7th LIT – Form in Poetry: "Three Haiku" and "Tanka"

Instructions -

THREE HAIKU

Write about the progression of your faith journey as a child, as a teen, then as an adult.

HAIKU #1 – childhood (what was you faith like back then?)
HAIKU #2 – teenage years (what is your faith like now?)
HAIKU #3 – adulthood (what do you want your faith to be like later on?)

Review of haiku pattern:

Please type and illustrate!

7th ENGLISH – Unit 13 Review

UNIT 13 Test on THURSDAY 2/14!

7th ENGLISH – Personal Lesson Story

Instructions -

Write a short story about an experience you had with a lesson that can be taught to your readers (i.e., “moral of the story”). It will be based on something that really happened to you, but you can make up additional characters and events to add more depth your story.

Please follow these guidelines:

• 5-7 pages long
• Typed
• Double-spaced
• with CORRECTLY PUNCTUATED DIALOGUE!!! =)

You will be graded on character development, setting description, the presence of conflict, climax, and resolution. Grammar and spelling points will also be included in your grade.

Rough Draft is due FRIDAY 2/15

Final Draft is due WEDNESDAY 2/20

Have fun!

7th LIT – Lyric Poetry: Animal/Insect Poem

Instructions:

Write a poem about your favorite animal or insect using the following guidelines -

• Use an “aabb” rhyme pattern
• Include at least 5 prepositions (ENG. Text p.479)
• 1 stanza / 8-12 lines long
• Illustrated (drawing or clip art)

Examples from class – “The Hippopotamus” and “The Caterpillar” in LIT Text p.420-421

Animal/Insect Poem due WED. Feb.4th