The Day Before...

Pressure Comp today.

Have a great break!

Discussion Time

Today we spent the period discussing The Woman Warrior and wrapped up with a brief intro to the literature circle project that will begin when we return from break.

Wrapping Up the Poetry

Today we had the last poetry presentation, and then students spent the rest of the period working on the Woman Warrior questions from yesterday. You should be through at least question 4 for class tomorrow.

Tuesday

After a two more poetry presentations, we spent the last part of the period starting some discussion questions for The Woman Warrior.

A Short But Busy Monday

Today we began with a quiz on The Woman Warrior and then squeezed in two more poetry presentations.

Poetry Presentations

Today we managed to spend the whole period on poetry presentations, again...

Poetry Presentations

Today we had our first poetry presentations and then talked a bit about the Ashland field trip. There are only 14 spots and money is due tomorrow: first come, first served.

Period 3 Poems
Wednesday, 11/9

• "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost
• "A Poison Tree" by William Blake
• "Apparently with No Surprise" by Emily Dickinson

Thursday, 11/10

• "The Debt" by Paul Dunbar
•  "A Noiseless Patient Spider" by Walt Whitman
• "Caged Skylark" by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Monday, 11/14

• "Loveliest of Trees" by A.E. Housman
• "Garden of Love" by William Blake

Tuesday, 11/15

• "Stopping by Woods..." by Robert Frost
• "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman

Wednesday, 11/16

• "There is a Garden in Her Face" by Thomas Campion

Period 4 Poems
Wednesday, 11/9

• "Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes
• "There's a Certain Slant of Light" by Emily Dickinson

Thursday, 11/10

• "Cross" by Langston Hughes
• "Ending" by Gavin Ewart

Monday, 11/14

• "Sonnet 130" by Shakespeare
• "When I Heard the Learned Astronomer" by Walt Whitman

Tuesday, 11/15

• "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
• "Death Be Not Proud" by John Donne

Poetry Projects Presentations Begin Tomorrow

Today we had a quick quiz on the first half of The Woman Warrior, followed by an explanation of the poetry HW below. Students had the remainder of the period to work, during which time we drew group order.

Poetry Project Audience Homework 
Each night you should study the poems that will be presented the following day in class by answering the questions below. Poems should be in Sound and Sense, but are usually available online if you do a quick search for the title. Do all the assignments on the same paper, heading each assignment with the date and the poem’s title.

1. Paraphrase the plot of this poem. Briefly, what is it about?
2. What is the overall tone of the poem?
3. Note a few literary techniques which stand out in this poem.

 

Stuff and CRAs

After briefly discussing missing AP contracts, the AP Ashland trip, and tomorrow's final work day, we talked about the basic outline for the poetry presentations and looked at a sample CRA. Students had the rest of the period to work.

More Poetry Analysis

Groups spent the day working on their poetry analyses. A few groups started their presentations on the computers.

The Woman Warrior & Poetry Annotation

After a warm-up focused on "No Name Woman" and a brief introduction to the novel as a whole, we looked a quick annotation example and students had the rest of the period to annotate their chosen poems.
New Due Dates:

• Read "White Tigers" through "Shaman" and post at least once by 11/7.
• Finish The Woman Warrior and post at least one more time by 11/14.

The Poetry Project

Today we began the first poetry project. I went over the assignment handout and assigned groups. Most groups managed to choose poems before the end of the period.