Thursday, March 15, 2012

March 19-23



English I
Week 9
Monday
prompt: What do you think of when you hear the word poetry?
WDJ: Accessible-easy to approach
Grammar:  A complete sentence has a subject verb and complete thought. Share examples.  See notes
Tool Box: Poetry is rhythmic compressed language that uses images and comparisons to appeal to a reader’s imagination and emotions. 
Activity:
Read Tupac Poems
Music and Poetry
Rhythm
Metaphor
Personification
Symbolism
Theme
Images
Tuesday 
prompt: How are music and poetry related?
WDJ: morose-gloomy, sullen, and despondent
Grammar:  Grammar Notes for Benchmark
Run-on, fragment, commas
Tool Box: Personification, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, symbol
Activity:
View ads on You Tube and Discuss
Ads in poetry assignment
Wednesday
Prompt Free Write or read
Grammar Notes for Benchmark March 29th (frag, run-on, commas) 
Review Allusions, Speaker, Paradox
Introduce Poetry and Music Assignment
What is lyric and what is narrative?
Ballad of Birmingham
Thursday
prompt: Free write or review for your novel quiz
WDJ: haughty- stuck up
Grammar: Run-on sentence is two sentence squished together as one.  See notes
My aunt and I walked to the store we bought eggs and milk.
Tool Box: Review poetry terms
Activity:
Still I Rise
What is the difference between narrative and lyric poetry?
Friday
Outside novel packet check
Lit circles honors
Computer Lab work day for poetry projects

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