Outsider Scenes

Your scenes from the novel The Outsiders are due May 14th and 15th.

You will be presenting on stage in the auditorium!
 

Personal narrative due May 2nd

1) choose a moment in your life that you can describe in great detail, using imagery and literary devices. (You are allowed to embellish to make it more dramatic.)

2) review the sample text given in class.

3) write a rough copy that's 300-350 words long

4) good copy should be typed or written in pen with a cover page.

rough and good copy are due Friday, May 2nd.

TIP: Include a lesson, moral or theme in the first paragraph to set the tone of your story. For example, "They say beauty is only skin deep, ...."

Oral Presentation (speech)

What you will need for your oral presentation:

1) re-written good copy of speech (in blue pen or on computer, no cover page needed, do not write in the boarder of your loose leaf, include a title for your speech, and underline the example of figurative language in your speech)

2) q-cards with notes on your speech to help you with your presentation


How you will be graded:

60% expression, tone, enthusiasm, effort

40% memorization (how often did you look down at your notes)


Due Date:

Tuesday April 8th, Day 7, period 4


Practice and do a good job!

Poetry Portfolio

Last Poetry Assignment

Create a Poetry Portfolio


Use the booklet given in class to help you create 2 poems (each with their own particular form).

Add the three poems done in class (metaphor, alliteration and personification) to create a poetry portfolio containing 5 poems in total.

You will be marked on: presentation, grammar and spelling, as well as creativity (use of figures of speech, form and vocabulary).

This will be due on April Fools (the first of April)!

Good luck and have fun!

Your "I Have a Dream" Speech

Now it's your turn to write a speech.


step 1: Pick a problem that affects a group of people. Perhaps it's a problem which also affects you or the people in your life. (For example: smoking.)


step 2: Fill in the template for a speech given to you.


step 3: Write it out in paragraph form using figurative language like: similes, metaphors, repetition, alliteration, etc.


EX.:


                                        
                                I Have a Dream


       The problem with cigarettes is that they are slowly killing our nation. We can never be satisfied as long as first and second hand smoke continues to kill the people we care about. We cannot be satisfied as long as we see the smoke as thick as molasses fill their lungs. We will not be satisfied as long as our family and friends continue to hurt themselves and the people around them.
        I have a dream that people everywhere who are offered a cancer stick will respond "No!" I have a dream that all cancer-causing, tar-filled cigarettes will be thrown into oblivion. I have a dream that one day the world will be cigarette-free.
        When my dream takes shape in reality, I shall praise God, for he is good, and I shall say to the world, "Thank you! It was too late for my grandmother, but it may not be too late for yours."


written by
Rikki-Katrina Brophy Wiltshire

Alliteraion

Alliteration is when the sound at the beginning of a word is repeated at least once.

Write a Valentine's Day poem using alliteration.

 

Boys on Valentine's Day

Boys don't like,

Bows and

Bouquets.
But on Valentine's Day,
Bouquets and

Bows,

are bought by

boys.

Personification Poem

Inanimate Objects                                  Human Actions (verbs)

trees    wind    sky                               dance     laugh     sigh
engine    waves   clouds                      sing       groan     whistle
boat     breeze    sunlight                      cry         shout     wink
chair     motor     door                          laugh     play       stare     
pencil   curtains     book                      punch    slap      wrestle
water      fire        mirror                       run      swim        die  
dress     pants       sand                        cough     call        mock
shirt      shoes      glove                        fight       argue        eat
fork     spoon       dish                          listen        ask          speak
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1) Pick 4 pairs of words that can be connected to each other.
    (You can add words that are not on the list.)
ex:
   Palm trees  --)  danced
   Sunlight     --)  winked
   Breeze       --)   played
   Waves       --)   chased

2) Use them to create a descriptive poem. (Your title will bring it all together.)

     The sunlight winked at me,
     while the waves chased each other down the shore.
     The palm trees danced,
     as the breeze played on.

What title would work for this poem?