Poem Work Continued

I checked poetry HW and we had two poetry presentations, plus a short discussion of Frankenstein and its place in the Romantic period. remember that the poetry HW for tomorrow is listed below.

Period Six Poem HW

Each night you should study the poem(s) that will be presented the following day in class by answering the questions below. Do all the assignments on the same paper, heading each assignment with the date and the poem’s title.

1. Summarize the plot of this poem.  Briefly, what is it about?
2. Note a few literary techniques which stand out in this poem.
3. How well does this poem fit with our definition of the Romantic period? Explain briefly.

Poetry HW will be stamped daily and collected Friday. Monday

• Sonnet to -- Joanna Baillie
• Sonnet on Receiving a Favor    Robert Burns

Tuesday

• She Walks in Beauty    Byron
• On Seeing the Elgin Marbles    John Keats

Wednesday

• The Garden of Love    William Blake
• Ozymandias    Percy Shelley

Thursday

• Charm’d by Thy Suffrage    Charlotte Smith
• Sonnet to My Beloved Daughter    Mary Robinson

Period Two Poem HW

Each night you should study the poem(s) that will be presented the following day in class by answering the questions below. Do all the assignments on the same paper, heading each assignment with the date and the poem’s title.

1. Summarize the plot of this poem.  Briefly, what is it about?
2. Note a few literary techniques which stand out in this poem.
3. How well does this poem fit with our definition of the Romantic period? Explain briefly.

Poetry HW will be stamped daily and collected Friday.
Monday

• The Garden of Love    William Blake
• Jean    Robert Burns

Tuesday

• On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer    John Keats
• She Walks in Beauty    Lord Byron

Wednesday

• Sonnet 1    Charlotte Smith
• Go, Valentine    Robert Southey

Thursday

• Ozymandias    Percy Shelly
• Answer to a Child’s Question    Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Project Time

Classes spent the entire period both Thursday and Friday working on the Romantic poetry project. There will be limited work time on Monday in addition to a quiz on the first half of Frankenstein.

Wednesday

After a brief sonnet review warm up, I introduced the new poetry project (handout @ moodle) and groups spent the rest of the period picking poems and beginning their analysis. Presentations will begin next Tuesday, 12/14.

The Sonnet

Today we spent the day examining the sonnet, taking notes and focusing specifically on Wordsworth's "The World is Too Much with Us." Notes for today and yesterday are available at moodle.

It's a Movement

Today we had a look at the Romantic movement in preparation for our reading of Frankenstein and upcoming poetry unit.

New Due Dates:

• Bring Sound and Sense tomorrow.

• Frankenstein
• The first half by 12/13
• Finish by 1/3/11

• Moodle posts on 12/12 and 1/2

Bye Bye Beloved

Today I collected study guides and students took the pressure comp for Beloved.
Poetry next week, so bring Sound and Sense.

Streaming...

Today we spent the entire period working with the four stream of consciousness chapters in Beloved, wrapping up our discussion of the novel. I collected warm-ups just before the end of the period. Timed writing and study guides tomorrow.

Beloved Questions

Tuesday we began the day writing about and discussing a quotation from Beloved. Students spent the rest of the period working on the Beloved discussion questions (which should have been completed for homework if necessary).
Wednesday we spent the entire period in a circle discussing the questions from earlier in the week, and they were collected at the end of the period.