1.
Summer seems like a few light years away
It's almost like my eyes will never meet
Those hot beautiful, cloudless, sunny days
All I really want is to feel the heat
In order for the summer to begin
School has to fade and be completely done
I refuse to waste another summer again
This time I will make sure that I have fun
Memorable days will be created
AS well as amazingly fun nights too
Those uneventful days will be hated
I'm so excited for summer woo-hoo
I truly adore this season the most
All the other seasons are like burnt toast
2.
No Longer Celluloid
The me I once knew had died long ago
This old masquerade retired with time
Lost and lonely, it's my soul I don't know
The voices of the world; which one is mine?
The darkness of the world hid the true me
The one I'd become started to emerge
Only then this world I began to see
For the past me's death I'd sing it a dirge
My transformations are completely done
My new life begins with only the truth
The war within myself has not been won
The world became beautiful in my youth
So looking at the shadows of my past
I see true contentment; alive at last
3.
Snowboarding is fun and cool and awesome
It feels good riding the white smooth snow
One time I ran over a cute possum
I really really hate going slow
I have a very sexy snowboard coat
I got a brand new snowboard on sale
It would be cool to snowboard on a boat
I stole my nice bindings and went to jail
The mountain is like a D.Q. blizzard
The powder is puffier than the clouds
I was snowboarding and saw a lizard
I hate snowboarding when there are big crowds
I love snowboarding with friends, not alone
I went snowboarding and I hit a cone
4.
A president's race at the end of the year
Three candidates vying for a place in history
All looking for votes as the time draws near
The democrat's choice? Still a mystery
McCain alone, as a Republican choice
Hails from Arizona, a hero indeed
In the tanker contract, he raised his voice
A hard choice for some? Why yes, sir indeed
I am too young to vote this time around
But I read the papers and watch the news
I voice my opinion and stand my ground
Clinton, McCain, Obama, whom to choose?
Our country's a mess thanks to George W. Bush
Which will clean house? Towards November, they push
5.
George Bush should have never been president
After 9/11 we should have learned
Now our economy has a big dent
And people think we are one big turd
Nuclear bombs were just some untrue worries
Sadam Hussein was saying some lies
That Bush used to make up lost of stories
George Bush is now being considered sly
Giant walls go up around the border
Built to keep out people that are hard working
When at our other there are drug smugglers
Those jobs aren't worth money or anything
So to all that agree with I say
Next time someone like Bush runs, we say nay.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Groups - Monday April 14th
1. Maria, Katie, Ben, and Sherman
2. Craig, Jeff, Nicole, and Jordan
3. Riley, Landon, Sang, and Brandon
4. Kim, Angela, Peter G., and Hangil
5. Sara, Jesselyn, Peter E., and Khari
6. Justine, Carlin, Zeke, and Jasmine
2. Craig, Jeff, Nicole, and Jordan
3. Riley, Landon, Sang, and Brandon
4. Kim, Angela, Peter G., and Hangil
5. Sara, Jesselyn, Peter E., and Khari
6. Justine, Carlin, Zeke, and Jasmine
Monday, April 14th - The prologue
In today's class, we will complete the following activities:
1. Share translation of sonnet 130. (pairs)
2. Share sonnet and choose one to read to the class. (pairs)
3. The Prologue – Group Activity
Directions: The prologue at the beginning of the play provides the reader (us) with an overview of the play. In order to understand the information the chorus provides in the prologue, your group needs to complete the following:
• Translate the prologue: The prologue is another example of a sonnet. In your group, translate the prologue line by line. Choose one person in your group who will write your translation on a piece of paper. ( 5 group points)
• 5 Key Terms: On the same sheet of paper, choose five vital terms that you believe are especially powerful or imaginative. Along with the key terms, explain why you believe those words are a vital component of the prologue (2-3 sentences). ( 5 group points)
• Scene: The main conflict in the play stems from the “Ancient grudge” that Shakespeare introduces in the prologue. The feud is between the Montagues (Romeo’s family) and the Capulets (Juliet’s family). Your group needs to create a scene that shows what long-ago incident sparked off the hatred between two of Verona’s leading families. Each group member must have a role in the scene. The scene needs to be at least one-page in length. You will perform the scenes for the class. (10 group points)
Homework:
1. Etymology project - Due Wednesday, April 16th
2. Quiz - Friday, April 18th
- Notes from the Shakespeare video
- The structure of a sonnet
1. Share translation of sonnet 130. (pairs)
2. Share sonnet and choose one to read to the class. (pairs)
3. The Prologue – Group Activity
Directions: The prologue at the beginning of the play provides the reader (us) with an overview of the play. In order to understand the information the chorus provides in the prologue, your group needs to complete the following:
• Translate the prologue: The prologue is another example of a sonnet. In your group, translate the prologue line by line. Choose one person in your group who will write your translation on a piece of paper. ( 5 group points)
• 5 Key Terms: On the same sheet of paper, choose five vital terms that you believe are especially powerful or imaginative. Along with the key terms, explain why you believe those words are a vital component of the prologue (2-3 sentences). ( 5 group points)
• Scene: The main conflict in the play stems from the “Ancient grudge” that Shakespeare introduces in the prologue. The feud is between the Montagues (Romeo’s family) and the Capulets (Juliet’s family). Your group needs to create a scene that shows what long-ago incident sparked off the hatred between two of Verona’s leading families. Each group member must have a role in the scene. The scene needs to be at least one-page in length. You will perform the scenes for the class. (10 group points)
Homework:
1. Etymology project - Due Wednesday, April 16th
2. Quiz - Friday, April 18th
- Notes from the Shakespeare video
- The structure of a sonnet
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Homework - 4/10
Due Monday, April 14th.
