Write a Haiku, Win a Laptop

A haiku is a short poem that follows a particular syllable count pattern.

Line 1 - 5 Syllables
Line 2 - 7 Syllables
Line 3 - 5 Syllables

Visit scholastic.com/haiku to find out how you can win a laptop by writing a haiku!

Song Lyrics / Lyric Essay

Your essay or rewritten song lyrics are due today, Friday, May 15, 2009.

Essays must be typed.

If you have time please type your rewritten song lyrics and include a copy of the original song when you turn your assignment in.

Attention: I would like to hear these songs when I grade your assignments so try to find an online version and create a link to the website or bring in a CD, ipod, phone, or other way to let the class listen you your song on Monday.

Use the icon (world with chain link) in you blog Post toolbar to create a link to a website.

"You Are My Sunshine"

You Are My Sunshine


You Are My Sunshine

IB Art Walk

Nasrallah, Kristin. "Pretty Girl." Acrylic Painting. 2009.

















Zimmer, Asunda. "Sad Girl." Transparency with Flower Petals. 2009.




















Nasrallah, Kristin. "Horse." Acrylic Painting. 2009.



















Zimmer, Asunda. "Snake." Guache Painting. 2009.















Gaiser, Colin. "Pigs." Acrylic on Cardboard. 2009.



















Bechtold, Julia. "Missing Pieces." Acrylic on Cardboard. 2009.















Felde, Becca. "Hands." Watercolor and Pen. 2009



















Felde, Becca. "Guitar." Mixed Media. 2009.



















Zimmer, Asunda. "Girl with Flowers." Photograph. 2009
















Zimmer, Asunda. "Sunflower." Acrylic on Cardboard. 2009.




















Zimmer, Asunda. "Cross." Glass, Mirrors, and Acrylic Mosaic. 2009
















Gaiser, Colin. "Buddhist Monk." Pencil Drawing. 2009.



















Nasrallah, Kristin. "Blue Picasso." Acrylic on Cardboard with Clay and Caulking. 2009.















Gaiser, Colin. "Veiled Woman." Pastel Drawing. 2009.
















McNutt, Beth. "Angry Train." Guache Painting. 2009.




















Ottin, Michael. "Jamaican Bacon." Oil Painting. 2009.

New Poems to Post

1. Update your blogs with poems that you have written recently:

Rewritten Song Lyrics
Chorus Rewrites (Jingle/Sunshine)
Urban Silence Poems
IB Art Walk Poems
Alliteration (Dictionary) Poems
Carpe Diem Poems (Extra Credit)
Personal Photo Poems
Imagery Poems (Topic of your choice)
Favorite Poems (from book)
Holiday Poems
So Much Depends Upon
Everyday Photo Poems (Turcotte Photos)
Twinkle Rewrite
Riddle Poems
Found Poems
Acronym Poems

2. Add pictures to your blog and cite the artist/source using MLA standards. Photos for the IB Artists will be on this blog by Friday.

3. Create a Link List for your blog by going to LAYOUT and ADD A GADGET

Add fhspoetry2009.blogspot.com
Add your friends blogs by copy and pasting the URL for your friends' blogs. Just follow the links at the FHS Poetry 2009 home blog.

4. Email your family and friends your blog address and invite them to read your poems and leave comments.

Poetry Updates / New Projects

1. Make sure you have a "Snazzy Blog." See previous posts. Your blogs need to have the requirements if you want an "A." All other grades will be assigned based on what you have completed.

2. Post your Everyday Photo poem and Personal Photo poem with pictures. Photos for the Everyday Photos can be found on this blog. Remember to cite your sources using MLA standards. I am the artist for all photos except "The Scream" by artist Edmund Munch.

Ms. Stoner in the Writing Center will help you scan or upload your photos to your folder so you can include them on your blog.

3. What is a Wiki? Check out Wikipedia.org and make a post a comment here about wikis and what you think of them.

4. Work on a Wiki for FHS Poetry by clicking here and add your one-sentence summaries for Chapter 8: Allusion, or definitions and examples for any literary terms and academic vocabulary for Poetry.

Snazzy Blogs

Create blogs that you are proud of and want to share! Go above and beyond. Challenge yourself to have the best blog in the class.

1. 3 Visuals
2. 3 MLA Citations
3. 8 Poems
4. 2 Gabcast Recordings
5. Provide a description for your blog. More metabytes (keywords) will make your blog more
google-able. Go to SETTINGS tab.


Homework:

1. Important photograph/image
2. Review poems Sound and Sense Chapter 6.
3. Interpret one poem (5 questions p. 31).
"The Sick Rose"
"A Noiseless Patient Spider"
"Digging"
"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"

Everyday Photos

Photographs taken by Jennifer Turcotte