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ELA – Sept 29 Today’s Goals – to understand different types of poetry and to complete a
poetry analysis
Agenda Breakfast Club Intro to Poetry Poem Analysis of Gary Hyland “What You Are Doing Now” Poet Research – Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, Michael Ondantje, Margaret
Atwood, Al Purdy, etc Class wrap – Essay in by Midnight
Poet Research Choose a poet from the Bulletin Board
Research them
On paper, write: Name 3 life/career facts Type of poetry mainly known for
Print a poem they wrote, that you find interesting; summarize what it is about
Prepare to present to the class
Poet Bio Find 3 interesting facts about assigned poet
What type of poetry are they most known for
Find and print of a poem they authored that is interesting to you.
Be prepared to present and share your learning to the class.
ELA 20 – March 4 Put your story into your portfolio
Take the poetry (pink) hand out Read it and complete the poetry types
Worship
Poetry Analysis “What You’re Doing Right Now”
ELA 20 – March 5 Today’s Goals – to study the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe
Agenda Worship Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee” & “The Raven” Class Wrap
Class Wrap – ELA 20 – Mar 5 Class Chores – write a poem for your portfolio
Must be a minimum of 10 lines Any type of poem – free verse, blank verse, sonnet, etc Looking for a minimum of 3 figurative language effects Needs to be in poster format – border, graphic, centered – needs to contribute to
the meaning of the poem
Exit Pass – how would you define Edgar Allen Poe’s writing style?
ELA 20 – Oct 1 Today’s Goals: to gain an understanding of “My Last Duchess” by Robert
Browning
Agenda Worship Dramatic Monologue
“My Last Duchess” By Robert Browning Class Wrap
Dramatic Monologue A poem where the speaker addresses an unseen, silent audience and could
be acted out
It combines aspects of stage plays and romantic verse
Class Wrap – ELA 20 – Oct 1 Class Chores – write a poem for your portfolio
Must be a minimum of 10 lines Any type of poem – free verse, blank verse, sonnet, etc Looking for a minimum of 3 figurative language effects Needs to be in poster format – border, graphic, centered – needs to contribute to
the meaning of the poem
Exit Pass – Bring your poem tomorrow for peer edits
ELA 20 – Oct 2 Today’s Goals: to study the poetry of various Canadian Authors
Agenda Peer Edit of Poetry Worship Canadian Poets & Their Poetry Class Wrap
Peer Edit Be complimentary – underline things that were said/written well
Identify Figurative Language Effects with [parenthesis] and label it
Remember that poetry often intentionally makes errors for effect! Clarify any mistakes in spelling, punctuation, and grammar with the author to
understand if it is an error or an effect.
Canadian Poets
Margaret Atwood
E. Pauline Johnson(Tekahionwake)
Al Purdy
Mic
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Ondaatj
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Buff
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Class Wrap – ELA – Oct 2 Class Chores – polish up your poem – create it into a poster for display –
due tomorrow
Exit Pass – Have a great day
ELA – Oct 3 Today’s Goals – to wrap up the poetry section of the Composition Unit
Agenda Worship Finish up Canadian Poets by presenting your analysis Test Review Essay Prep Poetry Reading Class Wrap
Test Review for Poetry Figurative Language definitions
Match poem and poet Gary Hyland “What You Are Doing Now” Edgar Allen Poe “Annabel Lee” & “The Raven” Robert Browning “My Last Duchess” Margaret Atwood “It is Dangerous to Read Newspapers” E. Pauline Johnson “A prodigal” Michael Ondaatje “Application for A Driving License” Al Purdy “The Last Picture in the World” Alden Nowlan “The Execution” Buffy Sainte-Marie “Universal Soldier”
Poem Analysis – you will be given the steps
Short Story and Media Review 7 story titles and their authors
Quotes from the stories and match who said them
Know definitions from the Pink Story Notes given
Plot Diagrams – know characters, conflict, theme, discovering theme, etc
Short answer – in complete sentences
Long Answer – using formal writing skills
It will also include media and poetry
Test on Tuesday, Oct 7
Class Wrap – ELA – Oct 3 Reminders
Monday – In Class Essay Tuesday – Composition Unit Test Wednesday – Reading Comprehension and Intro to Shakespeare
Class Chores – prep for essay and study for test
Exit Pass – Thanks for all of your hard work in this semester!! It has been intense but your have surpassed my expectations
ELA – Oct 29 Today’s Goals – to analyze poetry
Agenda Pop Prayer Poet Presentations Poetry Analysis – “The Spider Holds a Silver Ball” Types of Poetry
Lyric Poetry Analysis
Closure – pick your poem to memorize
Analyzing Poems Who is doing the speaking in the poem?