1. Diagram sonnets 18, 130 and 29 from handout.
2. Translate Sonnet 130 - Typed.
3. Create a Sonnet in your own words that follows this format:
a. 14 lines
b. 3 quatrains with the correct rhyme scheme.
c. 1 couplet
d. written in iambic pentameter
e. your subject needs to be love, beauty, politics or mortality.
Due Wednesday, April 16th - Etymology project.
1. Diagram sonnets 18, 130 and 29 from handout.
2. Translate Sonnet 130 - Typed.
3. Create a Sonnet in your own words that follows this format:
a. 14 lines
b. 3 quatrains with the correct rhyme scheme.
c. 1 couplet
d. written in iambic pentameter
e. your subject needs to be love, beauty, politics or mortality.
Due Wednesday, April 16th - Etymology project.
Sonnet 18 - Translated
Ohhh Baby, when I think of you, I compare your to a summer's day.
But when I think about it, you're lovelier and prettier. You know what I mean.
But you know what, the weather changes and summer will not last forever.
And Summer is never long enough, for me.
Sometimes summer is just too hot.
Sometimes it's not as warm as I would like.
Even the most beautiful things fade.
It could happen by chance, or because, baby, everything eventually gets old.
But your beauty will never fade or go away.
You will never lose your good looks or radiance.
When you grow old and become closer to death,
As long as men are alive and able to see,
Your continuous beauty will exists and make you special to me.
But when I think about it, you're lovelier and prettier. You know what I mean.
But you know what, the weather changes and summer will not last forever.
And Summer is never long enough, for me.
Sometimes summer is just too hot.
Sometimes it's not as warm as I would like.
Even the most beautiful things fade.
It could happen by chance, or because, baby, everything eventually gets old.
But your beauty will never fade or go away.
You will never lose your good looks or radiance.
When you grow old and become closer to death,
As long as men are alive and able to see,
Your continuous beauty will exists and make you special to me.
A Sonnet
A Sonnet is a form of poetry that Shakespeare used to create his famous poems: The Sonnets. A Sonnet is a fourteen line poem that follows a strict rhyme scheme and structure. The Sonnets consist of three four-line stanzas called quatrains, followed by a final couplet.
In a sonnet, each line is written in iambic pentameter. An iamb consists of one unstressed and one stressed syllable. If a line is written in iambic pentameter, that means that there are five iambs in the line.
A stanza is a unit within a larger poem.
A Quatrain is a poem, or a stanza in a poem, that follows a specific rhyme scheme. In a sonnet, the quatrain follows the rhyme scheme, abab, which means that every other line in the quatrain rhymes.
A couplet is a pair of lines that usually rhyme.
If a sonnet is written in iambic pentameter, has three quatrains, and one couplet; it will look like this:
Sonnet 18
(a)Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
(b)Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
(a)Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
(b)And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
(c)Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
(d)And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
(c)And every fair from fair sometime declines,
(d)By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed:
(e)But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
(f)Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
(e)Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
(f)When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
(g)So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
(g)So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
In a sonnet, each line is written in iambic pentameter. An iamb consists of one unstressed and one stressed syllable. If a line is written in iambic pentameter, that means that there are five iambs in the line.
A stanza is a unit within a larger poem.
A Quatrain is a poem, or a stanza in a poem, that follows a specific rhyme scheme. In a sonnet, the quatrain follows the rhyme scheme, abab, which means that every other line in the quatrain rhymes.
A couplet is a pair of lines that usually rhyme.
If a sonnet is written in iambic pentameter, has three quatrains, and one couplet; it will look like this:
Sonnet 18
(a)Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
(b)Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
(a)Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
(b)And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
(c)Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
(d)And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
(c)And every fair from fair sometime declines,
(d)By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed:
(e)But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
(f)Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
(e)Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
(f)When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
(g)So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
(g)So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
List of words
1. book
2. cappuccino
3. circus
4. umpire
5. valentine
6. telephone
7. zipper
8. speak
9. sunbeam
10. salad
11. senile
12. read
13. pickle
14. cute
15. comrade
16. pretzel
17. nest
18. noise
19. lobster
20. hamburger
21. fiction
22. dungeon
23. enthusiasm
24. croissant
25. coupon
26. avocado
27. alligator
28. cologne
29. chivalry
30. dress
31. queen
32. caterpillar
2. cappuccino
3. circus
4. umpire
5. valentine
6. telephone
7. zipper
8. speak
9. sunbeam
10. salad
11. senile
12. read
13. pickle
14. cute
15. comrade
16. pretzel
17. nest
18. noise
19. lobster
20. hamburger
21. fiction
22. dungeon
23. enthusiasm
24. croissant
25. coupon
26. avocado
27. alligator
28. cologne
29. chivalry
30. dress
31. queen
32. caterpillar
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