Write a concrete poem for Friday.

Concrete poetry or shape poetry is poetry where the physical shape of the poem represents the subject of the poem.

Compose 1 (minimum 10 lines) concrete poem for Friday.  Beneath the concrete poem write three responses: three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices BE SPECIFIC (include at least 3 in your poem on poetic device MUST BE ONOMATOPOEIA), and three sentences about concrete form (or the form you chose to use/adapt if you did not follow the conventional structure).  Make sure to include and underline three vocabulary words from Unit 14 either in your poem and/or in your responses.

Independent Reading Blog. Remember SSR is due Tuesday, June 10.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jhdh6_9pq2pNRwGZSxMQSHE0kuMubn74CR6bhAHkgxg/edit?usp=sharing

Write a free verse poem on a separate sheet of paper for Wednesday. READ ALL OF THE DIRECTIONS!

Harlem
BY LANGSTON HUGHES
What happens to a dream deferred?

      Does it dry up
      like a raisin in the sun?
      Or fester like a sore—
      And then run?
      Does it stink like rotten meat?
      Or crust and sugar over—
      like a syrupy sweet?

      Maybe it just sags
      like a heavy load.

      Or does it explode?


Langston Hughes, “Harlem” from Collected Poems. Copyright © 1994 by The Estate of Langston Hughes. Reprinted with the permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated.

Free verse is an open form (see Poetry analysis) of poetry that does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any other musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech. Although free verse requires no meter, rhyme, or other traditional poetic techniques, a poet can still use them to create some sense of structure. Much pattern and discipline is to be found in free verse: the internal pattern of sounds, the choice of exact words, and the effect of associations give free verse its beauty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_verse

Write a free verse poem of at least 10 lines on the theme of dreams.  Beneath the poem write three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices (include at least 3 poetic devices in your poem: ONE MUST BE IMAGERY AND THE OTHER MUST BE ONOMATOPOEIA! You may not use simile, metaphor, personification, symbolism, end rhyme, masculine rhyme, or feminine rhyme as well), and three sentences about the specific form you chose and how the form does or does not follow all of the "rules" of the form.  Incorporate at least three vocabulary words from Unit 13/14.

Do not forget to turn in your blog tomorrow!!!

Unit 14 Vocabulary: #1-10 due Tuesday, May 27; #11-20 due Thursday, May 29. Vocabulary Quiz Tuesday, June 3.

#1-10
annex, cleave, cordial, cornerstone, debacle, devitalize, embroil, exonerate, glib, haphazard.

#11-20
improvise, incite, influx, pallor, pedigree, precipitous, profuse, reconcile, shackle, threadbare.

Limerick: Poem #3. Due Friday, May 23.

Limerick-a short, humorous, five-line poem which follows a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA) and has 8-12 syllables in lines 1, 2 and 5 and 4-8 syllables in lines 3 and 4.

Limericks are meant to be funny. USE END RHYME AND FEMININE RHYME! The last line of a good limerick contains the PUNCH LINE or "heart of the joke."


A flea and a fly in a flue

Were caught, so what could they do?

Said the fly, "Let us flee."

"Let us fly," said the flea.

So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

-Anonymous

You will soon hear the distinctive beat pattern of all limericks. The rhythm is just as important in a limerick as the rhyme. Try completing this limerick.

There once was a pauper named Meg

Who accidentally broke her _______. (leg)

She slipped on the ______. (ice)

Not once, but thrice

Take no pity on her, I __________. (beg)

Compose a limerick for FRIDAY.  Beneath the limerick write three responses: three sentences about why you wrote the poem, three sentences about the poetic devices BE SPECIFIC (include at least 2 in your poem, one end rhyme and one feminine rhyme), and three sentences about limerick form (or the form you chose to use/adapt if you did not follow the conventional structure).

Ballad Due Monday, May 19.

Your ballad should have a minimum of 14 lines and it should include the following three forms/rules:

1. Refrain/chorus (a part that repeats at least 2 times)      
2. song-like

Ballad- A narrative poem, often of folk origin and intended to be sung, consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain
REMEMBER IF YOU SING YOUR BALLAD (and set it to music) YOU GET A FREE JOURNAL!

