Text Box: Poetry Project Part I:  Group Project   As a group, select a poem from the bank of  poems you will see from your teacher. Re-write the poem on a poster board. Decorate the poster according to the theme that your group feels is the most predominant one. (The more creative you are, the better your grade). Annotate your poem using the notes of the definitions you wrote in class on the poetry terms.  Look at those definitions and find as many examples of them in the poem as you can find.  The more you find, the better your grade.   See example below: Excerpt from Richard Cory By:  Edwin A. Robinson Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim. Key:     Alliteration Rhyming Assonance Consonance Poetry Project Part II :  Individual Project ·        You will select 7 poems according to the following directions: -3 will be professionally published poems from 3 different poets. (One poem from each of the poets). -Write a short 100 word biography for each of the poets. -Extra credit if you include a picture of the poets. -Pick ONE of these poems to annotate.  (You will do what you did for the group poem where you try to find examples of the poetry definitions.  See the sample above).   -1 poem will be an original poem you write yourself. -Include a short biography on yourself but write it in the 3rd person.   -3 poems will be amateur poetry by three friends of yours, or “teen” poems from the internet.  You do not have to include a biography on the poets here.  Just a copy of the poem and the name of the writer.  If you encounter a poem that has no name you may put the word “anonymous” at the bottom of the poem (no quotations). ·        Put copies of all the poems and the biographies of the authors into a booklet. ·        Put a cover on the front with the title, your name, the class, and the period you have me for class. ·        Decorate your poetry booklet.  The more creative you are the better your grade. Text Box: Create A Hero English IV only Create a Hero:   Draw & Dress your hero; give him/her a costume of some sort Do you want your hero to have an altar personality?  (like Superman, Spiderman, Batman?);  will the alter ego to hide himself/herself? Give your hero at minimum of 5 powers; be sure to draw on the body a symbol or show on the body what that power is… Give your hero 3 of the Archetypes.  You may need to do some writing for this part of the project.  Again, you must show what archetype you are including and a representation of each archetype on the poster. (You may use your notes)   Text Box: The Star Project English III & IV 1.  Draw a star no larger then an 8x10 paper. 2.  Paste a picture of yourself at any age you like. 3.  Decorate the star any way you want (the more colorful and creative, the better your grade!) 4.  On each of the points of the star place a symbol that represents some aspect of your life that is very important to you, or symbols that represent you as a person. 5.  Be ready to present your star orally in class! DIALECTICAL JOURNAL
English III PAP
Forth Six Weeks Exam
(**This Assignment is NOT extra credit!!!)
 

Dialectical Journal:

1.  Take a piece of paper and fold it in half vertically.
2.  Reopen it and see that you have created 2 columns.
3.  At the top of the left-hand column label the heading as QUOTES FROM THE TEXT.
4.  At the top of the right-hand column label the heading as COMMENTARIES.
5.  As you read you are to collect quotes and write comments to them.  These comments can be questions you have, an emotional appeal or reaction to a character or to something that happened.   In short you are to make comments about what you are reading.DO NOT:  Repeat or summarize what is being said in the quote.  I can see what is being said!  To make a comment is to create an opinion or reactions to the quote you chose!
6.  Please note the page numbers, chapters, or any other information that will help you keep track of your quotes.
7.  Number your quotes. (See sample); please number consecutively.  Do not start new numbering for each chapter.
 

See sample below:
Text Box: Create a Monster 1.  Name your monster 2.  Give your monster a story (How, Why was he/she created?) 3.  Create his/her looks... (Is it even human?) 4.  Give the monster powers or NOT! 5.  Determine your monster's motivation... (Is it inherently good or evil?)                                QUOTES                               COMMENTARIES

1.
pg 16  "...the class was wriggling                          So funny!  What's catabaw?
          like a bucket full of catabaw
          worms."
2.
pg. 30  "Sometimes it's better to bend                    Atticus is speaking metaphorically
            the law a little in special cases."                 here when he refers to "bending the
                                                                          law";  he means that some people
                                                                          are exempt from following the law
                                                                          in some cases.
3.
pg.37  "The tire bumped on gravel, skeetered         What's "skeetered"?  I like the
          across the road, crashed into a barrier          simile "...popped me like a cork".
          and popped me like a cork onto the              I remember doing stuff like this
          pavement."                                                when I was a kid!
Other Projects:

Power Point
English III PAP only

1.  You will create a power point on the topic of Puritans, American Revolutionaries, or Transcendentalists in a group of 4 or 5 of your peers in this class.
2.  The power point must have a minimum of 10 slides
3.  Every person in the group will be responsible for at least 2 slides that they will be graded for on an individual basis.
4.  Groups have been pre-formed by the teacher.  Please ask Mrs.. Perez for assignment of the group you will research on.
5.  The following info is what you will be looking for:
     a.  What is their view of God?
     b.  What values do they hold most important?
     c.  How do they define truth?
     d.  Do they have an optimistic view of life or a pessimistic one?
     e.  What are their views on work and worldly possessions?
     f.  What is their view of society (social order) ?
     g.  Who do they view as their authority?
     h.  What is their view of education?  (who is allowed to get one?)
     i.  Do they view man as inherently good or evil, or something in bewteen?