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Wednesday October 23rd, 2024

Good Morning!

*Reminder:  University Event is today

*Reminder:  Poetry Terms Quiz Tomorrow

*No Red Ink:  Body Paragraphs: Embedding Evidence (next week we will do Body paragraphs with transitions)

*3 Way Venn Diagram (continued from yesterday):  I Hear America Singing, I,Too, America, This is America

 

Tuesday October 22nd, 2024

Good Morning!

*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? 🙂

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*I Hear America Singing/I Too America Sing:

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*3 Way Venn Diagram

*Group discussion/note taking –what are the themes and messages of the above 3 poems and when looking at them now, what does their message say about the cultural, social and historical context of each of these poems and the message we can learn from them now?


Assignment:  Writing Poetry

 

Monday October 21, 2024

Good Morning!

*University Event:  Wednesday –we are also supposed to do our poetry terms quiz….

*Lyric Poetry:  We started this yesterday

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*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? 🙂

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*I Hear America Singing/I Too America Sing:

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*3 Way Venn Diagram

*Group discussion/note taking –what are the themes and messages of the above 3 poems and when looking at them now, what does their message say about the cultural, social and historical context of each of these poems and the message we can learn from them now?


Assignment:  Writing Poetry

 

Friday October 18th, 2024

Hello!

Friday Writes:  What makes a scary story?  Brainstorm

Your Friday Write Topic:

1)  Write a Scary Story!

*Lyric Poetry:  We started this yesterday

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*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? 🙂

Thursday October 17th, 2024

Good Morning!

Head’s Up: Poetry Terms Quiz -Tuesday…does this day work?!

Yesterday, we looked at “What do I Remember of the Evacuation”, “Walking on Both Sides of an Invisible Border”, and “Caged Bird”. Yesterday, you should have finished the analysis as well as the three way venn diagram.

*Gallery Walk…take a look at other groups venn diagrams…

*Discussion:  did other groups have the same things as you?

*Lyric Poetry:  We will start this poem…

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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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*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 16th, 2024

Good Morning!

*No Red Ink:  Introductory paragraphs, Thesis Statements, and topic sentences

*Yesterday we looked at the three poems, “What do I remember of the Evacuation,” “Walking on Both Sides of an Invisible Border”, and “Caged Bird”.

*Venn Diagram:  3 way Venn Diagram –“Analyzing Poems”

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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