9th Grade -
Again, we covered a wide range of material relating to poetry, and continued working on laying the foundations to have students write a sonnet. We started the class with some free-word association, with the goal in mind of developing some background ideas for potential topics to write about later.
The definitions added to the poetry term list today are entirely related to rhyme scheme.
Rhyme - perfect rhyme, general rhyme (general rhyme includes slant rhyme, imperfect rhyme, syllabic rhyme, and half rhyme).
Students practiced developed multiple rhymes in each one of these definitions.
For the test on poetic terms - we will ONLY use terms and poets taught this week.
We analyzed a couple of sonnets to develop rhyme scheme, as well as looking at how content is used in a poem.
Specifically, we focused on Shakespeare's Sonnet #130 (easily found through Google) as an example of how to use the "volta," or contextual shift in a sonnet.
10th Grade -
Students had the day to finish the inferential comprehension B.O.E. exam. Those that finished had the day to read silently.
As a way to incorporate students' personal reading books, the final test for the semester will be based on the books students have been reading. Expect to be identifying and providing examples over some of the literary terms we have discussed this term in relation to whatever book you have been reading.
Have a good weekend - paz.
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