English 9b, Day 9 * Thurs/Fri Bell Ringer #25 Acrostic Acrostic poems are often misunderstood as the simplest, least-poetic types of poems. Prove this assumption wrong. Write an acrostic poem (at least 5 lines) that incorporates poetic elements = awesomeness. You pick the word. Include phrases, instead of merely words, for the letters of the selected word. When you are done . . . TEEEEEESSSSSTTTTTTTT

English 9b, Day 9 * Thurs/Fri Poetry Test You are a person of honor and integrity !!! Do not write on the test packet. Use PENCIL. Some of the answers are short responses. > Write # 1-5 and # 41-42 on the back side of the scantron. DO NOT fill in any bubbles for these numbers. > Write #20 under your name on the front side When you are done . . . * Finish your acrostic (bell-ringer), then . . . * REAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDD

Coursers = swift and strong horse Frigate = warship Coursers = swift and strong horse Traverse = path, journey across something Frugal = costing little

The path to a CNA . . .

Upcoming Due Dates B = 13 A B typed current event exploration # 3 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 3 Poetry Test Notebook & vocab due Portfolio “soft due date” B = 20 YES REALLY = B again!!! “final due date” typed current event exploration # 4 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 4 Vocab #2 due & quiz A = 27 A = 1 typed current event exploration # 5 due 12 p.m. w/ Works Cited entries = 5 18 = SAT = Boise Code Camp

Q3 CECE You will be turning in 3ish pieces of paper!!!! 3 pages now . . . I think Works Cited is demanding enough space to push you to 3 pages # 4 = due Wed by noon, 4 works cited entries!

CECE Review Get out one blank sheet of paper. Fold it into quarters. Top margin: Writer name & per # Review #1 Review #2 Review #3 Review #4

About the CECE reviews . . . BEEEEEEE NIIIIIICCCEEEEEE Mean people stink (sorry, not sorry – it’s true) The CECE peer review process is supposed to help show you the good, the bad, and the ugly of your peers’ writing . . . . . .it is not meant to give you, or anyone else, the opportunity to belittle or befuddle people. You can be critical of a person’s writing without attacking their character, their value as a person, or their wonderful creative capacity. BEEEEEEE NIIIIIICCCEEEEEE

You will be completing _???_ reviews. Each paper gets read 4x in your group. Be honest. Be nice. Find a way to do both. Top margin: Writer name & per # Review #1 Signature & per # Review #2 Review #3 Review #4 Review #1: Read the story. You are the warm-fuzzy reviewer: tell the writer what he/she did well. 50 words.

You will be completing _???_ reviews. Multiple paragraphs = okay! If using dialogue start new lines when speaker changes! Each paper gets read 4x in your group. Be honest. Be nice. Find a way to do both. Review #2: 50 words. Read the story. You are the cautiously critical reviewer of ideas. Tell the writer what he/she could have done better. Is the STORY COMPONENT 1ish page long? How catchy is (are) the opening line(s)? Top margin: Writer name & per # Review #1 Signature & per # Review #2 Review #3 Review #4

You will be completing _???_ reviews. Each paper gets read 4x in your group. Be honest. Be nice. Find a way to do both. Review #3: You are the responder about life impact. What did this perspective teach you? What did you learn? How would/will you treat this person differently? What did you learn “in another person’s skin”? 50 words. Top margin: Writer name & per # Review #1 Signature & per # Review #2 Review #3 Review #4

You will be completing _???_ reviews. Each paper gets read 4x in your group. Be honest. Be nice. Find a way to do both. Review #4: You are the format quality control. Check their format / heading / works cited / details. Fix what is broken. Write them a message. 50 words. Top margin: Writer name & per # Review #1 Signature & per # Review #2 Review #3 Review #4

#3 = 3 entries 4 for next time!!!! Last name # Works Cited "Athlete's Foot - Topic Overview." WebMD, 25 Sept. 2014, www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/athletes-foot-topic-overview. Accessed 6 July 2015. Author. Title of article. Title of publication, Publisher, Publication Date, Location (pages, paragraphs and/or URL, DOI or permalink). Date of Access (if applicable). Lundman, Susan. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_ make-vegetarian-chili.html. Accessed 6 July 2015.

Due date: Friday, 2/17 (can turn in Tues, 2/21 no penalty)

~*~Table of Contents~*~ CECE Review What is Poetry? You’re a poet Goals Intelligence Test Friendly 4-square 7. The Stonecutter #8 Dueling Poets # 9 Poetry Explication #10 Choose your own poem explication . . . Haiku – Lowku 12 Poem about a collective 13. Identity 14. Poemystery Short Poem Free Verse Choose your own poem explication . . . Iambic Pentameter Hyperbole I am Iambic Titles = Meaning?? Portfolio Quiz Limericks are Fun 24. Concrete Poem 25. Acrostic 26. Envelope Poem

Face the Bucket of Fate . . . Select one envelope from the bucket. Do NOOOOTTTTTT open the envelope. Look at the first line of your poem, written on the front of your envelope. Is it short or long? Does it contain big or small words? What images does it evoke? Who do you imagine speaking it?

Envelope Poem Get in the mind of the poet: inhabit the speaker. Copy the first line of the poem . . . . . .then YOU write the REST of the poem. At least 10 lines. Will you use rhyme? Will you try a rhythm? What poetic elements will you include???

 Turn in notebook if you don’t need it for portfolio.  You are working on . . . Reading Self-Selected Book (audio books are awesome . . . But your SSB should be in print or digital – requires diff brain activity and comprehension skills) Poetry Portfolio w/ folder (due date 2/17ish) Due Wed, noon = CECE 4 w/ 4 works cited entries  Turn in notebook if you don’t need it for portfolio. 