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:

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• 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)
   

Day 9 (9.16.2010) B Day

Taught by Richard Simpkins
Objective: Student will be able to: demonstrate knowledge of poetic and rhetorical terms;

Class Activities:

• Please get a copy of our new textbooks before you take your seat.
  
• As soon as you get your book, begin the matching exercise handed out at the beginning of class. (6th period).
• You should have emailed quotes and citations to THolmes by now.
• Reminder: Download latest vocabulary assignment
  Discuss new directions: Complete all four boxes!
  
• Class grades "Lesson 1 Matching" assignment
• Reminder: Poetry Day 2 homework should have been submitted to Google forms by now.
• Types and Elements of Poetry Drills
• "I did not say you beat your wife" analysis
• Types and Elements of Poetry (in class lecture)

Homework:

1. DUE on Monday (9.20.10 B Day): Allusions
2. DUE on Wednesday (9.22.10 B Day): Wyatt scansion handout

Work collected in class:
Lesson 1 matching
Poetry 2 homework (electronic)
Quotes and citations (electronic)

Day 9 (9.15.10 A Day)

Taught by Richard Simpkins
Objective: Student will be able to: demonstrate knowledge of poetic and rhetorical terms;

Class Activities:

• Please get a copy of our new textbooks before you take your seat.
  
• Pull out your matching activity and make sure you have completed it before class starts (6th period: handout provided upon entry to class).
• You should have emailed quotes and citations to THolmes by now.
• Reminder: Download latest vocabulary assignment
  Discuss new directions: Complete all four boxes!
  
• Class grades "Lesson 1 Matching" assignment
• Reminder: Poetry Day 2 homework should have been submitted to Google forms by now.
• Types and Elements of Poetry Drills
• "I did not say you beat your wife" analysis
• Types and Elements of Poetry (in class lecture)

Homework:

1. DUE on Friday (9.17.10 A Day): Allusions
2. DUE on Tuesday (9.21.10 A Day): Wyatt scansion handout

Work collected in class:
Lesson 1 matching
Poetry 2 homework (electronic)
Quotes and citations (electronic)

Day 8 (9.14.10 B Day)

Objective: Student will be able to: manipulate quotes
as part of the formal writing process; practice
writing varied sentences; explicate Elizabethan drama.

Class Activities:

• Teacher checks for completion of sentence model 1 and 2 notes
• Reminder: If you haven't turned in Poetry Day 2 homework, then you should by Thursday. Questions should be submitted to Google form.
  Types of Poetry
  Elements of Poetry
• Warm ups: Sentence Models 1 and 2 practice
• Allusion presentations
  Athena/Minerva
  Ares/Mars
  Poseidon/Neptune
• Continue reading Hamlet

Homework:

• DUE on Thursday (9.16.10 A Day): Allusions (Demeter, Apollo, Hephaestus/Vulcan)
• DUE on Thursday (9.16.10 A Day): Vocabulary Lesson 1 and the matching exercise handout

Work collected in class:
Practice sentence models 1 and 2

Day 8 (9.13.10 A Day)

Objective: Student will be able to: manipulate quotes
as part of the formal writing process; practice
writing varied sentences; explicate Elizabethan drama.

Class Activities:

• Teacher checks for completion of sentence model 1 and 2 notes
• Reminder: If you haven't turned in Poetry Day 2 homework, then you should by Wednesday. Questions should be submitted to Google form.
  Types of Poetry
  Elements of Poetry
  
• Warm ups: Sentence Models 1 and 2 practice
• Allusion presentations
  Athena/Minerva
  Ares/Mars
  Poseidon/Neptune
  
• Continue reading Hamlet
  

Homework:

1. DUE on Wednesday (9.15.10 A Day): Allusions (Demeter, Apollo, Hephaestus/Vulcan)
2. DUE on Wednesday (9.15.10 A Day): Vocabulary Lesson 1 and the matching exercise handout
   

Work collected in class:

1. Practice sentence models 1 and 2