The Poetry Test

Today we took our final test on the poetry unit.

Enjoy the vacation and have a happy holiday!

Magnetic Poetry

Today we reviewed for the test a bit and then spent the rest of the day on a bit of fun with poetry.

Poetry Exam Tomorrow. Make Flashcards!

More Poetry

Today we had a few more presentations and then took some notes on the Shakespearean sonnet. HW: Write at least the first four lines of your own sonnet.

Two Days in One

Thursday:
Today we began poetry presentations. Nice job to all those who were prepared on the first day! We spent the rest of the day finishing the copy change poem assignment and sharing poems.

Friday:
Today students worked on an introductory sonnet assignment (available here). These will be collected Monday along with the copy change poems.

Papers Back (Yes, Finally)

We started the day by discussing the Of Mice and Men essay's, especially grading and revision possibilities. After that I collected "The Still I Rise" work and students began copy change poems using either "Theme for English B" or "Still I Rise" as models.

Poetry presentations begin tomorrow.

"Still I Rise" Continued

Today we finished up our analysis of "Still I Rise" with an analytical paragraph (which we color-coded to show the balance of example and commentary). We also made sure that the words personification, simile, repetition, rhyme scheme, and half-rhyme appear in students' poetry notes.

"Still I Rise"

Today we annotated Maya Angelou's poem (step 1 of the poetry analysis) , "Still I Rise" and began the paraphrase (step 2). We also drew presentation days. Presentations begin THIS Thursday.

HW Finish poetry analysis steps 2 through 5 for "Still I Rise."