Friday, November 20, 2015

Portfolio Check

I will collect portfolios on Tuesday. Here is the minimum I will look for:

1. Random Connections Exercise
2. Ode
3. Elegy (as assigned by classmates)
4. Sonnet
5. Carpe Diem/Epitaph Exercise

If I missed any major poem assignments please comment on the blog! Have a great weekend.

Sonnet Info from the Izzy, Karlamarie and Xavier
14 lines
Lines are 10 syllables long
The first quatrain-(four intermixed lines
 that alternatingly rhyme)
The second quatrain-(four intermixed lines
 that alternatingly rhyme)
The third quatrain-(four intermixed lines
 that alternatingly rhyme)
The couplet- Two lines at the end that
 rhyme directly with each other)
 
The rhyme scheme is abab/cdcd/efef/gg
 
Use this info and prior knowledge to craft your poem please.
 
*Note: Please start to think about your Scholastic entries!

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