6E & 6V- Read your lit. circle book and complete your "job."

7H- Rd. 1.3-1.6 and answer questions in your workbook.

8E- Analyze "I Wanna Be Yours" using CLAPS for Wednesday.

6E & 6V- Finish your punctuation packet.

7H- Globalization and Free Trade Debates WEDNESDAY! Prepare, prepare, prepare!

8E- Underline unknown vocabulary in "Nettles." Look up the words and create a glossary.

6E & 6V- Poetry Book DUE Monday. Extra credit for those who turn it in Friday!

7E- Final draft of narrative poem due FRIDAY.

7H- Study for quiz!

7H- Study for quiz Friday!

7E- Final draft of narrative poem DUE FRIDAY!

6E & 6V- Poetry Book DUE MONDAY! See earlier post.

Caribbean Poetry Summative Assessment

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  Poetry is a form of writing and a genre of literature. We have looked at a variety of poems by West Indian poets, studied poetic devices and written poetry.
  
  Task: You will create a Poetry Book. In your book, you will include the four poems you have written during our course of study:
  · A poem about an everyday event (see “Jamaican Market Bus”).
  · A poem with at least two personifications (see “Au Bord Le Mer”).
  · A poem about where you would rather be (see “Island Man”).
  · A poem with a repeating rhyme scheme (see “Sailing Sloop”).
  · Any other poems you would like to include.
  
  Guidelines:

The poetry book that you turn in at the end of the unit will contain the following:
A cover including your name, title of the book and a computer generated or hand-drawn illustration.
· Table of Contents
· A final draft of each poem you have created. Be sure there are no spelling errors!

Grading:
Content, Organization, Style and Language Use will be assessed.

Due Dates:
Final Poetry book is due Monday, November 23.

Narrative Poetry Summative Assessment - Grade Seven
We have been examining narrative poetry by various authors, now it is time to try your own hand!

Task: Plan and write a narrative poem.

Guidelines:
• Content :
o A clear description of the character or characters and the setting
o A conflict and its resolution
o The story should contain plot elements: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
• Organization:
o Events in logical order
• Poetic Form
o At least five stanzas of four lines each
o A rhyme scheme that is the same in each stanza
• Poetic Language
o At least one metaphor
o At least one simile
o Consider using alliteration, repetition, personification, imagery, rhythm and other poetic devices we have studied.

7H- Study for Gloablization quiz WEDNESDAY! Use p.63 for advice on what to study.

6E & 6V- 3-4 Stanza poem with repeating rhyme scheme DUE Wednesday.

8E- Non-fiction writing portfolio DUE Wednesday.

6E & 6V- Write a 3 stanza poem, include:

• 2 examples of personification
• 2 other poetic devices

DUE THURSDAY

8E-Work on your discursive essay.

7H- Complete questions 1, 3-5 on "A Fashion Victim"

All English Classes- OBPs DUE IN ONE WEEK!