Writing Assignments Poetry

Poetry has often reflected the voice of the time. Meaning, subject matter and language choices may change with whatever is considered an everyday concern in the current society’s expectations. Not many contemporary poems will use the same language as Shakespeare, but that does not mean that they are any less valid and likewise, poetry that lasts through the transition of time still connects with the reader in some way. In poetry, poems are written in lines, and groupings of lines called stanzas.

Poetic Devices to use in your poems.

 Alliteration – words begin with the same letter: The wiggly wobbly wagon wheel
 Allusion – reference to something else outside of the subject of the poem: The open window alludes to the woman’s longing for freedom from her current situation.
  Imagery – descriptive, sensory words that create a mental picture.
  Metaphor – comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.
 Personification – attributing human qualities to animals or inanimate objects: The willow weeps    Repetition – a recurrence of elements to create unity
 Rhyme – same syllable or word sounds, often occurring at the end of lines of poetry. There is also the possibility of slant rhyme. This is when words do not truly rhyme but have a similar sound or appear to rhyme visually (bridge/grudge, orange/forage, said/paid).
 Rhythm – repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables which create a certain sound and pace.
 Simile – comparison between two objects using like, as, or than.
 Symbolism – using one object to suggest another meaning: A window might symbolize freedom, release, or opportunity.
  Theme – the dominant unifying idea in a poem


ALL POETRY DUE THURS JUNE 13
Poem #1 Theme: Marks 10
Poem #2 Experience: Marks 10
Poem#3 Choice: Marks 10

In all of the poems try to incorporate poetic deices to try to get your ideas across. Using words that help the reader see images is helpful as is creating a feeling or mood in your poem. Make sure you have something to say in your poem...meaning is most important. Poems should all be 8 lines or longer.

Sample poem:

This Is Just To Say

BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

I have eaten

the plums

that were in

the icebox

and which

you were probably

saving

for breakfast

Forgive me

they were delicious

so sweet

and so cold

Welcome to term 4 Current Assignments

Here is a couple of links to how to compose shots in photography.
composition
composition 2

Think about...focal point in your shots, clarity of shots. Does your photo tell a story? Create a feeling or emotion? Is your photo artistic? Is your photo pleasing to the eye? Are you close enough to your subject matter? Is your photo light enough?

Overlay: You are to take one of your photos and create an artistic edited piece by overlaying two photos over top of one another.
SHOTS : 1 MARKS: 10 album on Flickr

Skate park shots: Using the skate park as your setting, shoot 10 photos with a focus on angles/viewpoint. This means shooting up at a subject, down at a subject, close up at objects, maybe down on a rail, or  shooting down at your feet...laying on the ground and shooting at ground level.
SHOTS: 10 MARKS: 20 album on Flickr

Macros: For our purposes macros are really just close up photos of objects. The closer you get to an object the more interesting it looks. You are to take 10 close up shots , trying to create art from your photographs.
SHOTS: 10 MARKS: 20 album on Flickr
Birgit Power Great Collection of Macros

Portraits: You are to shoot no more than 2 people and take the shots in a variety of positions. 10 shots in total for this assignment.
SHOTS: 10 MARKS 20 album on Flickr

Pet Portraits: You are to take 5 animal shots, can be your dog, your friends bird, your neighbor's cat, a horse, hamster etc. Criteria: Should be in focus, capture the essence of the pet/animal.
SHOTS: 5 MARKS: 10 album on Flickr

Check out this link to samples of great portraits.
Tiffany Tran Portraits


Mon/Wed class due: WED JUNE 12 in class
Tues/Thurs. class due THURS JUNE 13 in class
If it is not handed in on these days, you will be expected to come in on I day on Friday June 14

Final Slideshow set to Music: Using Photostory 3 ( program at school) or another movie making program of your choice, you are to create a collection of your top 30 photos. 10 photos in the collection can be taken prior to this class, but not more than a year old and/or can be related to an assignment in this class....the other 20 should be NEW and of HIGH QUALITY. You may want to take a camera home and shoot at the beach, down at the dock, in the woods, in your backyard. I am looking for a variety of different types of shots: macros, portraits, candids, landscape, pets, selfies, photoshop edited pieces etc.

Criteria: All shots should be well composed and in focus, all shots should have a focal point, you name should be on the first slide, the images should be choreographed into a thoughtful sequence, the music should work with the photos, all slides should be 3.5 sec long except for the first and last slide which should be 5 sec each, students should use the customize motion to make sure the the slides move effectively.

SLIDESHOW SHOULD BE SAVED on the M drive under Chase Photo 2019 under the appropriate class block

All term #3 Assignments due Friday April 12

The following assignments are all due prior to Friday April 12

ON FLICKR
Flickr: 10 marks
Head shots: ( 4 shots plus one of yourself) 10  marks
1 Love shot with description: 10 marks
Textures: ( 5 shots) Fill the screen10 marks
Rule of Thirds: 1 shot plus description 10 marks
Head swap: 1 shot edited 10 marks

HANDED IN TO MS CHASE TYPED
Bio: 10 marks
Setting: 10 marks
Dialogue: 10 marks
Bucket List: 10 marks

Total 100

Upcoming Photo Assignments:
Macros 10 shots up close
Skatepark shots 10 shots using the skatepark as a setting with a focus on angles.


