HW from 3/31/11

Due on 4/5/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.)
* Please email me the start of your story (which you turned in yesterday) if you haven't yet.
* CW #10
* Scan the poem "Kitten at Play."
(Give rhyme scheme and rhythmic foot, if a discernible pattern is present with either the rhyme or the rhythm.  You don't know the name for this rhythmic foot yet: just tell me what the pattern is for long and short syllables)
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu: Ethan
For this Th: Philip
For next Tu: Sarah
For next Th: Sam

HW from 3/29/11

Due on 3/31/11:
* READING LOG IS DUE!
* Using the guidelines on the handout I gave you, please choose whether you would like to start your next story with setting or character.
* Also, decide what point of view (and tense) you want to use for your story.  Again, I strongly recommend that you choose third person, past tense, as this is the easiest to maintain consistently throughout your writing.  I will not forbid first person or present tense, however.
* Begin your story (using setting/character and the point of view you determined above) by writing the first couple of paragraphs.  Use the examples I gave you as guidelines only.  Plan to think/write/plan for about half an hour; give yourself plenty of time.
* Find any examples of figurative language on the handout I gave you.  Write them down, and identify what kind of figurative language it is.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu:
For this Th: Rachel
For next Tu: TBD
For next Th: TBD

HW from 3/15

Due on 3/17/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.)
* Complete the Haiku worksheet/quiz. Work alone, in one sitting. Follow directions carefully.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu:
For this Th: Rachel
For next Tu: Ethan
For next Th: Maddy

HW from 3/10/11

Due on 3/15/11:
* Reading Log (20 minutes daily)

* Take the quiz on Haiku poetry which I will email to you.  Follow the instructions on the handout.

* Complete a cinquain poem, following the model below in whichever ways you think are most important.

A lake
Beside an oak
A sad and silver face
That cries with yellow, yellow leaves
Autumn

Required: a cinquain poem is a poem five lines long

Possible other patterns to model (you choose which you think are most important):

+ a brief first line, followed by lines getting progressively longer until the last line
+ 2,3,5,6,1 word count per line
+ a one word "punch" at the end (last line)
+ each line ends with a noun
+ the first two lines, and the second two lines, "go together" as one thought/phrase
+ uses personification

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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For this Tu: Sarah
For this Th: Rachel
For next Tu: Ethan
For next Th: Maddy

HW from 3/8/11

Due on 3/10/11:

* Reading Log (20 minutes daily)

* Be sure the following poems have been typed, corrected, printed, turned in, and emailed to me:
> name poem
> springboard ("I am") poem
> gerund (-ing) poem
[These are past due at this point.]

* Be sure your Haiku poems (both) are corrected, illustrated, and turned in. These did not have to be emailed.   [These are past due at this point.]

* Find song lyrics which have a discernible, regular rhyme scheme.  (Choose an edifying song--no garbage!)  Write or type out the lyrics and label the rhyme scheme using A, B, etc. like we discussed in class.

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

HW from 3/3/11

Due on 3/8/11:

* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.)

* Type and print your acrostic poem (name) and your springboard poem ("I am...").  Email them to me.

* Repair your old Haiku if needed.  Write and illustrate a new Haiku.  Bring both to class to be turned in on Tuesday.  Be sure they have correct syllabication!

* Finish your gerund poem (see below).  Type it up, print it, and bring a copy to class.  You do not need to email it to me.

Gerund poem format:

Line 1     noun
Line 2     3 gerunds
Line 3     phrase (noun)
Line 4     phrase (request or statement)
Line 5     adjective

Sample gerund poem:

Leaves
Rusting, dancing, whispering
Voice of God
Speak to me
Open

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

HW from 3/1/11

Due on 3/3/11:

* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.)

* Complete a Haiku poem in proper form as discussed in class.

* Once you're sure the syllabication is correct and the content is good (Do you like your poem?!), copy it nicely onto unlined paper.  Illustrate it.

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