Today we worked on 10 vocab words.
Homework: Finish draawin
Today we took a quiz on Author's Craft and TPCASTT.
Homework: Make sure you have 2 poems from the worksheet completely analyzed (Pirate Wind, Summer Rain, or My Papa's Waltz. Work on poem extra credit- details on journal entry page. Today we worked on analyzing 2 poems individually using TPCASTT.
Homework: Everyone needs to make sure they have completely analyzed 2 poems using TPCASTT. This will be collected tomorrow. QUIZ TOMORROW ON AUTHOR'S CRAFT AND TPCASTT. STUDY STUDY STUDY! (REPETII Today we worked on practicing annotating poems using TPCASTT on our own.
Homework: Quiz Friday on Author's Craft and TPCASTT (notes in an earlier post). Block 1: finish annotating 1 poem using TPCASTT. Extra credit poem info is posted under Journal Entries. BRING IN BLUEFISH PERMISSION SLIPS. Today we worked on annotating Refugio's Hair and On Girls Lending Pens. Both poems with notes are posted below. Click to make them full size. Homework: None Today in class we worked on annotating the 3rd poem titled, "It's a New Day." I have attached the notes for the first two poems below.
Homework: None Today we watched a video about a prodigy poet. You can watch here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxLIu-scR9Y
We also read the poems below in class today to begin looking at different kinds of figurative language. Homework: Block 1- Annotate "The Poem" using TPCASTT. Today we started our unit on Poetry. We went over and defined many different types of figures of speech, as well as an easy way to analyze any poem by following the TPCASTT method.
Today we started the benchmark.
Homework: Watch the basketball game to cheer on the UCONN HUSKIES!! Hopefully they will win the Championship :) *This is not mandatory* (if your parents say go to bed, then go!) TEACHER’S NAME (MS. GALE) CLASS INFO (ENGLISH BLOCK ____) DATE TITLE OF ESSAY INDENT EACH PARAGRAPH. DOUBLE SPACE THE ENTIRE PAPER. ONLY USE SIZE 12 FONT, TIMES NEW ROMAN. |