Friday, April 8, 2011

English 9, Friday, April 8

BIG VOCABULARY TEST MONDAY:
1-46! Study.

You must achieve at least 25/30 or else you will need to attend study blocks.

Poetry Anthology is due Wed. April 13.

Choose poems from The Claremont Review, Departures or the following websites:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/ (American)
http://www.poets.ca/ or http://www.youngpoets.ca/ (Canadian)
Canadian Poetry Online: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/ (Can.)
or Poetry 180 http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/  (American)

Criteria:
Front Cover: is attractive and thought-provoking, contains an image, a poetic title and your name
Back Cover: imitates poetry covers i.e. tries to sell the book with quotes or poets' names or reviews etc Two Thumbs Up that kind of thing, plus it must have a price, an ISBN number and scanning code and a publishing name (You may make it up or use a famous Can. poetry company i.e. Brick Books or Sono Nis Press or Stenson Publishing Company.

Inside:
10 poems that you love typed up with author and title

Reference List: a formal bibliography using MLA style. I will help you with this task on Tuesday so bring all your poem titles/authors and books/website info to class Tuesday.

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