Yeah, well, well, well
Yeah, yeah, hey, hey

Driftin' on a memory
Ain't no place I'd rather be
Then with you, yeah
Lovin' you, well, well, well

Day will make a way for night
All we'll need is candle lights
And a song, yeah
Soft and long, well

Glad to be here alone
With a lover unlike no other
Sad to see a new horizon
Slowly comin' into view, yeah

I wanna be living for the love of you
Ah, yes I am
All that I'm giving is for the love of you
Alright now

Lovely as a ray of sun
That touches me when the mornin' comes
Feels good to me, yeah
My love and me, well

Smoother than a gentle breeze
Flowin' through my mind with ease
Soft as can be, well
When you're lovin' me
When you're lovin' me

Love to be right in the waves
Of your love enchanted with a touch
And it seems to me
We could sail together
In and out of mystery

Well, I wanna be living, for the love of you
Alright now
All that I'm giving, is for the love of you
You got me, girl

I wanna be living, for the love of you
Alright now
All that I'm giving, givin' is for the love of you
Oh, yes I am

Paradise I have within
Can't feel insecure again
You're the key
Well, and this I see
Oh, I see

Now and then I lose my way
Using words that try to say
What I feel, yeah, love is real
Oh, love is real

I might as well sign my name
On a card which could say it better
Time will tell 'cause it seems
That I done just about all that I can do

I know that I'm livin', for the love of you
Oh, yes I am
I know that I'm livin', for the love, love of you
Every, everyday I, livin', for the love of you

I'm living, for the love
Each and every day, oh yes I do
I'm gonna say it one more time

Said, "I'm living, for the love
Each and every day, oh"
Lord, Lord knows I am right, right now
Said that, "I'm livin' for the love"

The Isley Brothers. "Living for the Love of You."  12/5/2014. <http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics
        /isleybrothers/fortheloveofyou.html>.

Haiku due Monday, May 12.

In your journal create a haiku poem. A haiku is a three line poem. Line one has 5 syllables.  Line two has 7 syllables. Line three has 5 syllables.

Lines one and three should contain an exact rhyme...

Perfect rhyme — also called full rhyme, exact rhyme,^[1] or true rhyme — is a form of rhyme between two words or phrases, satisfying the following conditions:^[2][3]

• The stressed vowel sound in both words must be identical, as well as any subsequent sounds. For example "sky" and "high"; "skylight" and "highlight".
• The articulation that precedes the vowel sound must differ. For example, "green" and "spleen" is a perfect rhyme, while "leave" and "believe" is not.

"Perfect rhyme." Wikipedia.org 09/05/2014.  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_rhyme>.

Lines 1 and 3 should have a slant rhyme with line 2...

Half rhyme or slant rhyme, sometimes called near-rhyme or lazy rhyme, is a type of rhyme formed by words with similar but not identical sounds. In most instances, either the vowel segments are different while the consonants are identical, or vice versa.

"Half rhyme." Wikipedia.org. 09/05/2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_rhyme>.

Sample:

Dark tower, my mind
I climb to peaks of ivory
In you, peace I find. 

Here mind and find have the same stresses and sounds (perfect rhyme) and they share the "I" sound in "ivory" with the "I" sound in "mind" and "find" (slant rhyme). 

Journal #3 Understanding of LOTF

Write a personal quote that represents a general truth that you've gleaned from The Lord of The Flies.  Write a 3/4 page journal that explains your quote and include 3 vocabulary words from Unit 13.


My example:
"A man who speaks for the people will be hated by the people."

This represents how both Ralph and Piggy wanted what was best for the boys, they wanted them to be rescued, but the boys chose rebelling, hunting, and fighting, rather than working together in unity. Ultimately, both of these leaders were hated by the group and the group sought to kill them because they were envious of Ralph and Piggy's authority. ..... (3/4 page).

Finish reading LOTF. I will collect your questions and vocabulary on Monday.

Chapter 12 is long. Read pages 263-291.  Answer questions #10-18.

Below is the link to the vocabulary (if you can't find it)

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByORQRNqGS0sbzU1UEpLMnRBdXc/edit

Johnny, sorry it took so long to post.