Due on Thursday, 4/20/17
1) You will NOT do anything yet with the "poetry packet" I gave you at the end of class today. (This is a six-page stapled pack of poems, all printed only on the front of the page, beginning with "A Baby's Feet" and ending with "Little Brother's Secret.") Just leave this packet in your notebook for now.
2) Read over the four handouts that I gave you in class today in their entirety. (There are four sheets of paper, stapled together, with three of them printed on both the front and the back.)
NOTE: This includes reading the four poems included in those pages—"Daffodils," "The Tiger," "A Visit from Saint Nicholas," and "The Charge of the Light Brigade"—in their entirety.)
2) Read over the four handouts that I gave you in class today in their entirety. (There are four sheets of paper, stapled together, with three of them printed on both the front and the back.)
NOTE: This includes reading the four poems included in those pages—"Daffodils," "The Tiger," "A Visit from Saint Nicholas," and "The Charge of the Light Brigade"—in their entirety.)
3) Scan the first two stanzas of each poem. Mark the syllables above the lines directly on the handout using the ictus (the little slash mark) for stressed syllables and the breve (the little "u") for unstressed syllables. (Again, be sure that you mark them. Don't just do it in your head!)
4) After having marked the stressed ("long") and unstressed ("short") syllables, determine if you think the poems have a pattern to the stress marks: iambic (S-L), trochaic (L-S), anapestic (S-S-L), or dactylic (L-S-S). HINT: There's one poem of each type.
5) Continue to memorize the poem you selected. Be prepared to turn in your good printed copy and make sure you have at least two of your stanzas memorized on Thursday.
6) You should be ready to recite any of the three Bible verses you've memorized at any time. Keep reviewing the memory daily. (See below.)
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
We have gotten out of the habit of this. Please remind me at the start of class on Thursday!
For Th, 4/20: John (CWA); Caleb (CWB)
For Tu, 4/25: Josh (CWA); Katie (CWB)
For Th, 4/20: John (CWA); Caleb (CWB)
For Tu, 4/25: Josh (CWA); Katie (CWB)
Also, daily:
+ Read your (approved) reading log book for pleasure, aiming for at least 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log calendar (in multiples of five, rounded down) as you go along.
+ Write in your gratitude journal daily, listing at least three things you are thankful for each day. When you have done so, place a small check mark in the top corner of your Reading Log calendar for that day.
+ Read your (approved) reading log book for pleasure, aiming for at least 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log calendar (in multiples of five, rounded down) as you go along.
+ Write in your gratitude journal daily, listing at least three things you are thankful for each day. When you have done so, place a small check mark in the top corner of your Reading Log calendar for that day.
+ Review one of your Scripture memory verses each day, such that you keep all of them fresh in your memory at all times and each verse gets reviewed at least once per week. You should be ready to recite any of the three verses you've memorized at any time.
NOTE: The April Reading Log will be due, signed by a parent, on Thursday, 4/27/17.
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