Monthly Archives: October 2021

Thursday October 21st, 2021

Hello!

*Today we will start with our three way venn diagrams on What Do I Remember of the Evacuation, Walking on Both Sides of an Invisible Border, Caged Bird.  You will be pinning this to the back bulletin board and doing a gallery walk.

*Lyric Poetry

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*Create a Venn Diagram comparing/contrasting the two poems:  Caged Bird by Maya Angelou and Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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We may not get to the Shakespearean Sonnet until tomorrow….

*The Shakespearean Sonnet

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*Create a Venn Diagram comparing the two Shakespearean Sonnets

*Question:  Why do you think I get you to do so many Venn Diagrams? 🙂

 

Wednesday October 20th, 2021

Hello!

*No Red Ink:  Parallel Structure and Vague Pronouns

We will go over our worksheets on 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.

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“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

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“If” by Rudyard Kipling

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“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

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Wednesday October 20th, 2021

Hello!

*No Red Ink:  Parallel Structure and Vague Pronouns

*Yesterday, we looking at two poems Walking on Two Sides of an Invisible Border as well as Caged Bird.

*Yesterday, you should have completed the Jim Crow Laws and Civil Rights Web quest.

*Today, in groups of 2-3, you will have a large piece of paper and you will analyze the three poems (shown on white board as 3 column chart).

*When your group has finish analyzing, you will create a three way venn diagram of the three poems (also on white board.)

Tuesday October 19th, 2021

Good Afternoon!

-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.

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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

 

Tuesday October 19th, 2021

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*What did we learn about Residential Schools?

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*Analyzing Poems:  In groups, you will be going through the analyzing poetry resource and applying it to the three poems we studied:  “Walking on two Sides of the Border”, “What do I remember of the Evacuation”, and “Caged Bird”.  We will do this on larger paper so we can post/gallery walk

Monday October 18th, 2021

Good Afternoon!

*You will have time to finish the paragraph on your short story test…

*Poetry:  Start of Unit

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

-Figurative Language Worksheets: Practice identifying poetic terms

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Monday October 18th, 2021

Hello!

* “What Do I Remember of the Evacuation”

http://www.joykogawa.ca/what-do-you-remember-of-the-evacuation.html

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*After knowing more about that Japanese internment and the author, what meaning does this add to the poem itself?

*Go through the analyzing poetry resource for “What do I Remember of the Evacuation.”

*After knowing more about that Japanese internment and the author, what meaning does this add to the poem itself?

 

http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/09/22/history-sept-22-1988-apology-to-japanese-canadians-of-wwii/

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/rare-views-of-japanese-canadian-internment-19-images-remembering-one-of-canadas-darkest-hours

https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ePubFaShRacRedJap.pdf

https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/walking-both-sides-invisible-border

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*What did we learn about Residential Schools?

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*Analyzing Poems:  In groups, you will be going through the analyzing poetry resource and applying it to the three poems we studied:  “Walking on two Sides of the Border”, “What do I remember of the Evacuation”, and “Caged Bird”.  We will do this on larger paper so we can post/gallery walk

Thursday October 14th, 2021

Good Afternoon,

*Reminder:  Short Story Test:  Friday October 15th, 2021

*Reminder:  Short Story Synthesis Essay Due Monday October 18th, 2021

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*Analyzing Poetry:  Choose an appropriate song –one that you connect with.  You will analyze your song following the steps in the “Analyzing Poetry” resource.

a)  Find the lyrics to your song –copy/paste to a word doc

b)  analyze your song with the steps in analyzing poetry…

*If time, we can work on our essays…

Wednesday October 13th, 2021

Good Afternoon,

*Reminder:  Short Story Test:  Friday October 15th, 2021

*Reminder:  Short Story Synthesis Essay Due Monday October 18th, 2021

*No Red Ink:  Modifiers/Colons and Semicolons

*Essays:  Homework Check

*We will be starting our Poetry Unit…

https://create.kahoot.it/v2/details/75de9128-f3d6-4c34-b366-6ac9f800f739

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*Analyzing Poetry:  Choose an appropriate song –one that you connect with.  You will analyze your song following the steps in the “Analyzing Poetry” resource.

a)  Find the lyrics to your song –copy/paste to a word doc

b)  analyze your song with the steps in analyzing poetry…