April 7 - 11: Poetry

Term 3 deadline is Wed. Apr. 9th (includes all short story quizzes)
Term 4 assignments: Team Short Story DUE Mon. Apr. 7th; Sonnet DUE Fri. Apr. 11; Poetry project DUE Tues. Apr. 15 

Tues. Apr. 8 - Fri. Apr. 11, 2013 - Poetry

- The lab is booked for these four classes. You may choose either the worksheet (Option A) or the blogging tasks (Option B) or the poetry poster (Option C) for this poetry unit:

- Option A:  You will complete Part One (except ques. 2 of General Subjects) on the worksheet tasks. You may write or type your answers. Hand in the answers on paper (64 marks).
OR

- Option B: You will complete the four poetry blogging tasks on the poetry blogging unit assignment sheet. Email the URL for your completed blog (64 marks).

- In the computer lab, set up your blog at Blogger.com (sign in with your Google Docs username and password. Do not make a new account). You can customize your blog's privacy and comment moderation settings through your Blogger Dashboard "settings" and "comments" tabs.

OR
- Option C: You will write original poems to display on a poster in the school hallway. See the Poetry Poster assignment sheet. - See different examples and forms of poetry.

Mon. Apr. 7, 2014

- Shakespearean sonnets: Today we'll review the characteristics of a sonnet.
- Review the sonnet lesson.
- Read Ozymandias and view / listen to this sonnet read by Bryan Cranston in the context of Breaking Bad.

- Start writing your own 14 line sonnet.

- View the video of David Gilmour, the voice and guitar of Pink Floyd, singing Shakespeare's Sonnet 18