Homework for week of 4/14

Independent Reading:
This week, I am going to check-in with you on your reading on Friday, so plan on reading 30 minutes a day. Also, as we wrap up our poetry journals, I am going to ask you to write one of the fixed form poems for journal #6. I'll collect your journals on Friday.


Fixed form poetry rules:

Here are the rules for a villanelle:
Rules for a villanelle

Here is an example of a villanelle:
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15377

Here are the rules for a sestina:
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue197/sestina.html

Here is an example of a sestina:
http://faculty.washington.edu/rmcnamar/383/bishop.html

Here are the rules for a Shakespearean sonnet:
http://www.sonnetwriters.com/how-to-write-a-sonnet/

Here is a famous example:
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html