HW from 2/26/13

Due on 2/28/13: 

* Review the elements of narration in preparation for the next story you will be writing.  Be ready for a quiz on the elements of narration (especially the most recent one studied, plot) on Thursday.

* Be thinking about the next story you want to write.  Specifically, consider:

- What theme might you like to illustrate?

- Which point of view will you write in (first or third person)?
NOTE: Third person is much more common and much easier to do well.

- Will you write in past or present tense?
NOTE: Past tense is much more common and much easier to do well.

* Type (or write out) the poem you selected for memorization.  (See below for original assignment.)  You will turn in a copy of your poem tomorrow.

The assignment from last Thursday:  Find a book of poetry--or, with you parents' permission and/or supervision, link to a poetry site online--and find a poem that you particularly like, which you will memorize and recite for the class after the KEYS spring break.

NOTE: As you choose your poem, keep the following length requirements in mind:
- Maximum possible grade of C: memorize and recite the equivalent of one 4-line stanza, minimum.
- Maximum possible grade of B: memorize and recite the equivalent of two 4-line stanzas, minimum.
- Maximum possible grade of A: memorize and recite the equivalent of three 4-line stanzas, minimum.

*Bring your old graded copy of your springboard poem if you didn't give it to me yesterday.  I will put it in your writing folder.

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is usually due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Thursday, February 28.)

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

For Th, 2/28: Emily T.-

For Tu, 3/5: Gloria M.-
For Th, 3/7: Emily Q.-

For Tu, 3/12: Claire M.-
For Th, 3/14: Micah M.-

For Tu, 3/19: Caitlyn B.-
For Th, 3/21: Emily Q.-

For Tu, 3/26: Joshua C-
For Th, 3/28: Jake J.-

For Tu, 4/9: Hardy A.-
For Th, 4/11: Hannah D.-

For Tu, 4/16: Caitlyn B.-
For Th, 4/18: Luke M.-

For Tu, 4/23: Sam W.-
For Th, 4/25: Joel S.-

For Tu, 4/30: David H.-
For Th, 5/2: Mariah S.-

For Tu, 5/7: Gloria M.-
For Th, 5/9: Seth Q.-

For Tu, 5/14: Lucy W.-
For Th, 5/16: Emily T.-

For Tu, 5/21: Claire M.-
For Th, 5/23: Micah M.-