First and sixth periods looked at sound devices in poetry. First period examined “Cat!“, which is positively loaded with devices; sixth period looked at “Thumbprint” and “The Drum.” We’ll continue tomorrow.

Second and fourth periods spent the day working on the final project for the poetry unit: an English sonnet.

Second Period's Sonnet (Beginning)

Fourth Period's Sonnet (Beginning)

Seventh period came close to completing the poetry unit, revisiting sound devices with some new poems.

Homework

• First period:
• find one example of alliteration in “Cat”;
• find one example of onomatopoeia in “Cat.”
• Second and fourth periods:
• review instructions on creating a “Works Cited” page (which we will do this week for the Mockingbird research project we completed);
• study for quiz on Wednesday (tone words);
• work on sonnet. (The rubric is available now. Second period: notice I added two elements. We’ll discuss it tomorrow in class.)
• Sixth period: check meaning of unknown words from Tennyson poem, “Ring Out, Wild Bells.”
• Seventh period: paraphrase lines eight and nine from “One.”