Friday, April 11th

The Analysis of Lyrics:

Do Now:  Take out your notes from yesterday and review the literary terms for today's selected songs.

Lesson Objectives:

Know: Key concepts literary terms, including but not limited to those discussed in class this week.

Understand: Students understand the techniques employed by successful songwriters/musicians and how poetry and lyrics overlap.

Do: Analyze selected song and transfer enhanced analytical skills to future songs of student choice.

                                          

2/11/14: Vacation Homework

We have read approximately half of your independent reading books.  Your vacation assignment is to finish reading the remainder of your book.  On the Monday that we return, there will be an in-class essay to help assess your understanding of what you read.  You will be allowed to use your annotations during the essay, so be sure to mark up important quotes and concepts while you read.

Poetry Project

Poetry & Music Project                                                 NAME: _____________________________

Due Wednesday, May 7th

SHOW ME THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED HOW TO RECOGNIZE POETIC DEVICES!

Objective: You will identify poetic devices in songs of your own choosing & share with the class in a presentation.

✔You will “teach” the class how you identified each device in one or more songs.  You may include the music to the song, BUT you must not go over EIGHT MINUTES.  At eight minutes your presentation will end, and you will only be graded on the first eight minutes.  Therefore, you may have to “splice” your song (just use a portion of it).  You do NOT need the music to use those lyrics in your presentation (it’s optional).

✔You will provide a copy of the lyrics to Ms. O’Donnell at least a day BEFORE your presentation

 (24 hours in advance!).

✔Your lyrics MUST be school appropriate.  Absolutely no derogatory, racist, sexist, vulgar, profane, or just plain insulting lyrics are allowed.  You have been warned.  You WILL receive a zero.

✔You must credit your sources on the final page by giving the web address of the lyrics & the writers of the lyrics (who are not necessarily the artists performing).  If you include the music, you must cite the artist & album & copyright year

✔You must include a MINIMUM of FIVE poetic devices.

✔You may earn extra credit if you find more than five poetic devices.

✔You will be graded on the following criteria:

            25 points        Minimum of five CORRECT identifications of poetic devices

            20 points        Presentation’s Visual Appeal

            10 points        Citations of Sources on Final Page

            10 points        Providing the lyrics to Ms. O’Donnell at least 24 hours in advance

           -If you CHANGE your lyrics without giving them to Ms. O’Donnell, you will NOT get these points.

            25 points        Clear Presentation & Explanation of Each Device

            10 points        Listening to Classmates (Silent/not disruptive during  classmates’ presentations!)

Total: 100 Points

DUE: Wednesday, May 7th

Name of Student(s): _________________________________________________

Criteria	Points Possible/Deductions	Your Points
Lyrics Turned In On Time	+10 possible +10 if turned in at least day before +5 if turned in right before +0 if turned in afterwards
Minimum of FIVE Correct Identifications	+25 possible (+5 per device correct) +25 if 5/5 all correct +20 if 4/5 correct +15 if 3/5 correct +10 if 2/5 correct +5 if 1/5 correct +0 if 0/5 correct
Clear Presentation & Explanation of Each Device	+25 possible +25 if 5/5 clearly explained +20 if 4/5 clearly explained +15 if 3/5 clearly explained +10 if 2/5 clearly explained +5 if 1/5  clearly explained
Visual Appeal of Presentation	+20 possible +20 is presentation is pleasing to eye +16 if is somewhat appealing +10 if not really appealing +0 not at all appealing
Citations of Sources	+10 possible +10 if ALL citations present:    -Web address of lyrics    -Writer(s) of lyrics If music is included, has:    -Artist, Album, Copyright year
Listening as Others Presented	+20 possible +20 if listening entire time. -1 per interruption; After 5 interruptions, student is removed and receives 0
Extra Credit	+1 possible per device (up to +5 extra) 1       2       3       4       5
Total points	Your Score:

Tuesday, April 8th

Please read in your independent reading books.  There will be a reading check up to page 140 on Wednesday.

Ind. Reading Books

Read up to page 120 by Monday, 4/7/14

Be prepared for book talks and a reading quiz!