Read the passage from "the raven and the first men: the beginnings of the haida.”the men were hungry and thirsty, but there was no food on the large sandy beach, and the salt water just made them thirstier. determined to take care of the men he had found, raven flew to find them provisions. when he returned, he gave them almost everything they would ever need. still, raven could tell the men were not truly happy. they did not have companions to join them in caring for the earth. so raven, wise and determined, searched the earth and sea until he found a group of women trapped inside a chiton. he brought them to the men. the two groups of humans fit well together, and raven became very protective of his people. based on the passage, the haida had values thatwere centered around their physical needs. encompassed physical and emotional needs. were centered around caring for the ocean. encompassed caring for raven and the ocean.

Follow the directions (and example) given to create your own sonnet. william shakespeare's sonnet 130 my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun, coral is far more red, than her lips red, if snow be white, why then her breasts are dun: if hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head: i have seen roses damasked, red and white, but no such roses see i in her cheeks, and in some perfumes is there more delight, than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. i love to hear her speak, yet well i know, that music hath a far more pleasing sound: i grant i never saw a goddess go, my mistress when she walks treads on the ground. and yet by heaven i think my love as rare, as any she belied with false compare. instructions: write fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. use a sonnet rhyme scheme. use the first eight lines to set up your idea (the octave). use the last six lines to conclude your idea (sestet). (variety may be added by including a substitute foot from time to time such as the two anapests in line 3 above.) work in small groups giving each other feedback. reading the sonnet aloud allows you to hear the words and rhythms of the lines. generate questions that will clarify the use of words and forms. for example: was the idea of the sonnet presented in the first eight lines? how was sound used to enhance the meaning of the sonnet?