HW from 4/1/14

Due on Thursday, 4/3/14

1.  Complete the plot line chart I gave you yesterday for your theme story.  Giving good detail, list the main events that you are planning to have in your rising action, what the climax of your story will be, and how you plan to wrap things up.  At the top of the sheet, write your name and the theme that you are planning to use for your story. 

2.  Choose a poem to memorize and recite for the class.  Type (or cut and paste) the poem, along with the title and author, and print two copies--one to turn in and one to use while memorizing.
 NOTE: Each stanza must be at least four lines long, and your poem must be the following length:
* 1 stanza: with the highest possible grade (for word-perfect recitation) being a 65 (D) 
* 2 stanzas: with the highest possible grade (for word-perfect recitation) being a 75 (C)
* 3 stanzas: with the highest possible grade (for word-perfect recitation) being an 85 (B)
* 4 stanzas: with the highest possible grade (for word-perfect recitation) being a 95 (A)
* more than 4 stanzas: it will be possible to earn in excess of 100 (A+) for poems longer than 4 stanzas

3.  Please visit the following links and read the material found there before class tomorrow:
Rhythm in Poetry--The Basics
Looking and Rhythm and Meter in Poetry (page 2--the page that comes up when you click the link--only)
Examples of Meter in Poetry

4.  For those of you who sent three paragraphs to Markup: make the suggested corrections on your returned Markup document.  Continue in your story if you want, but you don't have to write any more in your story for Thursday.  The first four pages of your theme story (your G1) will be due next Tuesday, 4/8.  

5.  For those of you who are late and haven't done the three paragraphs yet: do that assignment first (see 1-3 on yesterday's assignments) and wait to get the first Markup back before continuing.  Get caught up ASAP!

6.  Be sure you are ready to recite your third memory verse.  All students should be prepared to recite any of the first three verses at any time, and should be working on memorizing the fourth. 

7.  Danielle, Emily: In addition to all other work listed above, you must revise your red copy of the mystery story into a completed, revised G2 and give it to me Thursday.  If you do not, you will receive a zero on your G2.

Also (daily):

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure 30 minutes daily.  Mark it on your reading log as you go along. The March reading log is due, signed by a parent, on Thursday, May 1.

+ Bear in mind that your monthly blog post entry is due anytime during the month.  Please type it up, email it to me, and turn in a hard copy to me in class before the last day of the month.  You may write about anything you would like to.  Follow the directions on the sheet I gave you for the 12-Months-of-2014 Blog Challenge.  (See handout.)

+ Work on your Scripture memory and Scripture memory review.  You need to be ready to recite any of your completed memory verses perfectly from memory any time I call on you in class.

+ Review daily the material from our writing and grammar lessons in class so that you can more easily learn and memorize (as we go along) the different things we are studying.  Be ready for a quiz anytime on all that we've learned so far.

------- OPENING* (Bible verse and prayer):
On standby for any day someone is absent or unprepared: Jenae F.(CWA); Alexa W.(CWB)

For Th, 4/3: Mishael M. (CWA); Sam M. (CWB) 

For Tu, 4/8: Jonathan A. (CWA);  Baylee W. (CWB)
For Th, 4/10: Evan P. (CWA); Hardy A. (CWB)

For Tu, 4/15: Ethan M. (CWA);  Jessie L. (CWB)
For Th, 4/17: Ellie W. (CWA); Olivia H. (CWB)

For Tu, 4/22: Rachel S. (CWA);  Heidi L. (CWB)
For Th, 4/24: Jenae F. (CWA); Cameron K. (CWB)

For Tu, 4/29: Olivia C.  (CWA);  Claire D. (CWB)
For Th, 5/1: Heston A. (CWA); Evan P. (CWB)

For Tu, 5/6: David P. (CWA);  Sam M. (CWB)
For Th, 5/8: Elizabeth D. (CWA); Baylee W. (CWB)

For Tu, 5/13: Josh D. (CWA); Bryce D. (CWB)
For Th, 5/15: Emily M. (CWA); Alexa W. (CWB)

For Tu, 5/20 and Th, 5/22: TBD