What to study:

• all the poems on the blog: ‘Packing for the Future’ by Lorna Crozier; the four poems for deconstruction sheet; ‘Richard Cory’; ‘Big Yellow Taxi’; ‘Introduction to Poetry’ by Billy Collins; the latter two poems are in Package #1; ‘Richard Cory’ is in Package #2
  • study the above poems for their meaning and purpose
  • the sound and figurative devices used
• The poetry review devices and terms in Poetry Package #2
• The Terminology booklet
• The booklets on organization and types of poems (skim these only)
• The test is multiple choice and has 80 questions

Preparing for this test helps you with the Provincial as you are studying terminology you might encounter

some observations:

Agenda:

Work Block: (in order of priority)

1. Novel – keep reading and working on your roles – next book talk (#5) is Tuesday and #6 is Thursday – class time should be used wisely!!!
2. Utilize the Spoken Work Materials from both the Writing and Grammar tab and Today in English 12 – brainstorm at the tables for possible topics; look at the ‘Masters’ (headphones); do the Prompts document activity