Thursday, April 28, 2011

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

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