1/29/10

Friday, January 29th

*Field Trip Forms, $4?
*Your Poems?
*The Big Paper: Assignment Details
---Starts Monday, Meet in Library
*Your Path Through Days 1 & 2
---Distribute Formative Results
---Label columns
*Quoting, Paraphrasing, & Summarizing
*Brainstorm Your topic
---Consider scope
---no-no list
---May use computer to poke around, see what's out there.

1/28/10

Thursday, January 28th

*Finish presentations
*If you haven't yet, complete TRAILS assessment
---Miss 3 or fewer = 5 bonus points
*
Field trip forms, $4?
*Your Poems?

*OBJECTIVE: In poetry, analyze point of view, imagery, tone, fig. lang., symbolism, sound devices, and theme.

1/27/10

Wedesday, January 27th

*Poetry Presentations
*If you haven't yet, complete TRAILS assessment
---Miss 3 or fewer = 5 bonus points

*OBJECTIVE: In poetry, analyze point of view, imagery, tone, fig. lang., symbolism, sound devices, and theme.

1/26/10

Tuesday, January 26th

*Complete TRAILS assessment
---Miss 3 or fewer = 5 bonus points
*If not testing, work with your group on Nature, Love, & Death
---Deliver presentations tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE: In poetry, analyze point of view, imagery, tone, fig. lang., symbolism, sound devices, and theme.

1/23/10

Monday, January 25th

*Nature, Love, & Death: Through Your Eyes
*Complete TRAILS assessment
---Miss 3 or fewer = 5 bonus points
*If not testing, work with your group on Nature, Love, & Death
---2) Individually, everyone do a Venn diagram. Use the "dig deeper" sheet to guide your observations, but also record your more personal responses.
---3) Come together. Discuss your observations on the poems. Everyone add to their notes during this discussion.
---4) Begin creating your presentation. Use Powerpoint.
---5) Deliver presentation on Wednesday.

*OBJECTIVE: In poetry, analyze point of view, imagery, tone, fig. lang., symbolism, sound devices, and theme.

1/22/10

Friday, January 22nd

*Finish "Dig Deeper" presentations
*Assignment details: "Nature, Love, & Death"
---1) As a group, decide on your 2 poems. Tell me.
---2) Individually, everyone do a Venn diagram. Use the "dig deeper" sheet to guide your observations, but also record your more personal responses.
---3) Come together. Discuss your observations on the poems. Everyone add to their notes during this discussion.
---4) Begin creating your presentation. Use Powerpoint.
---5) Deliver presentation on Wedensday.

*OBJECTIVE: In poetry, analyze point of view, imagery, tone, fig. lang., symbolism, sound devices, and theme.

1/21/10

Thursday, January 21st

*Continue discussing your "Dig Deeper" poem
--- ~20 minutes
*Present poems
--- ~20 minutes


*OBJECTIVE: In poetry, analyze point of view, imagery, tone, fig. lang., symbolism, sound devices, and theme.

1/20/10

Wednesday, January 20th

*Check, discuss "Infant Joy" & "Infant Sorrow"
*Discuss your "Dig Deeper" poem
---present tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE: In poetry, analyze point of view, imagery, tone, fig. lang., symbolism, sound devices, and theme.

1/19/10

Tuesday, January 19th

*Check "Lamb"/"Tyger" HW
---Discuss & Collect
*Read "Infant Joy" & "Infant Sorrow"
---Compare & contrast wkst

*Analyze poetry (theme, figurative language, rhyme scheme, sound devices)

1/15/10

Friday, January 15th

*Alumni Panel, all hours
*Have Blake paragraph ready on Tuesday

1/14/10

Thursday, January 14th

*Check "A Carcass" HW
---meanwhile, post vocab
*Theme, or not a theme?
*Discuss "Carcass"
*Blake Bio/Images
*Read "Lamb" & "Tiger"
---In a well-written, well-organized paragraph, answer the following: Considered together, what THEME do these two poems express?

*OBJECTIVE: Develop vocabulary, and practice active reading strategies.

1/12/10

Wednesday, January 13th

*Check HW
---Meanwhile, post vocab.
---Review vocab
*Small cell-groups
---What is the most important line in the poem, and why?
*Read "A Carcass"
---Define unfamiliar words
---5-entry dialogue journal
*Vote: Wordsworth or Baudelaire?

*OBJECTIVE: Develop vocabulary, and practice active reading strategies.

Tuesday, January 12th

*Check HW over "I WANDERED lonely as a cloud"
---Discuss
*Small Group Discussions
---Charles Baudelaire
*HW: Read "Autumn Song"
---Define unfamiliar words
---5-entry dialogue journal

*OBJECTIVE: Develop vocabulary, and practice active reading strategies.

1/11/10

Monday, January 11th

*Check HW over "The Tables Turned"
---Discuss
*Read "I WANDERED lonely as a cloud"
---vocab & 5-entry dialogue journal

*Develop vocabulary, and practice active reading strategies.

Friday, January 8th

*Snow Day

Thursday, January 7th

*Snow Day

Wednesday, January 6th

*Sub
*Check/Review Wordsworth Small Group Discussions
*Read "The Tables Turned"
---define unfamiliar words
---5-entry dialogue journal

1/5/10

Tuesday, January 5th

*Essay Reflection
*Author Bio: William Wordsworth
---Small Group Discussions

*OBJECTIVE: Make connections between the author's biography and his work.