Juniors
Expect a quiz/test on Wednesday over the renaissance poets discussed so far. Know the history and form of the sonnet, as well.
Your on-going assignment this week is to write a sonnet of your own. It should have all of the required "ingredients" of an Elizabethan sonnet, including the subject of love. The "love" does not have to be romantic, nor does it have to be about a specific person, although that's fine too. Write about a pet if you want, or your grandmother, or pizza -- as long as it's about love.
Perhaps the hardest part about writing a sonnet is meter -- iambic pentameter -- so remember to think of rhythm as well as your subject. Your grade will be based on both form and content.
Seniors
Your next essay is about violence in the media -- in TV, films, video games, the internet -- and to what degree it should be controlled and/or censored.
Tonight, read "Is Media Violence Free Speech?" in your text (p783).
Expect a quiz/test on Wednesday over the renaissance poets discussed so far. Know the history and form of the sonnet, as well.
Your on-going assignment this week is to write a sonnet of your own. It should have all of the required "ingredients" of an Elizabethan sonnet, including the subject of love. The "love" does not have to be romantic, nor does it have to be about a specific person, although that's fine too. Write about a pet if you want, or your grandmother, or pizza -- as long as it's about love.
Perhaps the hardest part about writing a sonnet is meter -- iambic pentameter -- so remember to think of rhythm as well as your subject. Your grade will be based on both form and content.
Seniors
Your next essay is about violence in the media -- in TV, films, video games, the internet -- and to what degree it should be controlled and/or censored.
Tonight, read "Is Media Violence Free Speech?" in your text (p783).