The Final Class Periods of Spring 2012

First Class Period
At the beginning of class on Monday (Tuesday for Period 7),students should have a typed rough draft of their fourth-quarter book report. They should have the prewriting for the introduction (5-8 sentences) and the conclusion (4-5 sentences) in their journal or written out on a separate sheet of paper. [Credit will not be given for the introduction and conclusion being included in the rough draft. It needs to be PREwriting.]

In class, students will peer critique a classmate's book report. They will receive a study guide for the Romeo and Juliet test. (I decided not to post the review sheet on the blog. I will explain in class.)

Homework: Revise the fourth-quarter book report and begin studying for the Romeo and Juliet test and continue studying for the vocabulary test.

Second Class Period
The revised draft of the fourth-quarter book report will be due at the beginning of class.

Students will complete a peer edit and have the remainder of the time to study for the Romeo and Juliet test and the vocabulary test.

Homework: Complete the final draft of the fourth-quarter book report and continue studying for the comprehensive vocabulary test over the ten units of the Vocabulary Energizers book.

Third Class Period
The final draft of the fourth quarter book report will be due at the beginning of class. It must be submitted to turnitin.com as well by 10:00 p.m. Thursday.

Students will have the entire class period to study for the Romeo and Juliet test and the vocabulary Test.

Fourth Class Period

50 question multiple-choice test over Romeo and Juliet

Test Period
100 question multiple-choice test over Vocabulary Energizers (Students should have studied using flashcards provided by the teacher.)

Turnitin.com Submissions

Students should have their research paper submitted to Turnitin.com no later than 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. They have already had a couple days to get this done. Sunday will be the fifth or sixth day (depending on the period) that students have had to achieve this task.

Remember to print out any changes you chose to make and bring your revised draft to the first class period of next week to replace the copy you submitted earlier.

Have a great weekend!

Homework for May 7/8

Read the four poems found on pages 904-908. List an example of a simile, a metaphor, and personification. (These terms are defined on page 903).

Stanzas

Stanza Units

Stanzas are groups of lines and are typically described by the number of lines they contain.

A one-line stanza is a monostich.

A Two-line stanza is a couplet.

A three-line stanza is a tercet.

A four-line stanza is a quatrain.

A five-line stanza is a cinquain.

A six-line stanza is a sestet.

A seven-line stanza is a septet.

An eight-line stanza is an octave.

Stanzas longer than eight lines are named more directly by the number of lines, e.g. a nine-line stanza, a thirteen-line stanza, a twenty-seven line stanza, etc.

Memorize these stanza line names for a quiz.