Hello!

Morning Class:

*Poetry Test

When you are done your test, you can work on:

1. Novel Background Information Infograph
2. Wednesday Writes
3. No Red Ink

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Online Class:

1. Prepare/study for test
2. Novel Background Information Infograph
3. Wednesday Writes
4. No Red Ink

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Afternoon Class:

*Silent Reading

*Novel Background Information Infograph

*Literature Circle Roles:  make sure these are ready for tomorrow!

*Figurative Language Worksheets: Practice identifying poetic terms

figurative-language-worksheet-3

figurative-language-worksheet

figurative-language-worksheet-2

Where will your path lead you: Carpe Diem

You will be creating a Chart on Office 365….and in groups (of three hopefully!) you will be analyzing the following poems.  What will your path be?  my hope is that you not only analyze these poems, but also discuss their meaning…you will need the analyzing poetry sheet

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“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

the-road-not-taken

“If” by Rudyard Kipling

if-by-rudyard-kipling

“Oh Captain My Captain” by Walt Whitman

o-captain-my-captain-by-walt-whitman

“I Too Sing America” by Langston Hughes

i-too-sing-america-by-langston-hughes

“Art Reflecting Life” by Thomas King

art-reflecting-life-by-thomas-king

Hello!

Morning Class (A-L)

Reminders:  Poetry Test is on Monday May 31st (A-L) and on Tuesday June 1st (M-Z)*What to expect on the Poetry Test:

Part A –poetic devices and matching

Part B: poetic devices multiple choice

*Synthesis Essays:  some of you are LATE.  You need to upload these to TEAMS Asap.

*Silent Reading

*Literature Circle Discussions:  You will be meeting with your groups in person and on Teams

*Novel Background Information Infograph:  You have time to work on this assignment…and to meet up with your partner(s) if you are working with a team.

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Online Class:

Please work on the following:

1.  Novel Background Information Infograph.
2. Wednesday Write #5
3. No Red Ink

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Afternoon Class

*Silent Reading:  20 minutes to read your new book!

*Literature Circles: We are starting our Literature Circles.  The reading schedule planning sheet is below.  each week we will be having two discussion.  As a class, we will have to determine what days your groups will be meeting.  In order to do this, we need to establish our novel groups first.  The role sheets are also below.  You will be rotating through roles so that each time your group meets, you will have a different role.

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*We are also starting a new Assignment:  Novel Background Information Infographic.

*Figurative Language Worksheets: Practice identifying poetic terms

figurative-language-worksheet-3

figurative-language-worksheet

figurative-language-worksheet-2

Where will your path lead you: Carpe Diem

You will be creating a Chart on Office 365….and in groups (of three hopefully!) you will be analyzing the following poems.  What will your path be?  my hope is that you not only analyze these poems, but also discuss their meaning…you will need the analyzing poetry sheet

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“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

the-road-not-taken

“If” by Rudyard Kipling

if-by-rudyard-kipling

“Oh Captain My Captain” by Walt Whitman

o-captain-my-captain-by-walt-whitman

“I Too Sing America” by Langston Hughes

i-too-sing-america-by-langston-hughes

“Art Reflecting Life” by Thomas King

art-reflecting-life-by-thomas-king

Hello!

Morning Class (A-L)

Reminders:  Poetry Test is on Monday May 31st (A-L) and on Tuesday June 1st (M-Z)

*Synthesis Essays:  for some of you are LATE.  You need to upload these to TEAMS Asap.

*Silent Reading

*Novel Background Information Infograph:  You have time to work on this assignment…and to meet up with your partner(s) if you are working with a team.

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Online Class:

Please work on the following:

1.  Novel Background Information Infograph.
2. Wednesday Write #5
3. No Red Ink

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Afternoon Class:

*Book Talks

What is Poetry?

Poetry:  Start of Unit –these were the worksheets that we started with:

–poetry-sound-devices-and-power-point

–alliteration-onomatopoeia-and-hyperbole

poetic-devices-worksheet-2015

poetry-terms-and-devices-10

*Please study the poetry terms….you will have a quiz on the poetry terms…

-Figurative Language Worksheets: Practice identifying poetic terms

figurative-language-worksheet-3

figurative-language-worksheet

figurative-language-worksheet-2

Where will your path lead you: Carpe Diem

You will be creating a Chart on Office 365….and in groups (of three hopefully!) you will be analyzing the following poems.  What will your path be?  my hope is that you not only analyze these poems, but also discuss their meaning…you will need the analyzing poetry sheet

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“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

the-road-not-taken

“If” by Rudyard Kipling

if-by-rudyard-kipling

“Oh Captain My Captain” by Walt Whitman

o-captain-my-captain-by-walt-whitman

“I Too Sing America” by Langston Hughes

i-too-sing-america-by-langston-hughes

“Art Reflecting Life” by Thomas King

art-reflecting-life-by-thomas-king

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Hello!

*Poetry Quiz:  we will be starting with our quiz

*No Red Ink:  MLA Citations/semicolons and colons/parallel structure

*Wednesday Writes

1. The pursuit of freedom involves change.
2. Determination
3. Forming meaningful connections may enrich lives

*Novel Background Information Infograph

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Afternoon Class

*Short Story Test

*No Red Ink:  MLA Citations/semicolons and colons/parallel structure

*Wednesday Writes

1. The pursuit of freedom involves change.
2. Determination
3. Forming meaningful connections may enrich lives

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Online Class

*No Red Ink:  MLA Citations/semicolons and colons/parallel structure

*Wednesday Writes

1. The pursuit of freedom involves change.
2. Determination
3. Forming meaningful connections may enrich lives

Hello!

*Reminder: Poetry Quiz Wednesday May 26th, 2021 and Poetry Test on Monday May 31st, 2021

*Novel Choices:  I am hoping that you have thought about and chosen your novel.  I will record your choices/distribute novels.

