April 17

After you have completed your last document on Poetry and shared it with me, follow these directions:

Task- write a play in a setting (historical time and place) besides our own, with at least 3 different characters, a strong sense of the setting, an identifiable conflict and at least 3 events that take place during the play.  The length of the play must be at least 7 double spaced pages in a 12 point font- it must be typed.

I encourage you to work in pairs on this project.

Step 1- Research the Setting:  decide the when and where in the context of history.  Then, answer the following questions about that time and place.  You will be able to find most of this information on the internet.

What did the people of this time and place wear?
How did they travel?
What is their language like?
What events happened during their time?  List at least 3.
What kind of music and literature was popular during this time and place?
What did the average person during this time and place believe in, philosophically and/or religiously?

TURN IN THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS (above and below) TO ME FOR A GRADE- share it in a document.  Be sure to include your name in the title of your document.

Step 2 - Plot Outline and Characters (Cast): decide what will happen and what the characters are "like".

1.  List the characters, including their names, their personality qualities and their background.
2.  Create a diagram of the events that take place during the play- decide on how the play begins, ends and what happens in between.  Include this in your Google Doc.

April 16

Finish the Poetry Google doc from April 14 and share it with me- it was due yesterday, April 15.

Poetry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Poetic Techniques and Forms

Playing with Poetic Patterns:

Complete each of theses activities below.  After you have completed these, take a look at the work you have done.  Choose and revise at least two poems to be graded.  Share your response to these activities in a Google doc to me, by the end of the period.

Imagery- Construct a five line poem, consisting of at least three different types of sensory details(ie- sight, sound, touch, smell, taste) from a moment from your experience, in the space below.

Simile

Select a simile that is an appropriate comparison for any type of emotion and continue to define that emotion in a five line poem below.

Extended Metaphor/ Metaphor

Take the abstract idea of Nature or Spirituality and construct an apt metaphor for the idea.  Be sure that this metaphor makes use of the principle of comparison in such a way that defines the abstract idea specifically.

Personification

Create a monster for any emotion of your choosing.  Explain what it looks like, how it moves, what it sounds like, smells etc.  Be sure that this emotion is described and depicted fully.  You may use any form you choose.

Literary Form- Cinquain

Construct a Cinquain about any subject of your choosing.  Apply the form:

1.      Title noun

2.      Description of the noun

3.      Action

4.      Feeling or effect

5.      Synonym of the initial noun

Poetry from Other Places

A. Journal Activity- writing silently for ten minutes, remember and write notes on your favorite movie.  Then, from the notes, transform your ideas into lines of poetry- create a poem from your favorite movie.  Of course, write this as a Google doc.

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B. Blog Activity-
Using the Short Story that you just finished in the last unit, create a poem communicating the deeper issues that the short story expresses.  Do not exceed 15 lines; compress the meaning and find phrases that sound good as well.

Share this with me by the end of the period.