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.
Homework: Complete handouts.

Note: Please ask for handouts if absent.

3. Vocabulary Quiz 29 (Except Period 5).

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/remember 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.

3. Checked Voc. Lesson 29: for homework grade. Quiz tomorrow.

Per. 3: Will check Voc. Lesson 29 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.

1. Completed reading of Othello ACT V. We finished reading the play.
2. Filled out review sheet for test on ACTS IV and V tomorrow. Passed out ACT V comp. questions.
3. Reminder: Bring Vocabulary Lesson 29 on Thursday.

Note: If you will be out due to testing, please check in with me at your earliest convenience to make up work ASAP.

Monday, May 10, 2010

Final Exam Essay: 30% of Final Exam Grade

Note: We will be reading Othello Act V tomorrow. If you are absent, you are responsible for reading this assignment on your own.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

1. Review Vocabulary Lesson 28. 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 LESSON 28 WORDS FOR QUIZ TOMORROW.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010.

1. Read Othello Act 4, Scenes 1 and 2.

2. Reminder: Voc. Lesson 28+ Sentences and Definitions:
Bring completed to class for homework grade.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

1. Tear out G.U.M. book pages 235-256; 368-372; 379-382 and 65-73;
(Complete for final exam guide). Take G.U.M. workbook home for summer use or to recycle.

2. Othello ACTS I-III TEST


Monday, May 3, 2010

1. Complete Othello ACTS I, II, and III review.
2. Complete assignment on Personification.