Last Week of Classes Before Review Week

English 9

For Thursday:
Newspaper Due
If you need large paper see me by Tuesday after school.

For Tuesday:
Heads up--Pop Quiz soon
Answer questions 2, 3 for Chap. 9
Read Chap. 10


English 12

For Friday:
Memorized Sonnets due
Sonnets must include--poetic devices, 10 syllables per line, and the topic must come from room 105

Bonus opportunity: Due January 27th (day of your Provincial)
Choose one of the following types:

Villanelle (worth 20 Locobucks= 1% increase on final mark)
19 lines
5 stanzas, each of three lines, with a final one of four lines
The first line of the first stanza is repeated as the last line of the second and fourth stanzas
The third line of hte first stanza is repeated as the last line of hte third and fifth stanzas.
These two refrain lines follow each other to become the second-to-last and last lines of the poem.
The rhyme scheme is aba. The rhymes are repeated according to the refrains.

See example p. 889 of Perrine's Literature "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"

Sestina (worth 40 Locobucks= 2% increase on final mark)

6 sestets and 1 concluding tercet for a total of 39 lines

see:http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5792

and me for clarification. This one is tricky to understand at first.

Please bring you Bible's with you to Tuesday's class.


Socials 11

Those of you who were not here Friday, make sure you are caught up to date in the homework (we are reviewing tomorrow). See prior post.

Tonight's reading includes p 382, 384, 388 #1a,b