Homework for week of April 28th

I hope you feel accomplished for finishing your literary research paper! Good work! As you know, I am in DC for the Poetry Out Loud National Finals from Tuesday through Thursday of this week. Here are the things on your homework list:

Monday: Select five works of literary merit that have changed your thinking in some way over your high school career.
All week: Complete sonnet or sestina by Friday.
Tuesday: Study literary terms for Poetry and fiction. Quiz will be on Tuesday, May 6.
 Friday: Please post an original poem of your choice to the poetry blog by Monday.

Have a good week! See you Friday!

Literary Research Project and fixed forms poems

This week, your priority is to continue to work on your literary research project paper. Please allow time for drafting and revising. Also, I would strongly recommend you read an exemplar paper (or two!). Also, make sure to consult the rubric which I sent you in Google. It also appears here on the blog post for 3/17.

Meanwhile, in poetlandia, we are going to try our hand at one other fixed form poem.

Here are rules for a sestina:
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue197/sestina.html

Here is an example of a sestina:
http://faculty.washington.edu/rmcnamar/383/bishop.html

Here are the rules for a Shakespearean sonnet:
http://www.sonnetwriters.com/how-to-write-a-sonnet/

Here is a famous example from Shakespeare:
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html

You'll choose one of these fixed forms and write your own original sonnet or sestina. This work will be done in class, as your out-of-class hours will be spent on your masterpiece. You are welcome.

Literary Research project work

This week and next, you should have laser focus on your paper. I have sent you three examples on Google for introductions and body paragraphs, as well as a sample paper on Stephen Crane. In addition, I sent you the rubric a few weeks ago. Please review.

I am including three more links here, as well as the Steinbeck paper which is on the blog already. The American Dream is much longer than the requirement, but it offers a very complex insight. The first two papers in the list discuss multiple authors, but one is on Jane Austen and has a thematic focus. I think the thematic focus is the way to go, as my individual conferences with you suggest. I hope these are helpful.

American Dream exemplar

European dystopia exemplar

Austen exemplar

Steinbeck exemplar


Deadlines: Three pages (minimum) and an outline due Friday
Final draft due: Monday, April 28. This is a firm deadline. Even if you are not in school, I expect the paper to be turned in on Google docs. Late penalties of 10 points per day will apply.