Using news you can peruse (pdf), choose a newspaper or magazine profile of a sports figure or an entertainer with whom you are familiar. identify a passage in the profile in which the subject reveals something surprising about herself.

journal entries should include a link to the profile and two to three paragraphs answering the following questions:

how do you think the reporter got the information?

can you tell from the article that the reporter developed a rapport with the story's subject?

if so, how do you think the reporter developed the rapport?

label your journal entry 8.2 profiles.

50 ! your poem must include the following: ● poetic form: lines and stanzas (not paragraphs! ) o your poem needs to be at least 10 lines long. ● sensory details/strong imagery o “paint a picture” and/or create an emotion with your words, word choice is key in poetry ● figurative language o include at least one of the following: metaphor, simile, and/or personification (click here for more info. on these) ● sound devices o include at least one of the following: repetition, rhyme, rhythm, meter, onomatopoeia, and/or alliteration (click here for more info. on these) ● labels o underneath your poem, include the words from the poem that represent the figurative language and sound devices and label them o examples: booming bombs - alliteration; like a firefly - simile you so