Poetry Analysis

Today, after reflecting on the returned persuasive essays and reading titles, we continued our look at "We Real Cool" by completing steps 3 through 5 below and starting on step 6. We will finish this in class on Monday.

1. ANNOTATE the poem. On a copy of the poem itself, mark features that stand out (rhyme, stanzas, type of poem, alliteration, consonance, enjambment, syllables, metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, etc.), note difficult words or lines, indicate questions or comments, etc.
2. PARAPHRASE the poem in simple, everyday sentences. Look up words if needed.
3. SUMMARIZE the poem in a sentence or two.
4. Explain the TONE of the poem in a sentence or two. Use our list of tone words if they help.
5. Explain the THEME of the poem in a sentence or two.
6. Write an ANALYTICAL PARAGRAPH about how one aspect of the poem affects either the theme or the tone. Your paragraph should begin with a sentence that clearly states the aspect and the effect. Support your point with quotations from the poem itself.

More Review

Today we continued our review of the poetry terms using "We Real Cool" as an example.

I'm Back...

Today we talked a bit about the Every 15 Minutes experience of the last few days, spent some time on quarter grades, and started our look at Gwendolyn Brooks' poem, "We Real Cool."
Close Reads from pages 669 to 675 are due.

Unit 6 Assessment

Today we took some time to do the unit 6 assessment and students had some time afterwards to work on their papers which are due tomorrow.

Final Work Day

Today we reviewed the overall format for the works cited page and I checked off draft works cited pages. Students had the rest of the period to work.

The Works Cited

Today we worked through the works cited and students had a chance to practice. They should have a draft of their works cited for class tomorrow.

Revision Begins

Today we worked through some revision activities, using the slides below and the textbook pages indicated.
Final draft essays (typed in MLA format with a works cited page) are due Friday. I will also be collecting graphic organizers and revised rough drafts (with stamps).

Tomorrow we will work on the works cited, so be sure you have the information you need.

Wrapping Up the Rough Draft

Today we reviewed paraphrase and citation in the warm-up, reviewed body paragraphs and conclusions, and students had the opportunity to write for much of the day. They should finish their body paragraghs and write their conclusions over the weekend if they didn't finish in class today.

The Body

Today, after reviewing paraphrase, quotation, and citation format, we spent the day on body paragraphs. The slides are below. Students should have at least two of their body paragraphs written by tomorrow.

Intro Paragraphs

Today we looked at three different types of model introductions and students started writing their own introductory paragraphs. They should try each type of introduction and bring those paragraphs to class tomorrow.

Monday & Tuesday

Monday we spent the day analyzing the claim and support in "The Privacy Debate," filling in the graphic organizer below.

Tuesday we continued our look at "The Privacy Debate" with the warm-up below. Students had the rest of the period to fill out the graphic organizer (same as above) for their own persuasive paper. These should be completed for homework.

Friday

Friday we finished finished margin questions C, D, and E from "How Private is your Private Life." Then we read the companion article, "The Privacy Debate" and did margin questions G, H, and I.
HW: Bring research paper materials from PE (if you have them).

Bias and Your Private Life

Today we began with a short look at bias and then wrapped up the vocab from page 21. We read the article "How Private is Your Private Life?" (starting on page 622) and did margin question A. More margin questions tomorrow.

Fact or Opinion

Today we had a look at differentiating fact from opinion in a short warm-up. Then, after going over some problem questions from the test review activity (which was handed in), we got started with the vocabulary on page 621.

The Privacy Debate

We began today by talking about the hot-button issue of internet privacy and then spent the second half of the period reviewing the Unit 5 test.

Wrapping Up MLK

We began the day by looking at how King acknowledged his opposition in his "I Have a Dream" speech. Afterwards we reviewed the the homework, added #4 from page 608, and handed both in.

Friday

We began class by doing the Vocabulary in Practice activity at the top of page 609 in our "Warm-ups" section. Then, after finishing MLK's "I Have a Dream," we examined the speech, finding and copying down an example of each of the following:

• Parallelism
• Repetition
• Analogy
• Loaded Language
• At least two of the Persuasive Appeals (from page 596)

Students should finish this for HW if necessary.

I Have a Dream... of Class without a Fire Drill

Today we reviewed argument and claim and started our look at MLK's "I Have a Dream."