December 7-11
We will finish Spelling Bees this week to choose your homeroom representatives
*Please note because of rehearsals, special events, and alternate schedules
some classes will not complete the activities on the assigned days. We will
finish the poetry unit before Christmas and there will be a comprehensive unit
test. Please study your notes on literary terms.
Your turn: Write a poem in the style of "The Riding Lesson"
Your Turn: Write 3 poems on unlikely subjects Acrostics
Your turn: Write a ballad
RRJ due December 10 this is the final RRJ for this year (2009)
Monday
Narrative poetry: The Ballad textbook 636-646
"The Cremation of Sam McGee"
"The Dying Cowboy"
"Maiden Savin' Sam"
Write a ballad.
Tuesday
Ballad continued
Wednesday
"Paul Revere"
textbook 628, IR 210-218
Thursday
"Paul Revere" Follow-up
Worksheet Selection Test
Friday
Epic Poems
"Beowulf"
"Casey at the Bat"
txtbk. 647-656
Computer lab---AR tests.
Publish your poetry