HW #2 Revise poems for Poetry Festival, Tuesday, Feb 28

Be sure to turn in the edited drafts along with your revised poems. Newest version should be stapled on top.

Session 4 HW#1, DOAS Pre-reading Qs, Monday, Feb. 27

Follow the directions on the handout attached here to respond to questions that will help us prepare to read Death of a Salesman (DOAS) by Arthur Miller.

HW for Tuesday, Feb. 14

Work on your IRP project, gallery card and book summary. Due on Thursday! Be ready to present!

HW for Thursday, Feb 9--Work on IRP and book report, due Thursday, Feb. 16

HW for Tuesday, Feb. 7--study poetic terminology, definitions and poetic examples

You will have a quiz on Thursday. Be able to match poetic terms to their definition (for example, match " alliteration" to "the repetition of words that begin with the same letter"). You must also be able to identify what technique a provided line of poetry is an example of (for example, "she walked with the whole world protecting her" is an example of both alliteration and hyperbole).

HW #16 IRP week 6, HW #17 Write response to poem and song, Monday, Feb. 6

Write a detailed plan of attack for your IRP project. Remember it must be creative and show effort, be interactive and be directly related to your book.

Also, follow the guidelines on the handout provided in class to respond to the poetic techniques used in your poem and your song.

HW #14 IRP week 5 and HW #15 Bring in poem, Thursday, Feb. 2

Read! Complete IRP week 5 response.

Also, read poems on www.poets.org. Find one that you understand, like and that captures the meaning of the song lyrics you chose. Print it and bring to class on Monday.