SENIORS: Work on finishing your Slam poem; not only do you need to have it written, but you also need to annotate it for everything on the rubric (pun, alliteration, consonance, assonance, perfect rhyme, slant rhyme, internal rhyme, and 4 of the following: metaphor, simile, personification, irony, hyperbole, or allusion).  Presentations will be on Wednesday, June 5, and Thursday, June 6.  Everyone needs to be ready on Wednesday.  I'll start with volunteers and then randomly call names.  If you tell me you're not ready, you'll lose 100points.  You still need to present, but you'll have to wait until everyone else has had an opportunity to present.  We're only doing this for 2 days; so if we run out of time, and you haven't presented, you're out of luck.  I will not listen to any presentations at any other time other than that Wednesday and Thursday.  So the smart thing would be to present on Wednesday; then you can be a relaxed audience member on Thursday.  The choice is yours.
BRING YOUR TEXTBOOKS ON MONDAY; WE'LL HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO GO TO THE LIBRARY TO RETURN THEM.  KEEP THE TEXTBOOKS YOU'LL NEED FOR FINALS.
 
SOPHOMORES: We started the News Article poem.  Find a news article from printed media that interests you and use it as inspiration for a poem.  Here is the rubric: Proof of article attached to poem--20 points; Paints a mental picture with imagery--20 points; Strong verbs and precise nouns--20 points; Effective line breaks and stanzas--20 points; Personification and metaphor or simile--20 points.  BRING YOUR TEXTBOOKS ON MONDAY; WE'LL HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO GO TO THE LIBRARY TO RETURN THEM.  KEEP THE TEXTBOOKS YOU'LL NEED FOR FINALS.