Today's class and homework

Make up work

Interim reports with work graded to-date were issued today. If you need to make up work, your assignments must be turned in by no later than Tuesday, Jan. 11!!

If you are missing..... you may....

• 1-2 assignments ..... complete (up to 2)
• 3 assignments..... complete 2
• 4 assignments.... complete 3
• 5 or more assignments.... complete 3

Titanic Projects will be graded within the next week and your score will appear on your next progress report!

The Poet in You, Part Two

Part Two:

Using your free write from last night, write a poem of 12 lines (minimum) about the setting you chose.

Your poem must include:

• an extended metaphor or extended simile
• any two sound devices: onomatopoeia, alliteration, rhyme

Turn in your poem with your free write tomorrow!

Poets among us

"The Poet in You" (p. 525)
Part One: Choose any setting (your block, the bus, the subway station, the lunchroom, etc.)
Free write as much as you can about everything you see, hear, feel, smell, etc. in that setting .

The more you write, the better! You will use this free write exercise for Part Two (your poem)!

Tuesday night's homework:
Bring in a copy of your favorite poem (or song lyrics). Explain in a paragraph the poem/song's theme. Give details from the song or poem that support your answer.

Remember that theme:

• Should not be stated in one word.
• Should be a statement, not a question.
• Should come from you, the reader.
• Should be different from the moral or lesson.
• Can be written in many different ways.

What did we say to each other.....

Reread "Simile" by N. Scott Momoday [p. 479]. Explain the author/speaker's purpose for using the extended simile in his poem. Give two examples from the poem to support your response.

Interims will be distributed with graded work on Friday, Jan. 7!

Titanic Project ...and Extra Credit

A reminder that your Titanic Project deadline has been extended to Dec. 27. Please remember to use my login information for Prezi, and to share your Google Presentation with me!

You should have quotes from Titanic with page numbers and photos from your tragedy/disaster that correspond with each quote. Don't forget your title [with your names, period, and date] and the summary slide that explains how each tragic event (Titanic and ___) shows the unchanging element of human nature during disasters!

Prezi [jghoffler/philasd.org, pma210].

Gmail: mshoffler

Also, you have until Jan. 3 to complete your extra credit assignment!
Be an investigative reporter! Research the facts about the Titanic, and compare the facts with Baldwin's inaccuracies in a report. You can make it as creative as you'd like. Be sure to type 400-600 words, and explain how Baldwin's inaccuracies and his subjective writing harm his credibility as a journalist.

Submit anytime this break via email, or bring in your hard copy Jan. 3!

Happy Holidays!!!

Titanic: Research a passenger

Choose one of the survivors (p 345-346) or famous people (p332) aboard the Titanic. Look up his or her information online, and in your own words, write about who he/she was, why they are on the ship, and what happened to them. Write your reactions to their story.

Remember: You should be ready to put together your presentations, so they can be done by the end of class tomorrow!!!!!