Oct. 19 - 22: Poetry / Animal Farm

Open Textbook Poetry Quiz - Wed. Oct. 21
DUE Thurs. Oct. 22 - Poetry Blog

Thurs. Oct. 22, 2015 - Animal Farm online novel ; Animal Farm audio book

- Read ch. 1 - 3 of George Orwell's Animal Farm and work on the questions. 
- Continue reading to the end of chapter 3 by Mon. Oct. 26.

Wed. Oct. 21, 2015
- Open book poetry quiz (43 marks).
- After handing in your completed poetry quiz, finish work on Individual Assignment #1 to be handed in this class.

Tues. Oct. 20, 2015

• 30 min. for studying for the open book poetry test tomorrow (Wednesday). Students should review pages 117 - 251 of The Poet's Craft textbook in preparation for the open-book poetry test. Review the following in the glossary section at the back:  denotation, connotation, three types of irony (verbal, situational, dramatic). apostrophe, symbol, metaphor, simile, allusion, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration.
• after 30 min. of study time, students should use their Poet’s Craft textbooks to complete Poetry Assignment #1 at the top of  the same handout sheet as their blog assignment. Instructions:

Individual Assignment #1- Classroom:

Part I -1 Life and Death - Exploring Meaning: Theme and Topic

• Review poems on life and death.
• Select one poem from Part A (life) OR one poem from Part B (death).
• Answer all questions in complete sentences for your selected poem (pp. 18 – 21).
• Write a paragraph explaining why you chose this particular poem.
• Paragraph and questions due Wed. Oct. 21

Mon. Oct. 19, 2015 - Class 4 of 4 on Poetry Blogging Project
- Lab 2 is booked.
- 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.
- When finished, review pages 117 - 251 of The Poet's Craft textbook in preparation for the open-book poetry test.
- 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 on File. 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: