Thursday, January 24, 2008

Thursday - 10th Grade Classwork and Homework


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Classwork:
Today in class, we read "miss rosie" in the text book and discussed tone. If you missed class, you should define tone in your notebook, read the poem, and write a fictional biography for Miss Rosie, in which you describe who she is, what happened to her, and what her relationship is to the speaker of the poem. Then decide what tone the speaker has in the poem toward Miss Rosie. With that in mind, write a bit in your notebook about what you think "i stand up" means.

Homework:
Work on your Julius Caesar projects; they are due Monday.

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Classwork:
Today in class, we are defining assonance, alliteration, metaphor, simile, symbol, free verse, repetition, imagery, personification, onomatopoeia, and meter. Write these definitions, and label any examples of them you can find in your song.

Homework:
We are also reading "Heart!" by Emily Dickinson on page 479. Define "apostrophe." Read the poem, and answer the questions:
Who is the speaker? Who is the audience? What is the tone? What happens in the poem?

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I am a substitute teacher, tutor, and adjunct instructor. Areas of interest include urban and nontraditional education, literacy studies, language access issues, and social philosophies of education