Friday - 10th Grade Classwork and Homework

Classwork:

Today we watched examples of slam, spoken word, and performance poetry.  Then, we did an activity with found poetry.

Homework:

Continue to work on your projects.  10-1, finish your found poems.

Enjoy your long weekend and be safe.

Friday - 9th Grade Class and Homework

Classwork:

Today, we went over the literary terms test.  We also reviewed subject pronouns, object pronouns, and possessive pronouns.  We watched a slam poetry video.

Homework:

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Look at Works Cited Model on page 285.

Wednesday - 10th Grade Classwork and Homework

Classwork:
We discussed the characteristics of poetry, and read the poem "A Storm in the Mountains" from our textbook, and tried to determine if it was poetry or prose. Then, in groups, we read other prose poems in order to identify their literary devices, and make a case for them either being poetry or prose.

Homework:
Bring in sources for me to check if you have not already.

9th Grade Class and Homework

Classwork:

Today we continued seeing examples of work cited. We also learned parenthetical notation.

Homework:

Create a works cited page for your poetry project.

Tuesday - 10th Grade Classwork and Homework

NOTICE: New extra credit for the week.  Read the e. e. cummings poem and try to explain or comment about it.

Classwork:

We reviewed Monday's test on literary devices.

Write about a time you made a decision with your heart rather than your head.

Read "since feeling is first" in your textbook.

We decided what the poem meant line by line, and how the speaker feels about love.

Answer the following questions:

- What does the line "life's not a paragraph" mean to you?

-What does the line "death i think, is no parenthesis" mean to you?

Homework:

Pick a grammatical term (comma, sentence, conjunction, exclamation point, etc.) and describe what it means figuratively.

REMINDER: I am checking your sources for your poetry project tomorrow.  If you do not have biographical information, lyrics, or albums to show me, I will begin taking off late points.

Tuesday - 9th Grade Homework and Classwork

Classwork:

We reviewed Works Cited format.  Examples were put up on transparency and chart paper.  Get notes from a friend.

Homework:

Copy the Works Cited page exactly into your notebook,  It is on page 266.

Make sure that you double space, and use italics rather than underline titles.

Monday - 10th Grade Classwork and Homework

Classwork:

We took a test on literary devices.

We reviewed works cited pages and how to put one together for our poetry projects.  I am happy to conference with you individually about your particular project.  In the "Links" section is a web page about citing.

Homework:

Continue to work on your projects; I expect to see your sources this week.

Monday - 9th Grade Classwork and Homework

Classwork:

Analyze the seven ages of man.

Review iambic pentameter.

Taught extended metaphor.

Extra credit: Find the Elvis song in which he sings, "all the world's a stage."

Homework:

Continue to work on your poetry projects.