Welcome back! 10/13/14 Bell-Work• Find your new seat according to the seating chart.

Also, find your class card and tell me your favorite part of the 1st 9 weeks. Write your response on the back of the card!

• Turn to a new paper in your notebook and number from 1-30. “Label it 2nd 9 weeks.” Here are the first 5 word wall words and their definitions. Copy them down for the first 1-5 set for this week.

1. Integrate - to unite or make into a whole by bringing all parts together.

2. MLA Style – research rules of the Modern Language Association

3. Concise – expressing a lot in a few words4. Concur – to agree5. Consolidate – to combine

Today’s EQ’s

• EQ 38 How do we proofread a passage for spelling errors?

• EQ 39 How do we proofread a passage for capitalization errors

• EQ 43 How do we analyze how form relates to meaning?

• My measurable goal: I can find errors in writing and I can label parts of a poem.

Re-write the sentences so that they are correct! EQ 38 and 39

1. the boston common a public area in downtown boston is the main setting for the short story the patriot

2. the television show the price is right is on to early im still at school when it begin

How did you do?

1. The Boston Common, a public area in downtown Boston, is the main setting for the sort story “The Patriot.”

2. The television show The Price Is Right is on too early; I’m still at school when it begins.

EQ 39 Capitalization Rule #1 with examples Incorrect mr. crumby is cool

Correct Mr. Crumby is cool. (proper noun)

Incorrect bob Marley plays in Ghostbusters.

Correct Bob Marley plays in Ghostbusters. (proper noun)

Incorrect I shop at walmart.

Correct I shop at Walmart. (proper noun)

Incorrect lewis jackson street is far away.

Correct Lewis Jackson street is far away. (proper adjective)

POETRY EQs for this 9 weeks

EQ42 How do we identify and analyze examples of figurative language (i.e. idiom, metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, or pun)?  EQ43 How do we create strong descriptions using vivid words (i.e. imagery)?  EQ44 How do we analyze literature for sound and metric devices?  EQ45 How do we decipher the characteristics of lyric poetry, epics, sonnets, dramatic poetry, and ballads?  EQ46 How do we analyze how form relates to meaning?

Poetry Unit Topics to be Mastered

• Parts of a Poem

• Figurative Language in Poetry

• Sound and Metric Devices

• Types of Poems

POETRY RESOURCEShttp://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/poetic_glossary.html#free_verse

• Www.poemhunter.com

• Cummingstudyguide.net

Grade 9 Literature Text book

http://www.frostfriends.org/figurative.html

http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/writersmodel/pdf/W_S0907.pdf

By the end of this unit, I will have obtained my ...

Real Quick...

Remember! Anyone can be a poet, especially you, it just takes a lil' effort on your part ;)

Poetry Notes: Part1

PARTS of a Poem 3 minutes

• Title: name of the poem; quotation marks unless it’s a really long

• Subject: what the poem is about in 3 words or less (young love, mother/son bond, etc)

• Speaker: the person talking in a poem (like a narrator or main character)

• Verse: one line of a poem

• Refrain: a part of a poem that is repeated (like the chorus of a song)

• Stanza: a section of a poem; there are breaks between each (like a paragraph)

For Example:• Title: My Last Duchess

• Subject: Family, Lost Love, Death

• Speaker: The narrator

• Verse: She walks in beauty like the night

• Refrain: and miles to go before I sleep

and miles to go before I sleep

Stanza: Whose woods these are I think I know

His house is in the village though

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow

FOR EXAMPLE*

“Dreams” by Langston Hughes 

Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.

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FOR EXAMPLE*

“Dreams” by Langston Hughes 

Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.

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•Title:

•Refrain:

•Verse:

•Stanza:

FOR EXAMPLE*

“Dreams” by Langston Hughes 

Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.

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•Title:

•Refrain:

•Verse: each line

•Stanza: 1 stanza

FOR EXAMPLE*

“Dreams” by Langston Hughes 

Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.

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•Subject:

•Speaker:

FOR EXAMPLE*

“Dreams” by Langston Hughes 

Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.

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•Subject:Lost or broken dreams?

•Speaker:An older person who is trying to encourage a younger audience to get the most out of life

Exit Ticket: Capitalization PracticeEQ: 39 Re-write the sentences, capitalizing words that need to be

capitalized.1. i have to take science and history 101 in order to

graduate. 2. my sister is planning on attending purdue university

next year. 3. kyle is going to stay with his grandma and grandpa

this summer.

4.What are the 6 parts of a poem that you learned today?

*Be prepared to discuss with the class!