Journal 7: Couplet

A couplet is a pair of lines of meter in poetry. It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter. The poem should be at least 14 lines long and establish a clear end rhyme scheme.

Beneath the poem write three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least three poetic devices in your poem), and three sentences about the specific form you chose and how the form does or does not follow all of the "rules" of the form.  Incorporate at least 4 literary devices (i.e. simile, metaphor, imagery, symbolism) and three vocabulary words from Unit 10.

Journal 6: Ballad

Your ballad should have a minimum of 14 lines and it should include the following three forms/rules:

1. Narrative (tells a story)    
2. Refrain/chorus (a part that repeats at least 2 times)        
3. song-like

Ballad- A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain

 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ballad

Beneath the ballad write three responses: three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least 4 in your poem), and three sentences about ballad form (or the form you chose to use/adapt if you did not follow the conventional structure).  Make sure to include three vocabulary words from Unit 10 either in your poem and/or in your responses.

REMEMBER IF YOU SING YOUR BALLAD (and set it to music) YOU GET A FREE JOURNAL!

Speech

Personal Object speech due on Wednesday (for everyone)!

Include HARD COPY ONLY... make sure your name is on EVERYTHING.
1. Brainstorm
2. Outline

• complete introduction
• 6 facts/ideas of support
• complete conclusion

3. Final draft (complete) 

Speech

Life at Guantanamo Bay Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4T3ZvPuW9M

Please watch the full video and assert the claim, support (a minimum of 8 details of support) and warrant. Write it down in your speech notebooks.  I will be grading your notes on the MLK Jr. I Have a Dream speech, the Reza Aslan interview, the Guantanamo Bay Article (#1, first in the packet) and the Life at Guantanamo video.  Turn in your speech notebooks on Thursday. DO NOT FORGET TO MEMORIZE YOUR LINES FOR THIS MONDAY (Feb. 24th). I will be grading your memorization in class.

Journal 5: Elegy

In literature, an elegy (from the Greek word for "lament") is a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegy‎)

Compose an Elegy for Friday (14 lines).  Beneath the elegy write three responses: three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least 4 in your poem two of which need to be masculine and feminine rhyme), and three sentences about the form for an elegy.  Make sure to include three vocabulary words from Unit 10 either in your poem and/or in your responses.

Filming

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BDpFYL23cxW_nwga6R2233oOo43sw2LrovWpI5Y0tbw/edit

Scene 1 pt 1 Matias, Lydia, Richard, Alison (Line quiz on Thursday in class)  Completed Feb 13
Scene 1 pt 2 Fabrizio, Matias, Lydia, Richard, Alison Completed Feb 13
Scene 4 pt 3 Matias, Lydia, Amanda Completed Feb 13
Scene 6 pt 1 Sara, Willy, Rebecca, Syndiana DURING SPEECH ON THURSDAY!
Scene 8        Sara and Rebecca IMMEDIATELY AFTER SCHOOL ON THURSDAY!

Lines are due Feb. 6 (Thursday of next week)
Filming is FINISHED by Feb. 20 (Thursday)

Scene 1 pt 3: Rebecca, Amanda, Tony, Tito
Scene 2: Lydia, Richard, Matias, Random girls (Luz, So Ra), Fabrizio, Rebecca, Scott (No John), Amanda, Tony
Scene 5: Matias, Lydia, Richard, Fabrizio, Rebecca, Tito
Scene 6 pt 2: Richard, Fabrizio, Lydia, Rebecca, Sophia,

Lines are due Feb. 24 (Monday)
Filming is FINISHED by March 10 (Monday)

Journal 4: Song of Songs Chapter 5

Research the Song of Songs using the following website.

http://www.biblestudytools.com/

I found this article helpful.......

http://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/solomon-s-song-of-love.html

Provide a different perspective, judgment or idea about the ideas or themes within the poem. Then interpret chapter 5 in relation to the research you have done.  How does the love between the Man and the Woman represent God's love for Israel or Christ's love for the church?

Requirements: 3/4 page journal, 3 underlined vocabulary words, 3 quotes from Chapter 5 (with lines #, poem included).