Mar. 14 - 18: Poetry

*** Open Book Quiz (p. 117 - Glossary / Table of Contents) on Thurs. Mar. 17 (43 marks)***
*** Poetry Assignment #2 (4 blog assignments) Due Fri. Mar. 18 (40 marks)*** 


Fri. Mar. 18/11 - Poetry
- 20 min. of silent reading.
- View the DVD "Avoiding Plagiarism" and/or "The Raven"
- Library time to complete assignments (Poetry assignment #1 and Louis Riel poetry sheet) or sign out books for spring break.
- Remember to email poetry assignment #2 blogging projects by pasting a link to your blog into the email body. Write your full name and block in the subject line of the email.


Thurs. Mar. 17/11 - Poetry
- 20 minutes of silent reading.
- Open-book poetry test (43 marks). You can use your textbook, The Poet's Craft, and one page of notes.
- When you finish, continue to study or read quietly until all students have completed the test.


Wed. Mar. 16/11 - Poetry
- 15 minutes of silent reading.
- Review Part II of The Poet's Craft textbook from p. 117 to the end (including the glossary / index).
- You can bring one page of notes and your textbook to use on the poetry quiz tomorrow.
- Complete poetry assignment #1 (10 marks) and the Louis Riel poetry questions (20 marks).


Tues. Mar. 15/11 - Class 4 of 4 on Poetry Blogging
- Sign into your blog at Blogger.com
- Work on poetry assignment #2 - Class 4 activity.  See an assignment example below:
***Email completed blog with your full name and block in subject line.
***Paste the link to your blog in the body of the email.
- If you finish early, help the United Nations World Food Program feed the world by playing Free Rice.

Nature and Invention

Instructions for Drawing:
- Sign into Google Docs. Select Create New. Select Drawing.
- Click Insert. Select Text box (type or paste poem into text box)
- Add other artistic elements. When finished, click the arrow next to Share. Select Publish to the Web.
- Copy the Embed Code. Paste the code into your blog's Edit HTML view (at the bottom).
- Change the dimensions near the end of the code to w=450 h=400 so it will fit your blog.
- Click Publish Post on your blog. See the sample below:



Mon. Mar. 14/11 - Class 3 of 4 on Poetry Blogging
- Sign into your blog at Blogger.com
- Work on poetry assignment #2 - Class 3 activity.  See an assignment example below:
- If you finish early, help the United Nations World Food Program feed the world by playing Free Rice.

People and Places

Before Two Portraits of My Mother

I love the beautiful young girl of this

portrait, my mother, painted years ago

when her forehead was white, and there was no

shadow in the dazzling Venetian glass

of her gaze. But this other likeness shows

the deep trenches across her forehead’s white

marble. The rose poem of her youth that

her marriage sang is far behind. Here is

my sadness: I compare these portraits, one

of a joy-radiant brow, the other care-

heavy: sunrise—and the thick coming on

of night. And yet how strange my ways appear,

for when I look at these faded lips my heart

smiles, but at the smiling girl my tears start.

By

Émile Nelligan (1879-1941)

Born in Montreal