Friday - 10th Grade

REMINDER: Literary devices test on Monday. The test will take half a period. You will be expected to read a poem and pick out literary devices. You should be able to define literary devices.

Come prepared knowing: symbol, imagery, assonance, alliteration, slang, jargon, onomatopoeia, personification, figurative language, end rhyme, approximate (slant) rhyme, internal rhyme, repetition, simile, metaphor, idiom, and allusion.

10-2: I am collecting notebooks on Monday

Thursday - 10th Grade Classwork and Homework

REMINDERS: Your choice of poet is due tomorrow.

  We have a test on Monday on literary devices.

Classwork

Freewrite: "Is love without money or material possessions enough for you?  Why or why not?"

List: Things you can give someone without using money.

Define: "lyric poem"

Read: "I Am Offering This Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca in your textbook

Answer: What metaphors and similes does Baca use to describe his poem?

What is Baca's attitude toward love without money?

What does Baca leave out?

Begin writing your own lyric poem.  It needs a refrain (like Baca's "I love you") and similes and/or metaphors.

Homework:

Read "Simile" in your textbook by N. Scott Momoday.

Write a short paragraph explaining the poem and the simile.

Finish your poem.

Thursday - 9th Grade Homework and Classwork

Classwork:

Today we finished watching people's poetry presentations.

We listened to and discussed Emily Dickinson's "Hope is the thing with feathers."

Homework:

Read the entirety of page 444.

Do the quickwrite.

Define extended metaphor.

Read p. 444 - "The Seven Ages of Man" and explain it.

On page 446, answer questions 1-6

Continue working on your final poetry projects.

Wednesday - 9th Grade Classwork and Homework

Classwork:

Idiom Test

We started poetry presentations.

Homework:

Continue working on final poetry project.

p. 435 in your purple book- read the whole page.

Do quickwrite.

Read "Hope" and explain the metaphor.

Answer #1 and #2 on page 429.

Wednesday - 10th Grade Classwork and Homework

Make a relevant comment about either sonnet for minipoints.

Classwork:

Freewrite: "What is your favorite kind of music; what are the qualities of this genre?"

Define: ballad

Read: Jazz Fantasia. Write down the similes and metaphors Carl Sandburg uses to describe jazz. Write down the instances of onomatopoeia.

Read: Bonny Barbara Allan

Homework:

Find a song or a poem that tells a story. Who is the speaker? What is the plot? What is left out of the story?

Remember: your choice of poet is due Friday.

Tuesday - 9th Grade Homework and Classwork

Homework:

Your mini poetry project is due tomorrow.

Continue reading your biographies and poetry books.

Bring in your orange books.

Look at the blog and use it. Bring in two examples of extra info on the blog.

Classwork:

Today we did group work fine tuning for the mini poetry presentation which is due tomorrow.

We made a list of examples of idioms, jargon, dialect and slang and copied them in the notebook. 

Tuesday - 10th Grade Classwork and Homework

Classwork:

Today in class we went over the rules and vocabulary to do with sonnets.  Please get these terms from a friend because you will need to know them.

Then, we read, "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" by William Shakespeare, and labeled it.

Last, we wrote a sonnet as a class.  Both classes' sonnets can be seen here: 10 - Google Docs

Homework:

First, you may EITHER translate Shakespeare's sonnet, or you may respond in a short paragraph to it (Do you think it's romantic or not? etc.)

Second, you must choose one metaphor from the sonnet and explain/analyze it. (Why would Shakespeare use that certain comparison, what does it convey to the reader, etc.)

This will be checked tomorrow.

Remember: Your choice of poet is due Friday.

 10-2: bring back your projects so I can file them.

For extra credit, you may read one of the modern sonnets in "documents" and comment on it.

Monday - 10th Grade Classwork and Homework

Classwork:

Today, we discussed what makes a helpful comment vs. what makes a not so helpful comment.  Please get these notes from a friend.

Then, in groups, we read family poems to be presented to the class tomorrow.  Everyone must have the answers in their notebook- please consult with your group.

Homework:

Continue working on your poetry project.  You must tell me your poet by Friday.

Monday - 9th Grade Homework

Tonight, please:

Read page 409-410 in your Writer's Craft (orange) book

Write the definitions of jargon, idiom, slang, and dialect

Work on mini-poetry project which is due Wednesday

Continue working on major poetry project