Monday, December 9

• vocab warm-up:
  • 17. listless, adj. - lacking energy or unwilling to make an effort;
    • lacking enthusiasm
  • 18. subside, v. - to sink to a lower or normal level; to sink to the bottom.
  • 19. tenacious, adj. - to be persistent and stubborn
  • 20. audacity, n. - boldness, often with an arrogant element.
• How is the book going?
• notes on beginning of book
• Quiz tomorrow, Tuesday, Ch. 1-5
• Poets look for answers
  • Poe
  • notes on "Sonnet to Science"
• Time to read!

Tuesday, December 10

• vocab warm-up:
  • choose 4 vocab words
  • draw a captioned picture that includes your four words
  • include an ice cream cone
• Reading quiz
• discuss Magical Realism article
  • Questions about questions?
• Poetry notes
  • Poe - literal & figurative meaning
  • Dickinson, Whitman, Rios notes
  • Poetry questions
    • due Friday

Wednesday, December 11

• vocab warm-up:
  • Vocab quiz on Friday, December 13
  • Write a story using four vocab words
  • Include a playground and at least one camel
• Questions about Ultima?
• Poetry definitions
  • enjambment - add to list!
    • The running-over of a thought or a phrase from one poetic line to the next, without terminal punctuation
  • end-stopped - add to list!
    • When the meter and the meaning both come to a logical end at the end of a line
• Other definitions on Big Lit Terms sheet
• Poetry questions
  • help each other, work in class
  • due on Friday
• Character list
  • just to help keep track
  • write short descriptions
    • help each other!

Thursday, December 12

• vocab warm-up:
  • crossword!
  • Vocab quiz on Friday! Tomorrow!
• "Home" poem
  • notes
  • poem writing assignment
    • due next Wednesday, December 18
• Big Questions on Ch. 1-9
  • help each other
  • due Monday, December 16
• Study questions for Ch. 10-14
  • due Friday, Dec. 20
• Worried about being shy?
  • Let's watch an epic film
    • "Shy Guy"

Friday, December 13

• vocab quiz!
• work time
  • Big Questions 1 - 9
  • Study questions 10 - 14
  • "Home" poem
  • Poe, Dickinson, Whitman, and Rios questions
• Reading time!

Friday, December 14

• vocab warm-up:
  • Greek II crossword
• What does it mean to be innocent?
• Time to work