Assignments

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Knight Cite

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Poetry

Friday, November 14:  No homework

Monday, November 17: Take Imagery Notes

Tuesday, November: 18: Analyze Imagery and find theme for Those Winter Sundays p 223 

Wednesday, November 19: Take Melody notes.  Answer the following questions for Mother to Son poem

Mother to Son questions

1. Make some assumptions about the poet’s background based on the poem.

2. Who is the voice?

3. What is the metaphor?

4. What do you think the theme might be for this poem?

Thursday, November 20: Study for quiz over imagery and melody.

Friday, November 21:  Song Analysis due Tuesday. Read Do Not Go Gentle into That Goodnight and answer the following:

    What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?  

    Who is the voice?

    Who is being spoken to?

    What could "NIGHT" be a metaphor for?

    What could the theme of this poem be?

Monday, November 24:  Take the rest of the notes (not taken in class) over Rhythm (linked below). Song analysis due tomorrow (hard copy)

Rhythm Notes

Tuesday, November 25: Happy Thanksgiving!! Period 4: Make sure to write down a theme for Stairway to Heaven

Happy Thanksgiving

Monday, December 1: Take notes over Form (linked below). Identify elements of form and the theme in O Sweet Spontaneous

Form notes

Tuesday, December 2:  Analyze For Once, Then, Something for imagery, melody, rhythm, and form and then identify the theme

For Once Then Something

Wednesday, December 3:  Study for Poetry Test, know all poetry terms, be able to answer multiple choice questions over the poems read in class, be able to analyze a poem (poems read in class include “My Papa’s Waltz”, ”Those Winter Sundays" p 223, "The Boarder" p 201, "Vacation" p 193,  and handouts "Mother to Son", "Cinderella", "Do Not Go Gentle", "O Sweet Spontaneous Earth", "For Once, Then, Something")

Thursday, December 4:  Write Original Poem and prepare for Poetry Reading

Friday, December 5: No homework

Of Mice and Men

Monday, December 8:  Research Presentations due Wednesday

Tuesday, December 9: Presentations due Wednesday

Wednesday, December 10:  Read Of Mice and Men, Chapter 1 and 2, pp 1-37

Thursday, December 11: Read Of Mice and Men, Chapter 3, pp 38–65

Friday, December 12:  Read Of Mice and Men, Chapter  4 and 5, pp 66-98

Monday, December 15: Read Of Mice and Men, Chapter  6, pp 99-107

Tuesday, December 16: Study for Semester exam to be taken on Wednesday: Be ready for....

Multiple choice questions over:

*The Research Paper and research writing (Intro, conclusion, thesis, MLA citations, etc)

*Alas Babylon and background information to nuclear war

*The Crucible

*Of Mice and Men

Matching questions over:

*Alas Babylon characters

*The Crucible symbolism

*Poetry terms

*Of Mice and Men characters

Analysis of one poem

(Information on individual poetry studied/read in class WILL NOT be on this test)

Wednesday, December 17:  No homework

Thursday, December 18 and 19:  End of Quarter 2