, it should be God.

* Be prepared to recite your verse for the class beginning on Tuesday.  Be sure you have copied the following list of verse references into your writer's notebook/journal. Bring the card you  made with the verse and reference written on it.

Verses to choose from:

+ Psalm 103:8-14
+ Philippians 4:4-8
+ Titus 2:11-14
+ I Chronicles 29:11-13
+ Colossians 3:12-17
+ Philippians 2:12b-16
+ Ephesians 4:29-32
+ I Peter 5:6-11
+ Proverbs 2:1-6

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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu: Please be prepared, should I call on you.
For this Th:
For next Tu:
For next Th:

HW from 5/17/11

Due on 5/19/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.

* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.

* Write in your journal at least once per day.  Use first person.  If you address an audience at all, it should be God.

* Copy the following list of verse references into your writer's notebook/journal.  Choose which one you want to memorize this week.  Make a card with the verse and reference written on it, and begin your memorization.  Bring the verse card to class on Thursday.

Verses to choose from:

+ Psalm 103:8-14
+ Philippians 4:4-8
+ Titus 2:11-14
+ I Chronicles 29:11-13
+ Colossians 3:12-17
+ Philippians 2:12b-16
+ Ephesians 4:29-32
+ I Peter 5:6-11
+ Proverbs 2:1-6

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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu: Josh
For this Th: Ethan
For next Tu:
For next Th:

HW from 5/12/11

Due on 5/17/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.

* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.

* Write in your journal at least once per day.  Use first person.  If you address an audience at all, it should be God.

* Write your animal story. Type it and email it to me.  Make it double-spaced, 12 point font (Arial).

Remember the criteria:

+ animal story (not human; real animals)
+ a main character and supporting character(s)
+ plot - rising action, climax (1 main event), conclusion
+ length - required to be between 300 and 450 words, no less and no more.

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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu:
For this Th: Rachel
For next Tu: Josh
For next Th: Ethan

HW from 5/10/11

Due on 5/12/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.

* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.

* Write in your journal at least once per day.  Use first person.  If you address an audience at all, it should be God.

* Finish/repair your ballad.  Remember to incorporate the theme for your age group and to use the following (see handout for more explanation):

+ Ballads are narrative.  They tell a story.
+ Use either ABCB or ABAB rhyme scheme.
+ Use quatrain (four-line stanzas).
+ Lines 1 and 3 are  iambic tetrameter (four iambs: S-L rhythmic feet).
+ Lines 2 and 4 are iambic trimeter (three iambs: S-L rhythmic feet).

* Be reviewing for your poetry re-test.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu:
For this Th: Rachel
For next Tu: Josh
For next Th: Ethan

HW from 5/5/11

Due on 5/10/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.

* Re-scan any of the poems that you scanned incorrectly in the poem packet I gave you.  Attempt to correctly identify the rhythmic foot for each of the poems listed below.

TOGETHER WE DID:
+ A Baby's Feet - p.38 (iambic)
+ Little - p.38 (dactylic)
+ Slippery - p.39 (iambic)
+ Two in Bed - p.40 (trochaic)
+ Our Silly Little Sister - p.40 (anapestic)
+ The Quarrel - p.41 (iambic)

FOR HOMEWORK, YOU SHOULD DO:
+ In Go-Cart So Tiny - p. 38
+ Sisters - p.39
+ Big Brother - p.41
+ The Cupboard - p.42
+ Afternoon with Grandmother - p.42
+ Animal Crackers - p.43
+ Setting the Table - p.44
+ Manners - p.44
+ I've Got A New Book... - p.45
+ A Child's Grace - p.45
+ A Pop Corn Song - p.45
+ When Young Melissa Sweeps - p.46
+ I Like Housecleaning - p.47
+ Mumps - p.47
+ The Land of Counterpane - p.48
+ Mr. Nobody - p.49

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO:
+ Little Brother's Secret - p.49

NOTE: There is only ONE poem in this list that is free verse.  All others are either primarily iambic, trochaic, anapestic, or dactylic.


* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.

* Write in your journal at least once per day.  Use first person.  If you address an audience at all, it should be God.

* Finish your ballad.  Remember to incorporate the theme for your age group and to use the following (see handout for more explanation):

+ Ballads are narrative.  They tell a story.
+ Use either ABCB or ABAB rhyme scheme.
+ Use quatrain (four-line stanzas).
+ Lines 1 and 3 are  iambic tetrameter (four S-L rhythmic feet).
+ Lines 2 and 4 are iambic trimeter (three S-L rhythmic feet).


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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu: Rachel
For this Th: Maddy
For next Tu: Josh
For next Th: Ethan

HW from 5/3/11

Due on 5/5/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.

* Scan the poem packet I gave you.  Attempt to correctly identify the rhythmic foot for each of the poems listed below.

TOGETHER WE DID:
+ A Baby's Feet - p.38 (iambic)
+ Little - p.38 (dactylic)
+ Slippery - p.39 (iambic)
+ Two in Bed - p.40 (trochaic)
+ Our Silly Little Sister - p.40 (anapestic)
+ The Quarrel - p.41 (iambic)

FOR HOMEWORK, YOU SHOULD DO:
+ In Go-Cart So Tiny - p. 38
+ Sisters - p.39
+ Big Brother - p.41
+ The Cupboard - p.42
+ Afternoon with Grandmother - p.42
+ Animal Crackers - p.43
+ Setting the Table - p.44
+ Manners - p.44
+ I've Got A New Book... - p.45
+ A Child's Grace - p.45
+ A Pop Corn Song - p.45
+ When Young Melissa Sweeps - p.46
+ I Like Housecleaning - p.47
+ Mumps - p.47
+ The Land of Counterpane - p.48
+ Mr. Nobody - p.49

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO:
+ Little Brother's Secret - p.49

NOTE: There is only ONE poem in this list that is free verse.  All others are either primarily iambic, trochaic, anapestic, or dactylic.


* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.

* Write in your journal at least once per day.  Use first person.  If you address an audience at all, it should be God.

* Write at least one stanza of your ballad.  Remember to incorporate the theme for your age group and to use the following (see handout for more explanation):

+ Ballads are narrative.  They tell a story.
+ Use either ABCB or ABAB rhyme scheme.
+ Use quatrain (four-line stanzas).
+ Lines 1 & 3 are  iambic tetrameter (four S-L rhythmic feet).
+ Lines 2 & 4 are iambic trimeter (three S-L rhythmic feet).

* Sarah, your copy of your paper is now overdue.  Please do a final edit and bring a printed copy to class, along with all previous drafts and notes.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu:Philip
For this Th: Sam
For next Tu: Rachel
For next Th: Maddy

HW from 4/28/11

Due on 5/3/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.
SIGNED READING LOG IS DUE ON TUESDAY.

* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.

* Write in your journal at least once per day.  Use first person.  If you address an audience at all, it should be God.

* Write at least one stanza of your ballad.  Remember to incorporate the theme for your age group and to use the following (see handout for more explanation):

+ Ballads are narrative.  They tell a story.
+ Use either ABCB or ABAB rhyme scheme.
+ Use quatrain (four-line stanzas).
+ Lines 1 & 3 are  iambic tetrameter (four S-L rhythmic feet).
+ Lines 2 & 4 are iambic trimeter (three S-L rhythmic feet).

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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu:Philip
For this Th: Sam
For next Tu: Rachel
For next Th: Maddy