Timed Writing and Presentations

by | Dec 8, 2010 | English I Honors, Update

Second and sixth periods had an abrupt change of plans: I decided last-minute to go over timed writing skills to complement last night’s homework. It was about poetry, so it kept us on target, but I felt we should take the time to deal with the important...

Figurative Language and Emotional Language

by | Nov 19, 2009 | Update

First, second, and fourth periods all worked on figurative language: similes, metaphors, and personification. We looked at three poems that use figurative language: “Concrete Mixers,” “The City is So Big,” and “Harlem Night Song.”...

Suitors, Flaming Mice, and Figurative Language

by | Dec 17, 2008 | Update

First period began the last section of poetry for the week: imagery. We looked at one particularly amusing poem called “The Country” by former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins (Wikipedia overview). I particularly like Collins’ work. His poetry is very...
Figurative Language Completion and Hospitality

Figurative Language Completion and Hospitality

by | Dec 16, 2008 | Update

Everyone, once again, was working on poetry today. First period finished looking at figurative language today. We ended by adding a poem to the poetry project list of required poems: a poem about urban and/or rural life. (All three poems we read for figurative...
Poetry and Homeric Similes

Poetry and Homeric Similes

by | Dec 15, 2008 | Update

First period finished up the mini-unit on sound devices and moved on to figurative language: simile, metaphor, and personification. We began by looking at one poem (“Concrete Mixers”) in pairs for examples of all three forms of figurative language....