Poetry, the Odyssey, and a Mistaken Allusion

Poetry, the Odyssey, and a Mistaken Allusion

by | Dec 9, 2008 | Update

First things first: I made a blunder during second period. We were looking at Odysseus’s journey to the underworld and his meeting with Tiresias. I mentioned the two famous victims of the underworld, Tantalus and Sisyphus; I elaborated on Sisyphus and the...

Poetry and Research

by | Dec 8, 2008 | Update

First period worked on poetry. Specifically, we finished up the selections by Jacqueline Woodson and began the next collection of three poems. Second period spent some time in the library doing research for their cyclops poem and project. Fourth and sixth periods...

Describing Someone and the Cyclops

by | Dec 5, 2008 | Update

First, fourth, and sixth periods worked on poetry, specifically Jacqueline Woodson’s “Describe Someone.” We practiced as a class revising lines to add alliteration and consonance. Students will be doing the same to their own poems for homework....

Consonance, Alliteration, and the Lotus Eaters

by | Dec 4, 2008 | Update

Second period began looking at the elements of the Coen brothers’ film Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? that are taken directly from the Odyssey. We’ll be watching five scenes, and we began today with the Coen brothers’ take on the Lotus Eaters. First...
Poetry, Poetry, Poetry Everywhere

Poetry, Poetry, Poetry Everywhere

by | Dec 3, 2008 | Update

All classes are working on poetry. First period has spent a couple of days doing a refresher on the basic elements of poetry. We’ll have a quiz tomorrow. Fourth and sixth periods began poetry today. We took a leisurely time discussing poetry and what it is for...