Last Poem Due, Presentation Practice, Due Dates

Your last poem is due today; by this time, all of your work should be turned in.  Tuesday is the last day I will accept late work.

Remember to bring all of your textbooks tomorrow, as we will be returning them to the library.  If you have an Independent Reading Book from my classroom, I will collect that on Tuesday as well.

Your poem presentations will be due on Tuesday.

Notebook checks will be done while you are taking the final.

Book Review, Due Dates

Your book review is due today.  Click on this link for ideas on how to respond, then share your review with me through Googledocs.

Your last poem will be due on Monday, and we will begin poem presentations.

Bring all of the textbooks you won't be needing for finals on Tuesday, as we are scheduled to do a book return on that day.  I will be collecting your Independent Reading Books on that date as well.  Also, we will finish the poem presentations.

Poem Due Today

Today is the due date for one of your poems; it could be any of the three that you are required to do: the slam, the sestina, or the sonnet.

Tomorrow, you will have class time to write your book review.

Monday, the last poem is due and we will begin the poem presentations.  Remember, you can pick any of the poems you've written, you don't have to have it memorized, but you do need to present it with some feeling.

Work Your Poems; Poem Presentation to Class

Today was a work day; tomorrow, one poem of your choice is due.

Keep reading your Independent Reading Book, as you will write your book review on Friday.

Think about which poem you'll want to present to class; we'll start the presentations on Monday.

SONNET information, helpful websites, and due dates.

Today you turned in either your slam (shared electronically with all the required elements highlighted and identified) or your sestina (written on the handout).  The other poem will be due on Thursday.  The last poem will be due on Monday (which will probably be the sonnet).  Friday, you will have class time to write a book review.  We'll have the presentations of your poems on Monday and Tuesday.  The schedule for finals is as follows:
Wed., June 11 Periods 3 & 4; Thur., June 12 Periods 6 & 7; Fri., June 13 Periods 1 & 2.

We began work on the sonnet.  There are two handouts, so get those from me if you were absent.  There are some helpful websites: for an overview of the different parts of a sonnet, click on this link; for help with dividing words into syllables or finding which syllable gets stressed, click on this link or this link.

Poetry Work Session

Today was a work day for either your slam or sestina; one of these poems will be due first thing tomorrow, your choice.  Share the slam poem with me on Googledocs, or turn in the sestina handout with your poem on it.

Due dates: Slam or sestina tomorrow.

                  Start collecting your textbooks to return to the library on Tuesday, June 10.

                  If your Independent Reading Book is from my classroom, I will need that 
                  returned to me by Tuesday, June 10.  If I don't get the book back, I will give
                  your name to Mara, the finance office lady, and she will put your name on the
                  Indebtedness List.