Friday, May 14, 2010
Poetry Review:
1. Review differences between free verse and metrical poetry.
Review rhyme scheme(ABCB, ABAB, etc) and form by analyzing poems and stanzas.
Handouts :
1) "Elements of Poetry/"What is Poetry?" , and
2) "Narrative Poetry" / "The Wilderness Tamed."
2. Review alliteration and onomatopoeia with handout. (except Per. 1)
Homework: Complete handouts.Note: Please ask for handouts if absent.
3. Vocabulary Quiz 9 "Economics."
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010.
1. Introduction to Poetry: Review of "Glossary of Poetry Terms" handout:
Alliteration, assonance, couplet, diction, free verse, imagery, and lyrical poetry, annotating important concepts and using pneumonic devices and key words to identify each.
2. Read handout on Rhythm and Meter. Discussed the iamb as a metrical foot, the most common in the English language. Read examples of poems with formal and casual diction, imagery, and free verse.
Per. 4: Checked Voc. Lesson 9: "Economics" for homework grade. Quiz tomorrow.
Per. 1: Will check Voc. Lesson 9 tomorrow and review for quiz tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010.
1. Othello review of Acts IV and V with handout and film viewing of ACT V.
2. Othello ACTS IV and V TEST (If you were absent, please come to make up this test ASAP.)
1. Introduction to Poetry: Review of "Glossary of Poetry Terms" handout:
Alliteration, assonance, couplet, diction, free verse, imagery, and lyrical poetry, annotating important concepts and using pneumonic devices and key words to identify each.
2. Read handout on Rhythm and Meter. Discussed the iamb as a metrical foot, the most common in the English language. Read examples of poems with formal and casual diction, imagery, and free verse.
Per. 4: Checked Voc. Lesson 9: "Economics" for homework grade. Quiz tomorrow.
Per. 1: Will check Voc. Lesson 9 tomorrow and review for quiz tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010.
1. Othello review of Acts IV and V with handout and film viewing of ACT V.
2. Othello ACTS IV and V TEST (If you were absent, please come to make up this test ASAP.)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010.
1. Completed reading of Othello ACT V. We finished reading the play.
2. Filled out review sheet for short test on ACTS IV and V tomorrow.
3. Reminder: Bring Vocabulary Lesson 9 on Thursday. Passed out voc. lessons 9 & 10.
Note: If you are absent, please check in to see what you have missed ASAP.
1. Completed reading of Othello ACT V. We finished reading the play.
2. Filled out review sheet for short test on ACTS IV and V tomorrow.
3. Reminder: Bring Vocabulary Lesson 9 on Thursday. Passed out voc. lessons 9 & 10.
Note: If you are absent, please check in to see what you have missed ASAP.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
1. Review Vocabulary Lesson 8 "Domestic Life".
Completion and graded lesson will be homework grade.
2. Complete reading of Othello ACT IV (4).
Discuss characterization of Othello with Lodovico as a foil. Discuss characterization of Desdemona as the "good angel" and Shakespeare's use of dramatic irony through Emilia.
3. View Othello film version of today's reading.
REMINDER: Study for quiz on Vocabulary Lesson 8 tomorrow.
1. Review Vocabulary Lesson 8 "Domestic Life".
Completion and graded lesson will be homework grade.
2. Complete reading of Othello ACT IV (4).
Discuss characterization of Othello with Lodovico as a foil. Discuss characterization of Desdemona as the "good angel" and Shakespeare's use of dramatic irony through Emilia.
3. View Othello film version of today's reading.
REMINDER: Study for quiz on Vocabulary Lesson 8 tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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