What is the tone of the poem?
To whom is the poet speaking?
What is the setting of the poem?
When does the poem take place?
What mood is evoked by the poem?
Does the point of view change during the poem?
How does the poem make me feel?
Do I like the poem? Why?
What is the poet attempting to communicate?
ELA 20 – Oct 30 Today’s Goals: to look at poems of sonnet and parody
Agenda: Pre-Activity: share your homework with second person on your right; then find another
person who analyzed a different poem. Worship Rhythm and Meter The Sonnet Parody Assignment – identify 3 similarities in each set of parody poems, and identify how the
second poem was making fun of the first Then choose ONE poem and do a Blue Sheet Analysis
Write a parody of something popular right now
Closure:
Assignment Identify 3 similarities between Shakespeare’s Sonnet 55 and Wendy Cope’s
poem How was the main theme/meaning of the original changed in the parody?
Identify 3 similarities in the parody of Hamlet
(Shakespeare and Dave Turner)
How was the main theme/meaning of the original changed in the parody?
Do a Poem Analysis of any poem in handout
Extra time – Search for poem for Poetry Contest; Search on the Internet or search Imprints Textbook (at the back bookshelf)
ELA 20 – April 16 Today’s goals – to discuss characteristics of a sonnet poem, understand
iambic pentameter, and to analyze one sonnet poem
Agenda Worship Defining iambic and sonnets Discussion on Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Choose another poem in handout and to Blue Cheat Sheet analysis for it. Closure – Homework begin writing your original poem
ELA 20 – Oct 31 Today’s Goals: to decipher e. e. cummings poetry
Agenda: Worship Edward Estlin Cummings Wrap-up
Homework – tomorrow’s class is outreach/caring for our Community – thus I need you to do homework for tomorrow’s class.
when god decided to invent everything he took one breath bigger than a circustent and everything began
when man determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why smashed it into because
- e. e. cummings
I thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes
(I who have died am alive again today, and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth day of life and of love and wings;and of the gay great happening illimitably earth)
how should tasting touching hearing seeing breathing any—lifted from the no of all nothing—human merely being double unimaginable You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and now the eyes of my eyes are opened)
Homework to cover Friday’s Class: Topic: Multicultural Poetry
1) Go to Youtube – find a clip about Maya Angelou that talks about her life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyHqafC740Q – is a good one
2) Read and discuss with someone – “Still I rise” You tube clip of her reciting this poem -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOqo50LSZ0 Write how this poem reflects her life experience – 3 examples
3) Read “I know Why the Caged Bird Sings” -- complete a blue sheet analysis
4) Research poetry from another nation outside of North America and bring to class one.
Remember to memorize a poem for Tuesday/Wednesday
Remember to Write an original poem for Tuesday
ELA 20 – Nov 5-6 Today’s Goals: Presentations and review for the test
Agenda: Worship Presentations Review for Test Wrap-up – Test is May 18; Your Original Poem is due May 17
Poetry Unit Test -- Review Define and make an example for figurative language terms used during
this class
Know the different types of poetry
Match the poet with his/her poem from the handouts given in class
Remember the major poems we discussed in class – sonnet, parody, dramatic monologue, CDN poems, This week we will also look at Maya Angelou and theme poems
The final section – you will be given a poem and asked various question regarding it.
ELA 20 – Nov 26 Today’s Goals –
Agenda: Worship Poetry Contest Finals Reading Comprehension Strategies Closure: Test Tomorrow and Poems due