Thursday HW

CP 1 and 2: Turn in any late portfolios. Study for the Poetic Devices quiz tomorrow!!!

Honors: Write your Socratic Seminar reactions tonight: typed, please!

Inner circle: please write your reactions to the discussion experience, and then offer up any rules to create a classroom protocol for an effective discussion.

Outer circle: Please describe in your first paragraph what you observed (based on your directed note I gave you) and any the reactions you want to share about being in the outer circle.

For part 2 please come up with suggestions for a more effective discussion!

Wednesday

Honors: Read Chapter 5 and complete discussion questions

CP1 and 2: Organized completed poetry portfolios due tomorrow!

Tuesday's HW

Just browsing through the ballads I received today, I am so impressed with the quality of your poems! Bravo!

Honors: Complete ASP CH. 4 discussion questions on "a separate piece" of paper ;P

CP1: Organize portfolios

CP2: Complete extended metaphor question from "The Writer"

Monday's Homework

Honors: You need to revise your ballad and type up a well formatted final draft of your poem. Be prepared to share at least a portion of your ballad on Tuesday!

CP1: I have now conferenced with any student with a completed rough draft of a ballad. Please type up a well-formatted, revised ballad for Tuesday. Be prepared to share your ballad, juuuust in case!!

Weekend HW

Honors: Read Chapter 3 and complete discussion questions

**Amendment: No discussion questions, we forgot to hand them out! WHoops! Be prepared to answer them at the beginning of class on Monday.

CP1: Finish P.A.T for "Snacks in the Shade" or "Ode to a Lemon" if you did not in class on Friday

CP2: Finish your PAT for "Ode" or "Concrete" poem for Monday


Have a Happy Weekend!

Thursday

Thursday Night's HW

Honors, CP1: Finish Rough Draft of Ballad based on the news article you printed out.

* A note of advice: A lot of students expressed that their article was "too boring" to be a poem. Putting aside for a moment that you can take anything and inject enough creativity to make it interesting, you were instructed to find an interesting, exciting article. If you need to go back to nytimes.com and find a new article that does work for you, I strongly urge you to do it.


CP2" Finish your P.A.T. on you individual poem.

Monday 09-20

Honors: Please read Chapters 1 and 2 of A Separate Peace by Thursday

CP 1 and 2: If there was any work you did not finish in the computer lab today, please have it ready for tomorrow!

Coming next in Poetry Unit: Ballads!

Weekend HW

Honors: Please complete A Separate Peace Anticipation Guide

CP 1 and 2: Complete your extended metaphor poem with at least 4 supporting metaphors.

Wednesday

Sorry for the lack of a post last night!

Tonight's homework:

Honors: Poem Analysis sheet for Mali's poem due Friday. A Separate Peace novels will be handed out by Friday. Please do not forget to hand in Hobbit books.

CP1 and 2: No homework. If you did not do your Metaphor Poem on Tuesday night, please have it for next class!

In class we are working on : Extracting meaning out of metaphors and similes
Writing original metaphor and (to come) writing extended metaphor poems

How Did We Do?: Lyrics as Poetry

I received 42 responses to this weekends "Lyrics as Poetry" blog assignment.

Congrats to the 42 who took the time to complete it.

A bit of feedback to the quality of the work I received:

• Most people chose lyrics that certainly did include some great poetic devices! One student even mentioned allusions, which we covered in Friday's class- bravo!

• In regards to the explanations, nearly all of them need a lot of work. A sentence such as "It included a metaphor" is not a sufficient high school response. You should be identifying the metaphor and including the line in your response. Then you should be explaining the significance of the metaphor!

• Push yourselves! General, unexplained statements do not not reveal real higher level thinking, which all of you are capable of. "I chose this poem because it has a lot of meaning." This was a very common explanation. If you were a teacher, how would you feel about that answer? Explain, explain, explain!

Bravo again on the effort, and let's shoot for greatness next time!!!

Homework: CP 1 and Honors

To complete this assignment, please submit it as a comment to this post.

Please choose a song lyric that you feel could be a poem. Lyrics can be very poetic, and I want you to REALLY think about the song you choose. The song should use poetic devices and should be appropriate. Don't just choose a song because you like it. If I do not see the poetry in the words, that will reflect in the credit you receive.

After you paste the lyrics into a comment, then please

1. Explain why you choose it
2. Be sure to say who you are

Friday September 10

I am so pleased to be able to say how well this week has been for Yellow Team students. So far the majority of you have proven to be maturely behaved and enthusiastic learners.

I can tell this is going to be a productive, fun year.

Check back for your homework, to be done on this blog as a comment.

First Writing Assignment

To all classes: Your Dear Mrs. Pare letters are due on Friday! Do not forget to format it exactly like mine- it should also be just as long!

It was a pleasure meeting you all today. You have a great personality as a group!

Extra credit to anyone who comments on this post by Thursday!