*Silent Reading:  20 minutes to read your new book!

*Literature Circles: We are starting our Literature Circles.  The reading schedule planning sheet is below.  each week we will be having two discussion.  As a class, we will have to determine what days your groups will be meeting.  In order to do this, we need to establish our novel groups first.  The role sheets are also below.  You will be rotating through roles so that each time your group meets, you will have a different role.

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*We are also starting a new Assignment:  Novel Background Information Infographic.

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Afternoon Class:

*Short Story Test

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Online Class:

*Study for short story test

*No Red Ink

*Wednesday Writes

Hello!

Poetry Terms Quiz:  Wednesday May 26th, 2021

Poetry Test:  Monday May 31st?? (we will be starting novels in the meantime!)

*Analyzing Poetry:  Remember…you can post these on Teams so you have a well-rounded source of information

*Novels:  Book Talks

*This lesson is about learning rhythm and scansion.  It is usually a harder topic to learn.  It is regarding how to learn iambic pentameter or trochaic tetrameter for example.

“Casey at the Bat”:  please read the poem on the first link.  After you read the poem, you can watch the two attached cartoons below.  After, you can work on the questions attached to the poem on the first link.  The second link is an additional resource.

casey-at-the-bat-with-rhythm-and-scansion

rhythm-meter-and-scansion

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Afternoon and Online Class:

*Synthesis Essays

*Wednesday Writes

*No Red Ink

Hello!

Poetry Terms Quiz:  Wednesday May 26th, 2021

Kahoot:  https://create.kahoot.it/details/cde22f99-75b7-4940-8542-652f497acd09

Poetry Test:  Monday May 31st?? (we will be starting novels in the meantime!)

*Analyzing Poetry:  5 poems…how are we making out?

*This lesson is about learning rhythm and scansion.  It is usually a harder topic to learn.  It is regarding how to learn iambic pentameter or trochaic tetrameter for example.

“Casey at the Bat”:  please read the poem on the first link.  After you read the poem, you can watch the two attached cartoons below.  After, you can work on the questions attached to the poem on the first link.  The second link is an additional resource.

casey-at-the-bat-with-rhythm-and-scansion

rhythm-meter-and-scansion

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Afternoon and Online Class:

*Synthesis Essays

*Wednesday Writes

*No Red Ink

Hello!

Reminders:

*No Red Ink/Wednesday Write #3 should have been uploaded/completed last night

*Synthesis Essays:  Due tonight

No Red Ink:  Body Paragraphs

*Wednesday Writes:

1)Sometimes people are unable to control the directions of their own lives

2)  Acceptance

*Synthesis Essays:  Do we need a little time to work on these?

*Poetry Activity from Monday:

You will be creating a Chart on Office 365….and in groups (of three hopefully!) you will be analyzing the following poems.  What will your path be?  my hope is that you not only analyze these poems, but also discuss their meaning…you will need the analyzing poetry sheet

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“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

the-road-not-taken

“If” by Rudyard Kipling

if-by-rudyard-kipling

“Oh Captain My Captain” by Walt Whitman

o-captain-my-captain-by-walt-whitman

“I Too Sing America” by Langston Hughes

i-too-sing-america-by-langston-hughes

“Art Reflecting Life” by Thomas King

art-reflecting-life-by-thomas-king

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Afternoon Class:

Please go to Teams for our link to join our TEAMS meeting at 12:15pm.

*No Red Ink:  Body Paragraphs

*Wednesday Writes:

1)Sometimes people are unable to control the directions of their own lives

2)  Acceptance

*Synthesis Essays:  Please work on your Template so that this is complete for Thursday/Friday.

Hello!

Morning Class:

*Short Story Test

*If you finish early, please work on your synthesis essay, no red ink or your Wednesday Write #3

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Afternoon class

*Short Story Test:

M-Z:  Tuesday May 25th, 2021

A-L:  Wednesday May 26th, 2021

*No Red Ink:  complete by tonight

*Wednesday Write #3:  upload by tonight

*Synthesis Essays!

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Online Learners:

*No Red Ink:  complete by tonight

*Wednesday Write #3:  upload by tonight

Hello!

Reminders:

*Essay Due Date:  Wednesday May 19th, 2021

*Short Story Test (Tuesday May 18th) :  Webbing exercise (groups)

*Wednesday Write from last week is to be uploaded onto Teams

*No Red Ink should be completed (from last week)

*Synthesis Essays:  Peer Edit

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*Poetry:  Start of Unit –these were the worksheets that we started with:

–poetry-sound-devices-and-power-point

–alliteration-onomatopoeia-and-hyperbole

poetic-devices-worksheet-2015

poetry-terms-and-devices-10

*Please study the poetry terms….you will have a quiz on the poetry terms…

-Figurative Language Worksheets: Practice identifying poetic terms

figurative-language-worksheet-3

figurative-language-worksheet

figurative-language-worksheet-2

Where will your path lead you: Carpe Diem

You will be creating a Chart on Office 365….and in groups (of three hopefully!) you will be analyzing the following poems.  What will your path be?  my hope is that you not only analyze these poems, but also discuss their meaning…you will need the analyzing poetry sheet

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“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

the-road-not-taken

“If” by Rudyard Kipling

if-by-rudyard-kipling

“Oh Captain My Captain” by Walt Whitman

o-captain-my-captain-by-walt-whitman

“I Too Sing America” by Langston Hughes

i-too-sing-america-by-langston-hughes

“Art Reflecting Life” by Thomas King

art-reflecting-life-by-thomas-king

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Afternoon Class:

Synthesis Writing:

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Online Class:

*No Red Ink:  weekly assignment

*Wednesday Writes #3:  weekly assignment