ENGLISH 8 – 1.1/2.1

HOMEWORK: Due Tues/Wed

1. Extra worksheets – Personification – ON A SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER: Personification wheel: write 8 different lines using 8 different nouns & 8 different verbs from the 2 wheels. NO REPEATS! Personification poems – read and complete the Qs.
2. “You & I” poem worksheet – finish!
3. Poetry Project – Look at the GREEN project info sheet – For next class – (1) Choose your theme (2) Choose 3-4 poems types that you would like to write for your project (3) write 2 rough copy poems for your project.  You are all including a BIO-Poem for the project, so start with that poem. Go back to the one you already wrote and make it better.  Add alliteration, assonance, similes, better descriptive language, and/or make it connect more to your theme.  Then do the same for 1 other poem you’ve already written.  Use the worksheets!