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Richard III

The students completed Act I today in class. Also, students are to read through chapter 34 of Pride and Prejudice over the break. Students were given a packet to complete along with their reading, which is due when they return from break, and a multiple choice packet to be completed by the end of the marking period.

Richard III

Students received their essays on "One Art" today. I covered some of the common areas of trouble with the class. We then read Act I, scene 1 of Richard III.

Students presented information on ballads today. We will complete an in class essay tomorrow. I will distribute checklists for analyzing poetry tomorrow.

English Sonnet

Today the English Sonnet groups presented. Tomorrow will be Italian Sonnets. We discussed breaking them down by quatrains.

Form

Students began working on the following assignment:

Poetry
Form/Pattern
Group Assignment
20pts

Your assignment is to examine a specific form of poetry. You must provide a clear explanation for the rest of the class including examples. You have to teach this. You must decide on your approach (handouts, PowerPoint, poster, etc.). You must also write an original poem in the form you are teaching.


You must provide a poem for class discussion. Your group will lead the discussion of the poem. This includes asking questions that guide the class discussion. Be prepared with specific discussion questions. You are the expert on the poem, but you must teach it, not explain it. Your goal is to analyze the poem and how the form impacts the meaning of the poem. Your classmates will decide if you are effective. All students must participate in the discussion. It is your job to see to this.

Forms:
• English Sonnet
• Italian Sonnet
• Villanelle
• Ballad
• Ode


Presentations will begin on Wednesday.

poetry

We have analyzed and discussed the following poems this week: "THe Oxen" "getting Out" "We Real Cool" "Blackberry Sweet" "Nothing Gold Can Stay" "Had I The Choice" and "To A Daughter Leaving Home"


Students are to read through chapter 14 by Monday. Students will be given a group assignment next week.

Students also received the following handout for study:

Terms covered in Sound & Sense. Not only must you know the definition of each item on this list, but you must also be able to apply them to the analysis of poetry.


• Connotation/Denotation
• Imagery
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Apostrophe
• Metonymy/Synecdoche
• Symbol
• Allegory
• Paradox
• Overstatement/Understatement
• Irony-verbal, dramatic, situation
• Allusion
• Tone
• Repetition
• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Consonance
• Rhyme-masculine, feminine, internal, end, slant
• Refrain
• Rhythm
• Accented/Stressed
• End Stopped Line/Run-on Line
• Caesuras
• Free Verse
• Prose Poem
• Meter
• Foot
• Stanza
• Scansion
• Onomatopoeia
• Structure
• Form
• Sonnet-Italian (Petrarchan)/English (Shakespearean)
• Octave
• Sestet
• Quatrain
• Couplet
• Satire
• Sarcasm