5/9/08

Friday, May 9th

*No class--Graduation Practice

5/8/08

Thursday, May 8th

*Review: Analysis of poetry

Monday: Present Analyses, discuss poem, return essay tests
Tuesday: Constructed Response Final

5/7/08

Wednesday, May 7th

*Check/Discuss Voltaire assignment

5/6/08

Tuesday, May 6th

*Collect Canto V assignment
*Read p. 537, "Background"
*Read the selection from Voltaire's _Candide_, pp. 538-540
*HW: As you read, use the organizer to record an example of each of the following: exaggeration, understatement, and irony. Explain how each develops the satire in the story.

5/5/08

Monday, May 5th

*Check Pope assignment
*Review "Rape of the Lock"
*Read Canto V
*Answer "Shaping Intepretations" #8 in a well-written, well-organized paragraph, using evidence from the text to support your claim.

5/2/08

Friday, May 2nd

*Read p. 526: "Elements of Literature" & "Background"
*Read Canto III and find three passages which seem satirical (which seem to mock the seriousness of these people or this situation). For each, explain how the satire is working.
*Use the graphic organizer to complete this assignment.

5/1/08

Thursday, May 1st

*Options Project: Due TODAY
*Present Projects