Week+30

//Complete DPS. -- Homework check .. Ballad assignment//
 * //1 May -- wow//**

//Podcasts//

//Background of Sam McGee//

Johnny Cash reads //Sam McGee//



//Edmund Fitzgerald song//



//Prosody ... check both.//

//Name the aspects and elements of a Ballad//

//Divide class into two sides...the Cold and the Dead vs. The Souls of the Deep.//

//Debate -- Which is a more effective ballad? Use any notes you made. I keep score.//

//Review the assignment...//



//Work time...tomorrow as well.//

//Silent reading// //Check for updated blogs (2 entries or below)// //Alex T// //Alex S-R// //Austin// //Carter// //Connor// //Courtney// //Corey// //Eric// //Jade// //Hannah// //Josh L// //Josh N// //Kimia// //Orit// //Kirk// //Laura// //Madeline// //Marissa// //Melissa// //Nathan T// //Tera// //Dane// //Noah// //Robert// //Time to work on and complete any poetry you have been working on.// //Explain the written component of the exam://
 * //30 April//**

//Two choices// //1) 5 paragraph essay, written according to 6 traits. You will receive your rubric back. If you choose this option, please be ready to print your essay and conference with me to make improvements. You will also be asked to highlight and indicate areas where you demonstrate each of the 6 traits.// //2) Poetry portfolio. This will be a collection of your best work from the poetry unit (minimum 3 pieces). If you choose this option, you must be ready to conference with me and identify the following in your poems:// //* extended metaphor// //* simile// //* internal rhyme// //* strong imagery (ie. a part of your writing where poetry would be better than prose to explain a situation, feeling, scene, tone, etc).// //* message -- you are making a point in your poem// //Present podcasts// //Continuing work on ballads. I would like to begin presenting these on Wednesday..//

//Plans for the week (this is a note to myself, so if you're a student reading this, it's not a guarantee).// //Play podcasts from blog...// //Essays marked and rubrics returned...Discuss written exam portion...Offer Thursday and Friday to work on these.//