Response Question for R 10/28 and M 11/1

After reading the short story version of Trifles, "A Jury of her Peers," please compose a paragraph comparing/contrasting the two works. Which genre/version did you prefer? Why?

Extra Credit Response Post

For next Wednesday/Thursday's class (10/20 and 10/21), you may post an extra credit response. For the response, please choose a poem that we did not discuss in class and you did not present on, and do a line-by-line explication analyzing the rhyme scheme, diction, figures of speech, etc. The post must be 250 words in order to receive any credit. Indicate in your title what response you would like for it to take the place of.

Poetry Project Grading Rubric

Below, I've posted the rubric that I will use to grade your poetry projects. Hopefully, you will now have a good idea of what I'm looking for and how each aspect is weighted.


Requirements: 0 5 10
Does the project fulfill the requirements on
time? Does it include a visual aid, and a
line-by-line explication of a poem? Does the
student read the poem with expression?


Clarity: 5 10 15 20 25 30
Does the project give a sufficient summarization
of the poem to facilitate understanding of the work?



Critical Analysis of the Poem: 10 15 20 25 30 35
Does the project explain the form, rhyme scheme, and meter of the
poem? Does it analyze the literary devices at work?



Visual Aid: 5 10 15 20 25
Does the project include a visual aid that
is creative and contributes to the understanding
of the work? Is it of high quality and includes no
grammar/punctuation mistakes?