Today in class:

We took a quiz on meter. This will be the last grade before progress reports. Please see me asap if you are missing any work.

We did part 2 of the Dream Catching assignment: Take 20 words or images that you collected from your dream and work them into an original poem.

or

The alternative assignment: Cut out 20 words from the newspaper and work them into an original poem.

A + B Block completed their pocket 17th century poem and placed them on our holiday shrub.

How many days till break?

Have a great weekend Tantasqua....

A + B + D Block

Today:

We discussed end rhyme.
We diagrammed and read poems by John Donne and John Keats.
We completed a worksheet on diagramming the three poems looking end rhyme, foot, and meter.

We wrote an original poem following the suggested end rhyme:
ABABCCDD. We talked about beginning in delight, and ending in wisdom.

HW: Please study for the quiz on feet and meter. Quiz Friday.

Today in class:

A + B Block:

I started class with a short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p226OX39OLs&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

We did iambic skits: Entire conversations in iambic pentameter. Some video of that below...

We read some poems by Ben Jonson (Still to Be Neat, On My First Son, Song: To Celia).

We looked at your 17th century winter themed poems that you brought in for HW.

D Block:

We made an offering to the snow Gods for a snow day by offering snowflakes in the classroom windows.
We also made pocket poems, and placed them on the holiday shrub in our classroom.

We completed iambic skits.

We watched: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p226OX39OLs&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Today in class:

We did a round of Pass the poem: starting a poem and passing it around, each contributing a verse.

We defined Meter and looked at specific types. You will have a quiz this Friday on these terms.

We looked at select poems from the anthology.

HW: Please find a poem from the 17th century that has Winter as a central theme
or....
Write an original poem on the same topic.

Please bring your dream catching sheets to class on Wed.