Jan. 6th Daily Plan

9th Grade -

This day covered quite a bit of information in our poetry unit. We added several poetic terms to our list, covered another major author, did an activity focused on better understanding of meter, and learned another major poetic form, which we will practice more tomorrow. The outline of what was covered today is as follows -

Poetic Terms - caesura, convention, figurative language, simile, metaphor, sonnet

Cultural Literacy - Shakespeare. There is way more information on Shakespeare that we could hope to cover, and we will be discussing this author in much greater depth later in the semester when we read Romeo and Juliet. For the sake of what we are learning currently, we viewed Shakespeare for his role in developing the sonnet, as the Shakespearean (English) follows a unique structure.

Meter - a large proportion of classtime was dedicated to understanding meter. I provided a handout that works as a study guide over the different parts of speech, as well as how to identify the standard stress on each part of speech. These are not solid rules and have exceptions, but for the most part, all words fall into a pattern.

Sonnet - We looked at the major guidelines for the structure of two different types of Sonnet - Italian and English.

Italian - 14 lines in iambic pentameter, broken into two major sections
(an octavo [8 lines] and a sextet [six lines]
English - 14 lines in iambic pentameter, broken into two major sections
(3 quatrains [4 lines] and a couplet [2 lines]

Both look at an observation/analysis/idea in the first section, and a refutation/criticism/clarification in the last section.

10th Grade -

BOE exam over inferential comprehension. For those that did not finish today, we will have time tomorrow to complete. For those that did finish, BRING SSR BOOK.