August 14, 2011

English Language Arts- Fisher

Monday and Tuesday, August 15 and 16
Classwork:
  • Do Now: Roots Quiz #2
  • Next: Grammar Skills: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
  • Then: Review Roots Quiz #1
  • After: Cornell Notes: speaker and types of poetry
  • Listen: The Guitar
  • Review: symbolism, imagery, figures of speech, rhythm, speaker, and types of poetry
  • Reminder: Poetry Terms Test on Thursday/Friday
Homework:
Wednesday and Thursday, August 17 and 18
Classwork:
  1. Do Now: Poetry Terms Benchmark Test 1
  2. Listen: Reading The Bridegroom by Alexander Pushkin
  3. Cornell Notes: Allusion (see the AVID format here)
  4. Cornell Notes: Narrative Poetry (see the AVID format here)
  5. Cornell Notes: Lyric Poetry (see the AVID format here)
  6. Editing: incorporating symbolism and imagery into your I am from or Biopoem
Homework: