Most people have mixed emotions about poetry. Odds are, you've studied poetry in many different ways throughout your academic career. You also may have experience with poetry outside of school - from reading nursery rhymes with your parents to participating in or observing an open mic or poetry slam.
Consider your poetry background and write about one specific positive experience you've had with poetry. Write several paragraphs about the experience and why or how it made a positive impact on your life. Be sure to be specific in recalling the poetry or type of poetry involved - titles and poets names are important to recall.
After describing your good experience, write a little about your attitude toward poetry at this point in your life. This does not have to be a long paragraph, just a few sentences about your feelings or emotions when you hear the word "poetry" or what you think about when poetry is mentioned in class.
Due Saturday, June 4.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Conflict in Romeo and Juliet
Wow! This is the latest in the week the blog assignment has ever been posted. Instead of being due on Saturday, you have until Tuesday, May 17 to complete your post.
Throughout the year we have focused on different literary elements in each unit. Although conflict is present within every work we've studied, it is most prevalent and most crucial to the plot and characters in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Your essay for this unit will involve both Shakespeare's use of language and how conflict is created within the play.
Throughout the play, characters struggle with conflict on many different levels. The title teenagers face their own internal conflicts, are involved with conflicts with other characters, and are essentially in conflict with the society of which they live. Identify one specific conflict at work in Romeo and Juliet and describe its importance to the central themes of the play and how it extends to your life, our society, or to people important to you.
Write two complete, thoughtful paragraphs for this post. The first should identify a specific conflict in the play: accurately paraphrase or quote the play and describe the type of conflict. Then describe this conflict's importance and how it develops central themes of the play.
In the second paragraph, discuss how this type of conflict is present in your life or in the lives of people important to you or how it is present in our society. What is the significance of conflict? How does conflict link to meaning in your life? How do you or people in general deal with conflict? Be thoughtful and creative in addressing these questions.
Considering these ideas will serve as prewriting material for your final essay for 9th grade Honors English.
Due Tuesday, May 17.
Throughout the year we have focused on different literary elements in each unit. Although conflict is present within every work we've studied, it is most prevalent and most crucial to the plot and characters in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Your essay for this unit will involve both Shakespeare's use of language and how conflict is created within the play.
Throughout the play, characters struggle with conflict on many different levels. The title teenagers face their own internal conflicts, are involved with conflicts with other characters, and are essentially in conflict with the society of which they live. Identify one specific conflict at work in Romeo and Juliet and describe its importance to the central themes of the play and how it extends to your life, our society, or to people important to you.
Write two complete, thoughtful paragraphs for this post. The first should identify a specific conflict in the play: accurately paraphrase or quote the play and describe the type of conflict. Then describe this conflict's importance and how it develops central themes of the play.
In the second paragraph, discuss how this type of conflict is present in your life or in the lives of people important to you or how it is present in our society. What is the significance of conflict? How does conflict link to meaning in your life? How do you or people in general deal with conflict? Be thoughtful and creative in addressing these questions.
Considering these ideas will serve as prewriting material for your final essay for 9th grade Honors English.
Due Tuesday, May 17.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Romeo and Juliet: It's Everywhere!
As you immerse yourself in Romeo and Juliet you should be becoming aware of the pervasiveness of the story's impact on modern culture. Some references to the story are obvious, like Gnomeo and Juliet or Letters to Juliet, but others are more subtle - think The Hunger Games or Twilight.
Find something that references the timelessness of Romeo and Juliet. You could find a picture, post a link to an article, embed a video, copy song lyrics or just blog about a specific instance where you noticed the play being referenced in modern culture. Try to think of something no one else will think of!
Make sure the reference is clear and your reaction to it is clearly and cleverly conveyed...creativity counts here!
Post and comment by Saturday, May 7.
Find something that references the timelessness of Romeo and Juliet. You could find a picture, post a link to an article, embed a video, copy song lyrics or just blog about a specific instance where you noticed the play being referenced in modern culture. Try to think of something no one else will think of!
Make sure the reference is clear and your reaction to it is clearly and cleverly conveyed...creativity counts here!
Post and comment by Saturday, May 7.
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