Due on AND BEFORE Tuesday, 5/16/17
1) Scan the poem "The Quarrel" on p.41 of your verse packet. Figure out the rhyme scheme and the meter of the poem. The first six lines of each stanza are one meter, and the final two lines of each stanza are another. Decide what you think they are and why you think the author chose to switch from one to the other at that point. Type this information up into a Word document (rhyme scheme, meter, and explanation as to why you think the author changed meter for the last lines of each stanza) and email it as an attachment both to MarkUp AND to my regular email as soon as possible.
2) Write your final opening verse essay. Each student will write an essay—even if you won't be delivering it to the class orally, it will be a written essay grade. I will email you another copy of the sample verse essay I wrote, in case you can't find yours. Follow the model, and choose a different verse than you've already used this year. You will turn this printed, typed essay in on Tuesday.
3) Write in your journal (writer's notebook) daily—beginning today, Thursday, 5/11—for five minutes at a time, just as you did for each writer's notebook entry. Your entries should be written in second person point of view, directed to God, using first person pronouns. Follow the model of Mark Rodriguez's entries if you need a model. You may write about anything you'd like—just write for five minutes, without stopping, using second person point of view to God.
4) Commit your final memorization project (verse or four-stanza poem) to memory. You will be reciting them next week.
5) Be studying for a poetry quiz next week. Review everything we've studied so far about poetry.
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NOTE: The May Reading Log will be due, signed by a parent, on Tuesday, 5/23/17.
1) Scan the poem "The Quarrel" on p.41 of your verse packet. Figure out the rhyme scheme and the meter of the poem. The first six lines of each stanza are one meter, and the final two lines of each stanza are another. Decide what you think they are and why you think the author chose to switch from one to the other at that point. Type this information up into a Word document (rhyme scheme, meter, and explanation as to why you think the author changed meter for the last lines of each stanza) and email it as an attachment both to MarkUp AND to my regular email as soon as possible.
2) Write your final opening verse essay. Each student will write an essay—even if you won't be delivering it to the class orally, it will be a written essay grade. I will email you another copy of the sample verse essay I wrote, in case you can't find yours. Follow the model, and choose a different verse than you've already used this year. You will turn this printed, typed essay in on Tuesday.
3) Write in your journal (writer's notebook) daily—beginning today, Thursday, 5/11—for five minutes at a time, just as you did for each writer's notebook entry. Your entries should be written in second person point of view, directed to God, using first person pronouns. Follow the model of Mark Rodriguez's entries if you need a model. You may write about anything you'd like—just write for five minutes, without stopping, using second person point of view to God.
4) Commit your final memorization project (verse or four-stanza poem) to memory. You will be reciting them next week.
5) Be studying for a poetry quiz next week. Review everything we've studied so far about poetry.
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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 May Reading Log will be due, signed by a parent, on Tuesday, 5/23/17.
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