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.

Today in class

Dream Catching

We did a writing assignment where I tried to get you to write with your unconscious mind.

Hold onto what you collected, but resist the urge to read them. We will be looking at them on Monday and using your words and thoughts like paint to write some amazing poetry.

Much like a dream, your thoughts will have faded, but you will instantly remember some of the images.