Friday, May 27, 2011

Last poem presentations.

Thursday, May 26, 2011.

Poem Presentations

Wednesday, May 25, 2011.

Poetry Presentations

Tuesday, May 24, 2011.

Oral Poem Presentation: Students will teach a poem to the class.

Monday, May 23, 2011.

POETRY TEST

Tear out pp. 85-106 and 195-212 and staple. Turn in. Take G.U.M. workbook home.

Friday, May 20, 2011.

Students completed "Eleven (11) Poems" Analysis.

REMINDER: POETRY TEST Monday 5/23 Make sure you study the glossary and all the notes and handouts studied in the last two weeks.

Thursday, May 19, 2011.

Students worked on Eleven (11) Poems Poetry Project. Vocabulary answers 1-20 for lesson 28 on board. Quiz Monday, 5/23

REMINDER: Poetry TEST Monday, 5/23

Wednesday, May 18, 2011.

Homework Check "O Captain, My Captain."

1. Practice end rhyme, rhyme scheme, internal rhyme, alliteration, 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 Assignment: Eleven (11) Poems Analysis. Students will work with a partner to analyze eleven poems. Each poem is worth ten points.

REMINDER: Bring Vocabulary workbook Lesson 28 tomorrow. Quiz Friday.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011.

1. Use literature book pp. 768 - 775 to review prosody and poem analysis. Took up notes for a grade.

Homework: O Captain, My Captain.

Monday, May 16, 2011.

1. 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.

2. 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.
Per. 5: Voc. Quiz 27

Friday, May 13, 2011.

1. Read handout on Musical Devices: Alliteration , Rhyme & Onomatopoeia.

2. Pass out Glossary of Literary Terms and check off terms we have already reviewed.

3. Take Vocabulary Quiz 27 (Except Per. 5)

4. Work on handout: "Alliteration-Onomatopoeia-Metaphors-Similes.

Per. 5: Study words (27) for quiz. Per. 7: Bring three poems from packet on Monday: Anapestic, iambic monometer, and limerick.

Thursday, May 12, 2011.

1. Recite anapestic poem done for homework. (Except Per. 7) (Homework grade)

2. Read "Rhythm Lesson" packet and write a twelve-line iambic monometer with a partner. Recite. (grade)

3. Check Vocabulary Lesson 27 (XXVII). Quiz tomorrow.

HOMEWORK: Write a limerick following the sample in the packet. Bring tomorrow. Also, study for vocabulary quiz.

Per. 7:

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

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: A group of lines that form a unit of poetry

form: How the poem appears on paper: One must determine how many stanzas of how many lines? Some poems are irregular while some may be the form of a diamond, a snake, etc.

rhyme scheme: The recurring end rhyme patterns in a poem: abcb, abba, abab, etc.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011.

1.Writing Response: What is Poetry to Me? One page. Share with class.

2. 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.

3. Meter lesson.

4. Explain Allegory assignment.

REMINDER: Complete Vocabulary Lesson 27. Due Thursday 5/12. Quiz: Friday 5/13.

Monday, May 9, 2011..

English 2 Final Exam Essay: Spring 2011.

Friday, May 6, 2011.
1) Vocabulary Quiz 26 (XXVI)

2) "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? Please write thoughtfully and neatly.

3) Complete assignment on page 736 (all). On separate sheet of paper.

4) Work on GUM workbook grammar packet.

REMINDER: MONDAY: FINAL EXAM ESSAY. BRING PEN AND PLENTY OF PAPER.

May 5, 2011.

Read "How Much Land Does a Man Need" lit book pp. 718-734. Answer questions on p. 735. Turn in vocabulary workbook for homework grade check.

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.

3. Per. 5: Write ideas for a short allegory with a partner.