A Touch of Frost

Today we continued our look at journey poems with Frost's, "The Road Not Taken" (p. 724).

"The Seven Ages of Man"

Today we just scratched the surface of Shakespeare's "The Seven Ages of Man," completing the chart explained at the bottom of page 721.

More Meter

Today we had a bit of fun while continuing of meter practice. Tomorrow: Shakespeare and Frost!

I'm Back!

Today I returned from my three-day absence. Mr. Raymer wrapped up the work with poetry done in my absence, collecting the questions from page 712. After that, we began a look at poetic meter, which we will continue on Monday.

Final Poetry Project Work Days

Thursday and Friday were both work days for the poetry project. Yesterday, I checked off the poetry analysis and students started on posters. Posters should be ready to present on Monday at the beginning of class.

Analysis Time

Students had the entire period to work on the analysis of their chosen poems. They should complete the six-step analysis, including the paragraph, for homework tonight if they did not do so in class.

Poem Projects

Today students had some time to finish up the poetry questions and then partners had time to begin the more detailed poetry analysis that is part of the poem project I introduced today.