We practiced Rhythm and Meter today!
Test over the following terms Monday:)
Feet of 5 Morae
- Cretic : _ u _
- First Paeon : _ uuu
- Fourth Paeon : uuu _
- Bacchius : u _ _
- Antibacchius : _ _ u
Friday, September 30, 2011
09/30/2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
09/29/2011
Today, we finished discussing syntax in selected poems and...
We took notes on Rhythm and Meter (Power Point below for your convenience). Tomorrow we will analyze and explore rhythm and meter in selected poetry. Please do follow the Poetry Syllabus and read the pages over Rhythm and Meter in the Diyanni text so that you have a good feel for it.
Rhythm and Meter
Happy almost Friday! Hope those that are sick feel better!
Mrs. J
We took notes on Rhythm and Meter (Power Point below for your convenience). Tomorrow we will analyze and explore rhythm and meter in selected poetry. Please do follow the Poetry Syllabus and read the pages over Rhythm and Meter in the Diyanni text so that you have a good feel for it.
Rhythm and Meter
Happy almost Friday! Hope those that are sick feel better!
Mrs. J
Monday, September 26, 2011
09/26/2011
Today in class, we analyzed poetry from Poet Laureates in the past decade or so, including one from our state! If you were absent, simply go online, check out a recent Poet Laureate, read a poem, answer the following questions about it, and turn it in tomorrow: You can check out the Poet Laureates I have on our blog for guidance too.
Questions:
1.Describe the feelings that surfaced as you read the poem:
2.What words, phrases, and details triggered your strongest responses?
3.Identify and explain how you can apply "The Associative Thinking Process" to a certain aspect of the poem.
4.What words, phrases, lines, and details may have baffled you? Why?
5.Identify and explain observations about the poem's details that may contribute to the overall meaning:
6.What words or phrases recur? How? Where? Why?
7.Infer and explain any connections you can establish between details of the central topic of the poem and language used:
8.Explain how well you feel you understand the poem at this point:
9.How do your own values, ideas, experiences, and standards influence your interpretation and evaluation of the poem?
10.Describe how the poem affects you as a reader: Do you appreciate it? Comment on the poem's aesthetic accomplishment.
Questions:
1.Describe the feelings that surfaced as you read the poem:
2.What words, phrases, and details triggered your strongest responses?
3.Identify and explain how you can apply "The Associative Thinking Process" to a certain aspect of the poem.
4.What words, phrases, lines, and details may have baffled you? Why?
5.Identify and explain observations about the poem's details that may contribute to the overall meaning:
6.What words or phrases recur? How? Where? Why?
7.Infer and explain any connections you can establish between details of the central topic of the poem and language used:
8.Explain how well you feel you understand the poem at this point:
9.How do your own values, ideas, experiences, and standards influence your interpretation and evaluation of the poem?
10.Describe how the poem affects you as a reader: Do you appreciate it? Comment on the poem's aesthetic accomplishment.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
09/25/2011
Announcement:
Good morning!
I realized that I made a confusing request in the Poetry Calendar. I asked you to bring in modern poetry (optional) for analysis. What I meant to say was current poetry. Modern Poetry would suggest poetry from that time period, which is not at all what I meant to convey, so I apologize for any confusion. We didn't have time on Friday for me to explain why I wanted to take a day to explore current poetry. We don't have time in our Poetry Unit to do this, and before your prospectus is due, and since you have the opportunity to select four poems outside an anthology of poetry (or our anthology of poetry), I thought it would be the right timing to explore poetry from the last decade or so. I am not requiring you to bring in poetry because I will be providing different poems for analysis, but if you choose to, you may bring in poems that pique your interest.
Suggestions for searching:
It's quite simple:
- Simply conduct a search of Poet Laureates from the last decade or so and read through some of their poetry. If one really inspires, moves, interests you, etc., then print it out and bring it in! (You can also save it to your laptop too)
Our Current Poet Laureate: W.S. Merwin appointed Poet Laureate of the United States, 2010-2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
09/22/2011
If you were absent today, then make sure to bring your rough draft tomorrow for our peer editing session as we didn't quite get to that today. We finished our analysis of "White Houses" today. I will be giving discussion credit to those who were here and excusing those who weren't for this assignment, but we'll discuss how to make up facilitated discussions in the future.
Upcoming Big Projects:
e.e. cummings paper due Monday!
Prospectus 1-4 due next Wednesay!
See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Johnson
Upcoming Big Projects:
e.e. cummings paper due Monday!
Prospectus 1-4 due next Wednesay!
See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Johnson
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
09/19/2011
Today in class:
*Homework: Create one Device and Effect T-Chart for one poem.
*Homework: Create one Device and Effect T-Chart for one poem.
- We discussed the Poetry Syllabus, which I will have for you tomorrow.
- We discussed the Poetry Prospectus Assignment, and I showed an example of what a device and effect T-Chart should look like. See attachment: Prospectus Example
- We had a wonderful analysis of diction and voice in your selected poems. We will continue this tomorrow.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
09/15/2011
HW:
Free-write on your favorite place to go (mountains, beach, bedroom, wherever!), and then brainstorm how you experience the five senses while visiting this place: visual, aural, tactile, olfactory, and gustatory. You may not experience all five of the senses, and that's okay. Try to tap into at least three of them.
Next, write a poem in which you incorporate this imagery. You will swap poems with another student in class tomorrow and analyze the use of imagery within their poem and the overall affect on the reader.
Happy almost Friday!
Mrs. Johnson
Free-write on your favorite place to go (mountains, beach, bedroom, wherever!), and then brainstorm how you experience the five senses while visiting this place: visual, aural, tactile, olfactory, and gustatory. You may not experience all five of the senses, and that's okay. Try to tap into at least three of them.
Next, write a poem in which you incorporate this imagery. You will swap poems with another student in class tomorrow and analyze the use of imagery within their poem and the overall affect on the reader.
Happy almost Friday!
Mrs. Johnson
Monday, September 12, 2011
09/12/2011
Homework: Write down a list of colleges you wish to attend and back up plans
Today in Class:
Figures of Speech Quiz
Associative Thinking Lesson
*Bring Book to class
Today in Class:
Figures of Speech Quiz
Associative Thinking Lesson
*Bring Book to class
Friday, September 9, 2011
Weekend Homework
Read Pages 444-450 and 451-456 in Diyanni and come ready to discuss the poems and figurative language.
Study Figures of Speech and Imagery terminology!
Bring objects back for Monday so we can continue "Associative Thinking" exercise
Bring a piece of paper with a parent signature and date indicating that your parents read and accept the requirements outlined in the course syllabus.
See you Monday and have a lovely weekend!
Mrs. Johnson
Study Figures of Speech and Imagery terminology!
Bring objects back for Monday so we can continue "Associative Thinking" exercise
Bring a piece of paper with a parent signature and date indicating that your parents read and accept the requirements outlined in the course syllabus.
See you Monday and have a lovely weekend!
Mrs. Johnson
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