Friday, October 22, 2010

Poetry: Oct. 25 - 29, 2010

** Poetry Journal Slides are due on Mon. Oct. 25 (60 marks)
** Poetry Assignment #1 is due on Fri. Oct. 29 (25 marks)
** Open Book Poetry Test on Fri. Oct. 29 (44 marks) p.117-251


Fri. Oct. 29/10 ** Open Book Test Today (see above)
- Open book poetry test (textbook and notes)
- Spooky Story Presentation
- Hocus Pocus (Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7 - Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 )
- The Making of Frankenstein (Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 )

Thurs. Oct. 28/10
- Old K-library computer lab is booked
- Complete poetry assignments #1, #2, and comic quatrain poems
- Review p. 117 - 251 of the poetry textbook. Make notes and bookmarks to help you succeed on the open book poetry test tomorrow.


Wed. Oct. 27/10 
- Today, we'll review denotation and connotation (see poetry book glossary).
- We'll also watch some examples of slam poetry.

- Continue work on poetry assignment #1. 

A poetry slam is a competition at which poets read or recite original work (or, more rarely, that of others). These performances are then judged on a numeric scale by previously selected members of the audience.

Poetry slam. (2010, February 26). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:51, March 19, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poetry_slam&oldid=346584632


View these examples and vote for your favourite:










- AK47 Team Poetry: This is a brilliant example of personification/extended metaphor in a poem presented at an event in Ottawa in 2009.


Tues. Oct. 26/10

- We are working in the old lab today.
- Review the quatrain poetry form.
- Lab exercise: Write three quatrain comic strip poems on three different feelings or emotions. Use Strip Generator to create your three comic quatrains. See the example.

- Use three different rhyme schemes (abcb, aabb, abab, aaaa)
- Printing in Lab: Click on the K->Graphics->KSnapshot->Print
- Continue work on poetry assignment #1 and #2


Mon. Oct. 25/10

Today, start work on the poetry unit individual assignment #1.

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