Today in Class
Vocabulary Unit 8 was stamped. The quiz for this unit will be on Friday, March 2--same format as last semester: first a matching word and definition, then a frame sentece completion section. Just as an early FYI, a cumulative test on Units 8-15 will be 20 percent of the second semester final exam. This section will be given on a separate day about a week before the final exam.

Homework for Tomorrow
In preparation for instructions on a creative poetry packet, find and BRING TO CLASS (typed out, printed out from the internet, photocopied from a source) a poem that you have found that you like. Also, use the time to start reviewing poetry terms from the list you have (there will be a test. . .), and many of you should study vocab words for Friday.

First Day Post (Non)-Break

If you were here last week and have finished everything, hooray. You can work on Vocab Unit 8 for Wednesday, or take the night off.

But if you haven't finished the packet, whether you were here or gone, you need to do so. It's due tomorrow, Feb. 27. Vocab work (Unit 8) is due on Wednesday.

Today in class:
Essays turned in; don't forget to post to turnitin.com before midnight tonight, and if you forgot your All Quiet book today, please try to bring it tomorrow.

Homework: Two tasks, described below
We worked on a hand-out for rhythm and rhyme; do the last two items on the back of that sheet that we didn't get to in class. Also, read carefully the hand-out "Cracking A Poem." We didnt' "go over it"--but the first four items are fairly self-explanatory. Apply the first four steps to Shakespeare's sonnet "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day" from the hand-out on which you did your first box journal.