HW from 4/10/12

Due on 4/12/12:

* Read your (approved) book for pleasure 30 minutes daily. Mark it on your Reading Log.

* Make corrections on the paper I returned to you.

* Continue your story by switching to whichever focus you didn't start with. In other words, if you started with character, now focus on the setting for a paragraph or two. If you started with setting, now focus on character for a paragraph or two.

* Finalize what theme you want to depict in your final story. (If you didn't do so before, watch here for a slide show about literary theme--I did not make it, but it is pretty good--and look here for another list of literary themes. We will talk more about the concept of theme in the weeks to come.)

* As you write, be keeping the theme ever in the forefront of your mind. Successfully depicting this theme is the main objective of this assignment. In other words, craft your plot to support this theme, rather than focusing on the story (plot line) you want to tell.

* After you have added your new paragraphs, email your story start to me. It should be at least one full typed page and no more than three full typed pages (correctly formatted) at this stage.

* We will finish up class recitation of your selected memorized poems on Thursday. Jayce, Ben, and Caitlyn should be prepared to recite on that day.

* Be prepared at any time with all your memory work, which consists of:
+ four Bible verses (I Chronicles 29:11-13, Philippians 4:4-8, Titus 2:11-14, Ephesians 4:29-32)
+ the poem you selected to memorize and recite to the class
+ the William Blake poem "The Lamb"
+ the first stanza of the Barry Cornwall poem "The Sea"

* You should already have analyzed all of the poems in the poetry packet for the rhyme scheme. Be sure you have written out the letter pattern next to the title of each poem.

* You also should have already scanned the poems on the first, second, and third sheets of the poetry packet for the meter. Be sure you have given the rhythmic foot/feet for each poem on those three pages. We will be working on this on Thursday.

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 4/10: Lily
For Th, 4/12: David

For Tu, 4/17: Caitlyn
For Th, 4/19: Will

For Tu, 4/24: Zoe
For Th, 4/26: Shayla

For Tu, 5/1: Dylan
For Th, 5/3: Elizabeth T.

For Tu, 5/8: Jayce
For Th, 5/10: Hope

For Tu, 5/15: Elizabeth L.
For Th, 5/17: Ben

For Tu, 5/22: TBD
For Th, 5/24: TBD

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NOTE: The Reading Log is due, signed by a parent, on the last class period of the month.