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English 7 project A CHRISTMAS CAROL /”WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?” POETRY ANTHOLOGY START project on Monday, December 9, 2013 Project DUE on Monday, December 16, 2013 REQUIREMENTS: EACH STUDENT WILL BUILD A POETRY ANTHOLOGY (COLLECTION OF POEMS) Anthology will include COVER PAGE
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English 7 project A CHRISTMAS CAROL/”WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?” POETRY ANTHOLOGY START project on Monday, December 9, 2013 Project DUE on Monday, December 16, 2013 REQUIREMENTS: • EACH STUDENT WILL BUILD A POETRY ANTHOLOGY (COLLECTION OF POEMS) • Anthology will include • COVER PAGE • TABLE OF CONTENTS • THREE POEMS – WRITTEN BY THE STUDENT – THAT REFER TO OR USE THE ELEMENTS OF EITHER A CHRISTMAS CAROL OR “LOVE” – OR BOTH. GRADING RUBRIC *** SEE SPECIFIC GUIDANCE ABOUT POEMS ON REVERSE
ACROSTIC POEM (SOURCE: http://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html)In Acrostic poems, the first letters of each line are aligned vertically to form a word. An example: • Elegantly and efficiently shaped Good to eat Great fun to find at Easter Smooth shelled • DIAMANTE POEM (SOURCE: http://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html)The text of a Diamante forms the shape of a diamond. Line 1: Noun or subject - one word Line 2: Two Adjectives that describe line 1 Line 3: Three 'ing words that describe line 1 Line 4: Four nouns - the first two are connected with line 1; the last two are connected with line 7 Line 5: Three 'ing words that describe line 7 Line 6: Two adjectives that describe line 7 Line 7: Noun Synonym for the subject • SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET • It has 14 lines. For this assignment, it expresses a single, complete thought, idea or sentiment related to A Christmas Carol and/or “love” • It follows the ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme • EXAMPLE: • SONNET 18 • By William Shakespeare • Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? (A)Thou art more lovely and more temperate: (B)Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, (A)And summer's lease hath all too short a date: (B)Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, (C)And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; (D)And every fair from fair sometime declines, (C)By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; (D)But thy eternal summer shall not fade (E)Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; (F)Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, (E)When in eternal lines to time thou growest: (F)So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, (G)So long lives this and this gives life to thee. (G)