Writing Assignment #3: Dialogue You are to complete 16 lines of dialogue ( 8 for each character). The dialogue must move plot or develop character. The dialogue can be written in script or story format.
Marks: 10

Writing Assignment #4: Bucket List: Write a point form list of the top 20 things you would like to do/experience/accomplish before the age of 30. Marks: 10

New Assignments

Head Swap: You are to swap the head of a photo you have taken with the head of a photo of a person from the internet ( celeb, etc) Using the tools in Photoshop to complete. You can print or post to Flickr. Marks 10

New Photo: 5 Texture shots, make sure the texture image fills the entire frame and ideally can work for an overlay. In an album on Flickr cropped and edited for lighting. Marks 10

NEW Assignment

Editing Assignment NEW
HEADSWAP IN PHOTOSHOP INSTRUCTIONS  (10 marks)

1. Find/or take photo of a person. If using google to find the image, get the largest size photo possible. ( ie superman, famous model or celebrity) no animals or cartoons.

2. Bring in both photos to Photoshop. Go to IMAGE, ADJUSTMENTS, IMAGE SIZE and change the photos to both be close to the same size. If one is way bigger than the other it will be difficult to do the assignment. While under ADJUSTMENTS, you can also change both photos to BLACK and WHITE.
3. Next go to the SELECTION TOOL, and using the tool, move the tool around the head of one of your photos, then click on EDIT CUT and go to your next photo.

Note: It is probably more interesting to put the student head on the celebrity body, but it does not matter which head goes where. Also if you do not have a head shot that works for the swap, simply go out and take a shot of someone in a similar pose and distance away from the camera.

4.When on the next photo, click on EDIT, PASTE. This will put the head on the page. Then to resize the head, click EDIT, TRANSFORM, SCALE. This will put a box around the photo and allow you to change the size of the head, you can also slightly rotate the head if you go to ROTATE under TRANSFORM tool.
5. Then you want to tweak the image by moving into place with the pick tool, or use the eraser tool to clean up the edges.

Note: SAVING the file: If you need to continue working on the head swap, save as a Photoshop file so you can come back and work on the image. It is always a good idea, to save your edited photos as Photoshop files as a backup in case you need to go back and make changes. However, if you think you are done you can save as a JPEG and then print out the assignment, put your name on it and hand it in.

Criteria for this assignment: Looking for a clean transition, not warped but looking accurate, limited blurring to make the face/hair work. If I cannot tell it has been photoshopped it is a 10/10. Good Luck.

NEW Writing Assignment

• SETTING
• You are going to write about a favourite place using the 5 senses. As you describe the place, I want to you to use words that create visuals, sounds, tastes, and a sense of touch. The idea here is to write to create an atmosphere or feeling. Make the reader be able to visualize your scene in their mind.

• You may need to build a fictional story around this place or simply begin describing it. In this assignment students are to focus on the elements of setting ( time, place, description)  using the senses and the concept of show not tell.  (10)

CRITERIA

• 1 paragraph or slightly longer, typed, edited, and then good copy handed in
• show not tell
• be specific in your writing
• use the senses when you write
• make the reader feel they can be right there with you in the setting

Example:

from "The Old House at Home" (1940)

by Joseph Mitchell (1908-1996)

McSorley's bar is short, accommodating approximately ten elbows, and is shored up with iron pipes. It is to the right as you enter. To the left is a row of armchairs with their stiff backs against the wainscoting. The chairs are rickety; when a fat man is sitting in one, it squeaks like new shoes every time he takes a breath. The customers believe in sitting down; if there are vacant chairs, no one ever stands at the bar. Down the middle of the room is a row of battered tables. Their tops are always sticky with spilled ale. In the centre of the room stands the belly stove, which has an isinglass door and is exactly like the stoves in Elevated stations.

Link for Setting more info

Week ending Feb 8, 2019

1. Flickr assignment: Make sure you are on Flickr, have your real name on the account, make Ms Chase a contact, put up a photo of you as a buddy icon, eventually change the background photo, join the Mark Isfeld Photo group. 10 marks.

2. Writing Assignment #1: One paragraph bio of yourself creatively written and written in third person TYPED. 10 marks.

3. Photo: Head shots: 4 head and shoulder shots and one good one of you. Make sure you are putting up photos that you have taken, not someone else. The photos should be cropped, in focus, and the person you have taken them of should like them. The should be edited and then uploaded to Flickr in an album. 10 marks

4. NEW Rule of thirds: Take a photo that exemplifies rule of thirds and print out and explain The Rule of Thirds. Hand in to Ms Chase, make sure your name is on the paper. 5 marks

5. NEW "It's all about the love": 1 shot that conveys/portrays LOVE. Upload to Flickr after editing, put in its own album, and in the description section tell me in 1-2 sentences why/how the photo is all about the love. 10 marks

Writing/Photo/Art Contest

Please check out this link to the Writing/Photo contest

IN OUR OWN VOICE

Good Morning Grade 9's

Today I would like you to get started on your first writing assignment. 

Writing Assignment #1:

Students are to write a bio telling about themselves including: interests, hobbies, likes/dislikes, favourite foods, fav. books, foods etc. This assignment should be written in third person. Ex. Jane is a shy girl who lives in Comox with her two cats named Goofy and Mittens. Jane enjoys knitting in her free time …… This is like an author bio you would find on the back of a novel. Length 1 paragraph

Criteria: detailed, specific writing, written in bio format  and make it interesting not boring.( 10 marks)
When finished, you are to find a partner in the class to read your paragraph to and get them to help you improve  the piece by offering suggestions. Make sure the assignment is typed and has your name on it.

This assignment can be printed off next day and handed in for editing to Ms. Chase, for now save it on the l drive in your writing folder which you will need to create.

FLICKR sign up: When finished...get signed up onto Flickr and make me a contact. Manoeuvre your way around the site clicking on buttons to see what is there, and figure out what the site is all about.


DO NOT FORGET TO PURCHASE YOUR SD CARD THIS WEEK!