• Oct292010
    Today in Class

    POSTED AT 06:14 AM

    DOL #19
    Edgar Allen Poe
    Illustration

    Review poetry terms for test next week

    Short classes due to assembly at the end of the day today. 
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    Oct282010
    Today in Class

    POSTED AT 08:52 AM

    Journal - continue one of these prompts...

    As soon as I arrived, I could sense that something was out of place....

    There seemed to be a chill in the air that night and s/he...

    check homework - riddle poems

    Point of view - Perspective from which the poem is told.
    Hyperbole - An exaggeration of truth, an overstatement
    Understatement - Making something seem less than important or serious effect. 

    Poetry examples of the above will be read in class
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    Oct272010
    Today in Class

    POSTED AT 08:39 AM

    DOL #18
    Collect HW
    Quick write - about an object in the room

    Discuss POV
    First person
    Second Person
    Third Person

    Riddle Poems read - solve

    Start homework
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    Oct262010
    Today in Class

    POSTED AT 09:38 AM

    Journal # 13
    What are your favorite artist/song/genres?
    Write about a couple of songs.  Why do you like them? what makes them great?

    check ballads - share
    Return work
    Go over relearning for students that would like to re-do their book report

    Notes:
    Repetition - repeating words or phrases for visual and or emotional effect.

    Refrain, a word, phrase or line that is reg. reported in a poem or a song, usually at the end of the stanza. 


    Listen to "Blackbird" by the Beatles
    Students will read poetry with repetition
    then begin homework.
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    Oct252010
    Today in Class

    POSTED AT 08:45 AM

    DOL #17
    Go over expectations for the poetry portfolio
    page 637 "The Cremation of Sam McGee"

    Ballad writing
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    Oct222010
    Today in Class

    POSTED AT 09:50 AM

    DOL #15
    Poetry term quiz
    Students will work on BR#2 in class
         If students do not bring their material to class to work, they will be given a packet that will be a summative assessment.


    Thursday 10-21-10
    Journal #11 - Tell me about a song that tells a story
    Discussion on ballads
    Students will listen to Johnny Cash "Long Black Veil"
    There in an inclass worksheet to go along with the ballads
        It is collected for a classwork grade

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    Oct202010
    Today in Class

    POSTED AT 07:47 AM

    DOL #15
    Check and go over HW "Grandma Ling"  (Imagery)
    Introduce the poem "O Captain, My Captain"
    Introduce Elegy and Epitaphs
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    Oct192010
    Today in Class

    POSTED AT 06:12 AM

    Journal #11 - Has anyone ever told you that you look like someone?  A relative?  A movie star?

    Define - theme

    Collect HW - "Autumn" poem

    Go over yesterday's poems (classwork)

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    Oct182010
    Today in Class

    POSTED AT 09:26 AM

    DOL #14
    Record new books for BR #2
    Review figurative language
     Read poem "When Death Comes"
     Discuss figurative language and mood
     Students work in partners with the poems
        "Heaven 1963"   and    "More Than Enough"

    Begin homework
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    Oct152010
    Today in Class

    POSTED AT 08:27 AM

    DOL #13
    Collect book reports
    collect IKWYDLS books
    Approve new books for BR #2
    Hand out directions for new book report due 11/22
    Write down def:
    Simile
    Metaphor
    Personification
    Alliteration
    Onomatoeia
    Ballad
    Epic

    Describe snow without using the word snow

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