Costello Brit Lit II

Toast, Roast, Gift & Grub Banquet Its the end of the school year. Lets take a look back. Beowulf The Seafarer The Canterbury Tales Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Le Morte d Arthur Sir Patrick Spens Bonny Barbara Allen Get Up and Bar the Door On Monsieurs Departure Sonnet 30 Sonnet 75 The Passionate Shepherd to His Love The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd Sonnet 116 Sonnet 130 Sonnet 73 Sonnet 29 Macbeth Twelfth Night A Modest Proposal Gullivers Travels An Essay on Man The Rape of the Lock Frankenstein The Poison Tree London The World Is Too Much with Us My Heart Leaps She Walks In Beauty Ozymandias When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be What Is Love? Love Is Not All: It Is Not Meat Nor Drink When I Was One-and-Twenty Dover Beach Crossing the Bar To an Athlete Dying Young Ah, Are You Digging On My Grave?

To celebrate a year of great literature and discussion, well be having a two-day banquet on Monday, May 14th and Tuesday, May 15th. Each student will be required to contribute to the banquet in 4 ways : Toast, Roast, Gift, and Grub. Class time to work on project: Wednesday, May 9th and Thursday, May 10th (access to laptops on May 10th only)
You must use this class time for this project, unless you have turned in all components of the project.

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Toast [50 portfolio pts.] From any work we covered in class this year, choose a character or author that you appreciate and/or admire. Then write a toast that explains why you appreciate/admire them, which you will recite at the banquet. Requirements of the toast include: On Friday, May 11th, one copy of the poem must be turned in. It must be typed and fill an entire 8 X 11 piece of paper. Feel free to use decorative borders, fonts, etc. But they should be clear and easy to read. On your assigned day, you must bring a 2nd copy to the banquet to recite. It must be written in the style of a poem of direct address, meaning you will recite as if speaking directly to them. It must be written in the form of a 10-line ode (guidelines to the structure are included in this packet) It must be titled. Roast [50 portfolio pts.] From any work we covered in class this year, choose a character or author that you disagreed with, were annoyed by, or were glad to see reach their demise! Then, write a roast, letting them know why you found them to be so despicable, which you will recite at the banquet. Requirements of the toast include: On Friday, May 11th, one copy of the poem must be turned in. It must be typed and fill an entire 8 X 11 piece of paper. Feel free to use decorative borders, fonts, etc. But they should be clear and easy to read. On your assigned day, you must bring a 2nd copy to the banquet to recite. It must be written in the style of a poem of direct address, meaning you will recite as if speaking directly to them. It must be written in the form of a 10-line limerick (guidelines to the structure are included in this packet) It must be titled. Gift [25 Q4 pts.] From any work we covered in class this year, choose a character or author to which you want to give a gift. Perhaps its something they could have used during their journey, or something that they earned (for better or worse!). Requirements of the gift include: On Friday, May 11th, you must turn in a gift tag which will include the traditional To: and From: labels on one side, as well as a brief (4-6 sentence) explanation of the gifts significance on the other side, written on a folded notecard (Costello will provide notecards). On your assigned day, you must bring the gift to the banquet on your assigned day o While bringing in the physical gift will give you the best grade, if thats impossible (you want to give them a Porsche), you may bring in a photograph/picture of the gift, though it will result in a lower grade. Grub [25 Q4 pts.] From any work we covered in class this year, choose a food that has some connection. Then bring in a bit of that food, enough to feed 2-4 people only. Maybe you can track down some Frankenberry cereal. Maybe you come up with a play on words, or bring some almond cake for Ms. Brill! Requirements of the grub include: On Friday, May 11th, you must turn in a food tag which will include your name and the name of the work that inspired the food on one side, as well as a brief (4-6 sentence) explanation of the gifts significance on the other side, written on a folded notecard (Costello will provide notecards). On your assigned day, you must bring in the food, as well as any plasticware/plates/etc. necessary for eating. o The food must be dropped off before 1st period. Passes will not be written excusing tardiness to 1st period. o Any serving trays, containers, silverware, plasticware, leftover food, etc. must be picked up at the end of the day you bring your food. Not doing so will result in a significantly-lowered grade for this portion of the project.

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Ode Structure Must be titled Must be 10 lines long There must be a rhyme scheme o But you may create your own, such as: ABABABABAB ABCABCABCA ABCBDEDEFF Try as best you can to follow a pattern in terms of how many beats are in each line o 1 beat = two syllables o Try to have a similar number of beats For example, 5 beats per line o Or have a pattern 5 beats in the odd-numbered lines, 3 beats in the even-numbered lines

Limerick Structure Must be titled Must be 10 lines long (2 5-line stanzas) Must follow a traditional limerick rhyme scheme o AABBA o 2nd stanza can be AABBA or CCDDC Must follow a traditional limerick beat count o Lines 1, 2, and 5 include 4 beats (8 syllables) o Lines 3 and 4 include 2 beats (5 syllables)

In the end, more well-structured poems will reflect more time/effort/skill put into the assignment, thereby receiving a higher grade