What poem did you find most interesting?
Which poet led an interesting life?
What does the word "sonnet" mean to you?
Which is your best piece of writing?

You may want to answer any of these questions as part of your summary for this activity.  You can email your response to the members of your group that was established in class. 

First of all, you'll need an email address.  You can get one for free by clicking here. 

Writing Portfolio

You'll need to turn in the following to your teacher:

  1. Your responses to 3 of the activities from this unit.
  2. Your email that you sent to one of your colleagues.
  3. A copy of an email to your teacher explaining what you thought of studying poetry through technology.



Your project will be rated according to the following rubric:

Responses to the literature questions:
6 points
Answered the questions fully (2)
Incorporated appropriate literary vocabulary into the          answers (2)
Wrote responses using standard English (2)

Creative writing based on the web activities:
6 points
Wrote responses based on sonnet form (2)
Showed influence of the ideas from the lessons (2)
Wrote responses using standard English (2)

Emails to a colleague and teacher:
2 points
Wrote correspondence on task (1)
Used standard spelling and punctuation in the
correspondence (1)


14 points       A+
12                 A
10                 B
8                  B-
6                  C
4                  D

You should print out all your work and assemble it neatly.