HUMANITIES

1. BOOK REPORTS and JOURNAL WORK

- students have the weekend to finish or 'beef up' their book reports

- all journals need to be handed in on Monday so marks can be completed for Semester 1.

- report cards will be home on Feb. 6

2. Poetry and Fig. Lang. in Pop Culture

- student have begun this task and will have Monday to complete it

- students will present on Wednesday

Poetry & Figuarative Language in Pop Culture

Your task:

-          find examples of figurative language in music, lyrics, TV Shows, novels, movies, etc

How you show what you know is totally up to you…

o   Video (clips of music videos with text to identify the figurative language and explanation of )

o   PPT – overview of lyrics, figurative language, meaning

o   Comic – make a visual representation of lyrics identifying figurative language and meanings

o   Your idea…come check with me

Songs, lyrics, movie clips, text, etc must be appropriate for school…you must be proud to share this text with your grandparents J

Expectations:

-          Figurative language is identified

o   (simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, pun, etc)

-          Literal meaning of text must be explained

-          Final product needs to be organized, flow nicely, full of details, thoughtful explanations, neat, clear