Connotations and Fragments

Connotations and Fragments

English I (fourth and fifth period) continued working on poetry; today we added the importance of connotation. We went over what connotation is: Afterward, we did some practice with connotation before moving on to the next poem, a selection in which connotation plays...
Connotation and Fragments

Connotation and Fragments

Third period began looking at connotation and its role in poetry. We began examining Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays” as we develop an understanding of this important concept. Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the...
Connotation

Connotation

Today we began working on connotations by looking at Robert Hayden’s excellent poem “Those Winter Sundays.” After defining connotations through a modified form of inductive reasoning, we looked at the poem.  Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in...