Brit Lit:

Today:

We finished sharing our original poems.

We also finished your headline poem assignment.

We looked at how rap can also follow the rules of poetry:
http://www.paulcarl.com/teaching-poetry-through-rap/

You can watch the TED talk following that link,

We reviewed the 10 basic poetry terms and looked to identify them in four popular rap songs.

Term end next week.  I am afterschool both Monday and Wed. next week.  Please make sure to have all missing work submitted.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We finished sharing our poems.

Headline poems and green screen sharing project.

We looked at the poetry and lives of:  Andrew Marvell, Ben Johnson, Robert Herrick

We began to wrap poetry.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We each shared our original poem.  Some seized the day....

We looked at the poetry of:  Sir Philip Sidney, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh

C block covered Dr. Faustus.

A block, read for HW and answer questions 1-5

Brit Lit:

Today:

Last 30 sec of DPS

A Block only:  Journal prompt:  Who in your opinion is responsible for Neil's death?  Should we be teaching you to think for yourself?  At what age?  Why?   1/2 page

Finished looking at poems from DPS (handout)

We defined meter and foot.(handout)

You wrote a 20 line poem following a specific meter and foot

We looked at John Milton, George Byron

HW:  Write an original poem which must be shared standing on your chair to the class wed.  No sharing = no credit.

Brit Lit.

Today:

Journal Prompt:
Please write an original poem on one of the following ideas: Love, death, loss, Spring, or Winter.  You first lines need to ask questions, and you last lines need to try and provide answers.

C Block:  I passed back your Beowulf tests.  I collected journals #1-10

We finished watching Dead Poets Society.

Brit Lit:

Yesterday:

Journal Prompt:  Please tell me about your experience with poetry.  Do you write poems?  Have you ever connected with a poem?  

We read the poems on pgs.  170-179  by Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Philip Sidney.

We took notes on sonnets

You each needed to write a 14 line sonnet based on what you are feeling today.

HW:  Find and bring in a poem that you emotionally connect to.

Today:       
Journal Prompt:  Please write the poem that you selected in your journal and explain why you selected it.

I gave you a handout of poems used in the movie Dead Poet Society.

We watched the movie that made me want to be a teacher, Dead Poets Society.                                          

Brit Lit:

Today:

We finished playing our review game, Who Wants to Win a Pizza Party.  Great effort by all.

We took the Anglo-Saxton Unit test.

If you did not take it, I am afterschool Monday and Wed.  Please make it your responsibility to make it up.

https://vimeo.com/121493389

Today: We reviewed for the unit test Wed.  I collected your video game manuals.

Review sheet for Unit 1 test:

Please review the following:

Creation Stories

Hero’s Journey

Oral Tradition

Epic poetry

Caesura

Kenning

Ballad

Folk Ballad

Life of Chaucer

Symbolism

Direct and indirect characterization

All the characters from the C. Tales

Morality Plays

Medieval Romance

 

Stories/poems/ballads:

The Seafarer, Beowulf, Sir Patrick Spens, Get up and Bar the Door, The Twa Corbies, Barbara Allan, Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Everyman