Thursday, September 16, 2010

Day 10 (9.17.2010) A Day


Objective: Student will be able to: demonstrate
mastery of vocabulary, poetic terms and meter; practice
writing varied sentences; explicate Elizabethan drama.

Class Activities:

  • NO COMPUTERS
  • Poetry drill
  • Reminder: Poetry test next Thursday, the 23rd>
  • Reminder: All poetry homework is due on Thursday, the 23st (including:
    Wyatt handout;
    What Does a Poem Do?;
    The Magic of Poetry; and
    The Dramatic Reading of a Poem).
  • Continue Lesson 1 vocabulary (exercise 3: sentence completion) with T.Holmes

  • Allusion presentations

  • Read:  Hamlet

Homework:
  1. DUE on Tuesday (9.21.2010 A Day): Allusions;
  2. DUE on Thursday(2.23.2010 A Day): All four Poetry handouts: Sir Thomas Wyatt scansion; What Does a Poem Do?; The Magic of Poetry; The Dramatic Reading of a Poem
Work collected in class:
  1. Lesson 1 vocabulary (exercise 3: sentence completion)