Essay Reflections on the Vietnam War

The war surrounding vietnam created a huge impact to the societies involved and the individuals who participated or were present during this time period. Please read an essay by one of these people at the Vietnam Online experience. Many different people created writings that allow us to have first hand imagery of what a piece of this war or time was like. After reading one of the essays you chose, please create a Glog showcasing your author's work and include the PUBLISHED link along with the author, title of essay and why you chose to read the essay in the comment of this post. Some things to include in the glog are:

1. Author, Title and Link to reach essay (Big and bold)

2. Summary of essay. (Include one, properly punctuated quote at least) Should be around 1 to two paragraphs.

3. Include other characters, places in vietnam, things that interested you in the essay (need at least one of these to meet the requirement.)

4. Add images, wallpaper, music, graphics, or anything else that will make your showcase interesting.

Finding a Poet

Students, please research a poet and poem and showcase your information here!
I will be looking for:

1. Poet's short Biography (about 2/3 sentences)
   


2. Poem you like from the poet



3. Short Poetry Analysis (2 paragraphs - write about your TPCASTT and poetic devices found within the poem)
   


4. Cited source where you found your poet's biography and poem

I have provided you with an example in my comments (I chose to do 3 paragraphs so you could see a couple of poetic devices that I used). The activity is worth 10 points - 2/bio, 2/poem, 4/analysis, 2/source.

Learning a Limerick!

A limerick is a five-line poem written with one couplet and one triplet. If a couplet is a two-line rhymed poem, then a triplet would be a three-line rhymed poem. The rhyme pattern is a a b b a with lines 1, 2 and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming, and lines 3 and 4 having two beats and rhyming. Some people say that the limerick was invented by soldiers returning from France to the Irish town of Limerick in the 1700's.

https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#mbox

Limericks - The History
Variants of the form of poetry referred to as Limerick poems can be traced back to the fourteenth century English history. Limericks were used in Nursery Rhymes and other poems for children. But as limericks were short, relatively easy to compose and bawdy or sexual in nature they were often repeated by beggars or the working classes in the British pubs and taverns of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventh centuries. The poets who created these limericks were therefore often drunkards! Limericks were also referred to as dirty.: http://www.poetry-online.org/limericks.htm

Limerick
There was an Old Person whose habits,
Induced him to feed upon rabbits;
When he'd eaten eighteen,
He turned perfectly green,
Upon which he relinquished those habits.

--Edward Lear

Identify how word choice, tone and is used to illicit more emotion and importance in Haikus

Bellwork: Circle or underline words or ideas strike emotion or imagery in "little snail"

Snail, my little man,

slowly, oh, very slowly

climb up Fujisan!

Discuss in groups why this words or ideas are important.

Read: Read about Issa on this website: http://haikuguy.com/issa/aboutissa.html

Writing Haikus: The haiku is a Japanese verse in three lines. Line one has 5 syllables, line 2 has 7 syllables and line three has 5 syllables.

Haiku is a mood poem and it doesn't use any metaphors or similes.

Create own Haiku for check out, share Haiku's with group, and post at least one Haiku from your team to my blog (you can post all of them if you want.) Write about what word choices were strong in "little snail" and why. (I want to see everyone's Haiku tomorrow!!)

How do you think poetry could assist in your mental development?

“The brain shapes "what's the matter with kids today," says the Harvard Mental Health Letter”. Harvard Mental Health Letter. Havard Health Publications. March 26, 2011. July 2005. http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/brain_development.

There are plenty of explanations for teenage turmoil. The newest theory is that uneven brain development may be responsible for the changeable moods and unsettling behavior of adolescence, reports the July issue of theHarvard Mental Health Letter.

Although many teens have fairly advanced intellectual and reasoning ability, recent research has shown that human brain circuitry is not mature until the early 20s. Among the last connections to be fully established are the links between the prefrontal cortex — the seat of judgment and problem-solving — and the emotional centers of the brain. These links are crucial to emotional learning and high-level self-regulation, explains theHarvard Mental Health Letter.

Another circuit still under construction in adolescence links the prefrontal cortex to the midbrain reward system, where addictive drugs and romantic love exert their powers. Brain scans hint at why most addictions get their start in adolescence. Teenagers and adults process reward stimuli differently; adolescent brains react intensely to novel experiences, making those experiences more enticing.

Hormonal changes are at work, too. The adolescent brain pours out stress hormones, sex hormones, and growth hormone, which in turn influence brain development.

Teenagers’ problems have many causes — social and individual, genetic and environmental.

What Is Poetry?
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/intro.html

Poetry really has no one set definition. Shadow Poetry defines poetry as the art of writing thoughts, ideas, and dreams into imaginative language which can contain verse, pause, meter, repetition, and rhyme.

Short Story Analysis Edit BEFORE Final Grade

Hello Sophomores

I have reviewed any prezi posted and most need a little work. Take today to revise your prezi BEFORE I put a grade into the grade book. (I have included an extra grade assignment for being on time. If you attempted to post your prezi by Monday, you received that grade. Please re-comment your prezi's intro and url to THIS post, thank you.

AUSTIN'S GROUP is a great example of the work necessary to complete the task (although they may need to check on the possibility of plagerism).

Highlighted are issues that I saw prevelant in your prezi uploads you may want to consider changing before I actually grade your work:

1. Make sure you are including the PUBLISHED url (web address) not the edited version (it says edit in the address)

2. Check for GRAMMAR and PATHS (All online material should sound literate and prezi's need to flow through a path.)

1. Have group member go online and find this answer: Why is this author an important person in literature? Use literature terms (setting, plot, imagery, symbolism, theme...etc...) to explain your answer.

2. Create a prezi highlighting your author and why someone should check his/her work out. Include: info about author, how the work reflects the time period (Wednesday's question), why they are important, and what makes the story you read interesting: 25 points (5 points for each part)

Post Prezi url (address) to my blog with a little intro comment and your teams' initials and class

SWBT to illustrate the importance of the author they read by creating a product designed to interest others.

1. Have group member go online and find this answer: Why is this author an important person in literature? Use literature terms (setting, plot, imagery, symbolism, theme...etc...) to explain your answer.

2. Create a prezi highlighting your author and why someone should check his/her work out. Include: info about author, how the work reflects the time period (Wednesday's question), why they are important, and what makes the story you read interesting: 25 points (5 points for each part)

Post Prezi url (address) to my blog with a little intro comment and your teams' initials and class