First and sixth periods continued working on the poetry unit. We looked at ballads, specifically “Boots of Spanish Leather.” We’ll be finishing it up in the next couple of weeks. Second and fourth periods began Romeo and Juliet by watching a brief...
First and sixth periods completed yesterday’s work with Schaffer paragraphs about alliteration in “Silver.” We’ll be continuing the poetry unit after the break. Second and fourth periods completed the poetry unit. All that’s lacking is...
First and sixth periods worked on using the Schaffer model to help organize and plan our writing about alliteration in the poem “Silver.” Sixth period, not having read it before, had to spend a bit of time going through the steps we’ve been using to...
First period worked on paraphrasing as part of the process of understanding tricky poems. We paraphrased the poem “Silver” in class. Second and fourth periods had a quiz on tone words and then looked at the role ambiguity plays in poetry. Sixth period went...
First period worked on sound devices in “Cat!”, noting in particular the use of rhythm (the definition we included: a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in writing), onomatopoeia, and alliteration, all added to our revised graphic organizer....
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