Poetry Mini-Project: Day 1

Today, after reviewing a marking the discussion rubric for Q1, student annotated and analyzed one of seven poems and then discussed them in groups. Tomorrow, we will present those interpretations.
Students also turned in their writer's notebooks.

Candide & Meter Cont.

After some discussion of Candide, we mostly wrapped up the introduction to poetic meter.

More Meter

More Poetry

Today we continued our look at "Reapers" and a review of poetic terms. Meter tomorrow!

Satire & Candide & a Poem

We began the day by reviewing satire again with a short Key and Peele sketch and discussion of yesterday's article. We moved on to a short introduction to Candide and wrapped up with an initial look at Jean Toomer's poem "Reapers."

Homecoming & Satire

Friday, we reviewed the definition of satire and practice by analyzing a short clip from The Simpsons.

Monday, students again reviewed the definition of satire (for the half of the class that missed Friday) and then practiced on a short article from The Onion. Class wrapped up with an assignment at Google Classroom, which should be completed for homework if necessary.

Antigone Timed Essay

After a bit of homecoming voting, students had the period to write their Antigone timed essay.

Wrapping Up "Antigone"

Today we wrapped up our discussion of Antigone and prepared for tomorrow's timed essay by reflecting on the timed essay from The Awakening.

Poster Time

After some discussion of the quick write that began class, groups finished their posters and presented them.

More Antigone

Antigone Discussion & Term Hunt

A Quiz, Some Group Work, and a Fire Drill

More Irony with "Richard Cory"

And... the Internet is Back

Monday we started our look at Sophocles' Antigone. Students should have the entire play read and should post to our Google Classroom discussion by class time on Thursday.
Tuesday we reviewed the concept of irony

and spent a bit of time with Alanis Morrisette and Ed Byrnes.

Timed Essay #1

Today we spend the period easing our way into the first timed essay of the year.

Essay Norming

Today we spent the day looking at some timed essays on "Eleven" in preparation for the timed writing tomorrow.

Study Guide Prep

Today we spent the whole period working through the study guide. The file is at Classroom and should be posted to TurnItIn before the timed essay on Friday.

CRAs & Study Guides

After a bit of work with the draft Awakening CRAs, we started our look at the Study Guide. Final Draft CRAs are due to TurnItIn Thursday.