Friday, May 27, 2011.
Last poem presentations.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011.
1. Practice end rhyme, rhyme scheme, internal rhyme, allilteration, and assonance with a section of the poem "The Raven" by underlining examples of internal rhyme, boxing examples of assonance, and circling examples of alliteration.
2. Begin Poetry Project Assignement: Eleven (11) Poems Analysis. Students will work with a partner to analyze eleven poems. Each poem is worth ten points.
1. Practice end rhyme, rhyme scheme, internal rhyme, allilteration, and assonance with a section of the poem "The Raven" by underlining examples of internal rhyme, boxing examples of assonance, and circling examples of alliteration.
2. Begin Poetry Project Assignement: Eleven (11) Poems Analysis. Students will work with a partner to analyze eleven poems. Each poem is worth ten points.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011.
1. Complete Vocabulary Lesson 8: "Domestic Life." Turn in for grade. If you were absent you need to make this up ASAP.
2. Read and anayze two types of poetry: metrical poetry and free verse with the poems
"Nancy Hanks" and "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes (A reading of this poem by Langston Hughes himself can be accessed at Poets.org. Students listened to oral reading by Mr. Hughes in class.
3. Students analyzed "Nancy Hanks" with questions and identification of form, rhyme scheme, mood, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, exact rhyme, approximate rhyme. Students also scanned the poem to find the types and numbers of metrical feet in each line.
4. Students analyzed "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" with questions and the same process above.
5. Students worked on a poem using onomatopoeia.
1. Complete Vocabulary Lesson 8: "Domestic Life." Turn in for grade. If you were absent you need to make this up ASAP.
2. Read and anayze two types of poetry: metrical poetry and free verse with the poems
"Nancy Hanks" and "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes (A reading of this poem by Langston Hughes himself can be accessed at Poets.org. Students listened to oral reading by Mr. Hughes in class.
3. Students analyzed "Nancy Hanks" with questions and identification of form, rhyme scheme, mood, alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia, exact rhyme, approximate rhyme. Students also scanned the poem to find the types and numbers of metrical feet in each line.
4. Students analyzed "A Negro Speaks of Rivers" with questions and the same process above.
5. Students worked on a poem using onomatopoeia.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011.
1. Read handout on Sound Effects: "Rhyme, Alliteration, and Onomatopoeia.
2. Work on worksheet reviewing concepts of Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Metaphors, and Similes.
3. Passed out graded Vocabulary lessons 5, 6, and 7. There will be a quiz on Lesson 7 "Clothing and Fabrics" tomorrow.
1. Read handout on Sound Effects: "Rhyme, Alliteration, and Onomatopoeia.
2. Work on worksheet reviewing concepts of Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Metaphors, and Similes.
3. Passed out graded Vocabulary lessons 5, 6, and 7. There will be a quiz on Lesson 7 "Clothing and Fabrics" tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011.
1) Rhythm and meter: Copy on a sheet of paper and scan the verse "Now I lay me..." and count the iambs identifying lines two and four as iambic tetrameter.
Metrical Lines per feet in each line:
monometer = one foot per line
dimeter = two feet per line
trimeter = three feet per line
tetrameter = four feet per line
pentameter = five feet per line
hexameter = six feet per line
heptameter = seven feet per line
octometer = eight feet per line
Period 2/4: Scan "Hickory, dickory dock..." define as dactylic dimeter.
Scan "Twinkle, twinkle little star..." identify lines as trochaic trimeter.
Complete "Elements of Poetry" and "The Wilderness Tamed" reviewing
stanza: division in a poem
form: How the poem appears on paper: How many stanzas of how many lines?
rhyme scheme: The recurring end rhyme patterns in a poem: abcb, abba, abab, etc.
Turn in notes for a grade.
1) Rhythm and meter: Copy on a sheet of paper and scan the verse "Now I lay me..." and count the iambs identifying lines two and four as iambic tetrameter.
Metrical Lines per feet in each line:
monometer = one foot per line
dimeter = two feet per line
trimeter = three feet per line
tetrameter = four feet per line
pentameter = five feet per line
hexameter = six feet per line
heptameter = seven feet per line
octometer = eight feet per line
Period 2/4: Scan "Hickory, dickory dock..." define as dactylic dimeter.
Scan "Twinkle, twinkle little star..." identify lines as trochaic trimeter.
Complete "Elements of Poetry" and "The Wilderness Tamed" reviewing
stanza: division in a poem
form: How the poem appears on paper: How many stanzas of how many lines?
rhyme scheme: The recurring end rhyme patterns in a poem: abcb, abba, abab, etc.
Turn in notes for a grade.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011.
1. Complete Vocabulary Lesson 7: "Clothing and Fabrics." Turn in for grade.
2. Writing Response: What is Poetry to Me? One page. Share with class.
3. Read together "The Sounds of Poetry: Rhythm and Meter" View examples of metrical lines by scanning the unstressed and stressed syllables to find the meter.
1. Complete Vocabulary Lesson 7: "Clothing and Fabrics." Turn in for grade.
2. Writing Response: What is Poetry to Me? One page. Share with class.
3. Read together "The Sounds of Poetry: Rhythm and Meter" View examples of metrical lines by scanning the unstressed and stressed syllables to find the meter.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011.
1) "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" Writing Assignment: Write a one-two page response . Title: "Wealth" How can seeking wealth lead to problems? What kind of wealth should we seek?
2) Complete assignment on page 736 (all). On separate sheet of paper.
3) Work on GUM workbook grammar packet.
REMINDER: MONDAY: FINAL EXAM ESSAY. BRING PEN AND PLENTY OF PAPER.
1) "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" Writing Assignment: Write a one-two page response . Title: "Wealth" How can seeking wealth lead to problems? What kind of wealth should we seek?
2) Complete assignment on page 736 (all). On separate sheet of paper.
3) Work on GUM workbook grammar packet.
REMINDER: MONDAY: FINAL EXAM ESSAY. BRING PEN AND PLENTY OF PAPER.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011.
1. Discuss ALLEGORY: A story that takes place on two levels: a literal level and a symbolic level. The literal story may tell a tale that seems ordinary, of people and events. However, on the symbolic level, the people and events represent abstract ideas or concepts, such as freedom, evil, or goodness. Tie to The Tragedy of Othello: Desdemona, Iago, and Othell0 and what these characters symbolize. Discuss samples of literal and symbolic levels: desk: literal: a place to sit and read/write; symbolic: represents/symbolizes learning, education, success, etc.
2. Read "The Blue Stones" (Literature book pp.688-693) Answer questions on page 693.
1. Discuss ALLEGORY: A story that takes place on two levels: a literal level and a symbolic level. The literal story may tell a tale that seems ordinary, of people and events. However, on the symbolic level, the people and events represent abstract ideas or concepts, such as freedom, evil, or goodness. Tie to The Tragedy of Othello: Desdemona, Iago, and Othell0 and what these characters symbolize. Discuss samples of literal and symbolic levels: desk: literal: a place to sit and read/write; symbolic: represents/symbolizes learning, education, success, etc.
2. Read "The Blue Stones" (Literature book pp.688-693) Answer questions on page 693.
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