Poetry Collection

Here is the order for the Poetry Collection (Due November 2nd)

Free Verse: 10 lines minimum, 6 words per line minimum.  No rhyme scheme, just write about something you love.

Haiku: Five lines.  Syllable count of 5,7,5.  No more than three lines.

Ode: A poem praising or glorifying someone or something.  Minimum 6 lines, minimum 5 words per line.  Title is Ode to...(whatever or whomever you are glorifying).

Limerick: Rhymed humorous poems.  Five lines with a syllable count of 9,9,6,6,9, and a rhyme scheme of a,a,b,b,a.  The 9s rhyme, and the 6s rhyme.

Lanturne: Five lines with a syllable count of 1,2,3,4,1.  Center it, and it should look almost like a diamond.

Tongue Twister: Minimum of 6 lines, and minimum of 5 words per line.

Minute Poetry: 12 lines of 60 syllables in the following format:

8 The 8 syllable lines can be the same, but none of the 4 syllable lines can be the same.
4
4
4
(make sure to skip a line)
8
4
4
4
(skip a line here too)
8
4
4
4

**All poems must be labeled off to the left, and have a title.  Write or type a clean final draft to turn in no later than Friday.  This is a summative grade.

Vocabulary Power Plus 6

Today we wrote a sentence for each of the fifteen words (on the back of the paper). After writing the sentences, you need to write a free verse poem.  This means it doesn't have to rhyme.  Choose 5 words from lists 1-6, and then write a poem with the following guidelines:

1. 5 vocabulary words highlighted
2. Minimum of 10 lines
3. Minimum of 6 words per line

Have fun!

Writing Competition.

From our librarians!  See if this is something you would like to do.  

Just wanted to share a letter writing competition for students sponsored by the Library of Congress. It sounds like a great opportunity to compete at both the state and national level! Here is the theme and a link for more info! If you need us in any way to support, please don’t hesitate to ask!

https://www.tsl.texas.gov/lettersaboutliterature\

CBA Test Wednesday (What you need to know)

Here is what you need to know for the CBA Test on Wednesday

Common Assessment 1

Know the types of text structure

Know how to find the main idea

Know supporting ideas, and how to find them

Know what an inference is

Find context clues to answer questions

Know how to identify tone

Identify rhetorical devices (don’t know what this is?  Check your notes)

            Ethos, Pathos, Logos, refutation, concession

Persuasive Outline

Hi all.  Due to the evacuation on Friday, fifth and sixth periods will turn in your packets Monday.  The outlines is still due Tuesday, since you started it yesterday.

Upcoming events:

Monday the 15th:  Vocabulary 3 test, then work on outline.

Tuesday the 16th: Finish outline and turn it in.  It must be typed.

Wednesday the 17th:  Content Based Assessment, then homonyms packet

Friday the 19th: Binder check.  Early out, end of 9 weeks.

Monday the 22nd: Homonyms test.

Persuasion Outline (Title should reflect your argument)

Introduction: This is a complete paragraph with your thesis statement in it.  Seven sentences

            minimum. 

II. Argument 1 topic sentence.

A.       Evidence.  Quote your textual evidence here with an in text citation.

Example: “The term marked is a staple of linguistic theory” (Tannen, 7).

III. Argument 2 topic sentence.

A.       Evidence.  Quote your textual evidence here with an in text citation.

B.      Evidence.  Quote your textual evidence here with an in text citation.

IV. Argument 3 topic sentence.

A.       Evidence.  Quote your textual evidence here with an in text citation.

Conclusion: Give your concluding paragraph here. Recap your arguments without actually saying them again, and give a call to action.  How can this change?  Be specific.

Your outline should be typed, double spaced, and shouldn’t be more than a page to a page and a half.

Make sure your heading is correct, and in the header so it doesn’t take up space on your paper.