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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:
- Novel Background Information Infograph.
- Wednesday Write #5
- 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.
*We are also starting a new Assignment: Novel Background Information Infographic.
*Figurative Language Worksheets: Practice identifying poetic terms
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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
“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
“If” by Rudyard Kipling
“Oh Captain My Captain” by Walt Whitman
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“I Too Sing America” by Langston Hughes
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“Art Reflecting Life” by Thomas King