Thursday, June 4, 2009 June 4, 2009

Final Exam Schedule (2009 Final Exam Study Guide)

• Tuesday: 2nd and 3rd

• Wednesday: 4th and 5th

• Thursday: 1st and 6th

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 June 3, 2009

Final Exam Schedule (2009 Final Exam Study Guide)

• Tuesday: 2nd and 3rd

• Wednesday: 4th and 5th

• Thursday: 1st and 6th

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 June 2, 2009

Final Exam Schedule (2009 Final Exam Study Guide)

• Tuesday: 2nd and 3rd

• Wednesday: 4th and 5th

• Thursday: 1st and 6th

Monday, June 1, 2009 June 1, 2009

• No Jumpstart

• Missing book check

• Return graded papers

• 2009 Final Exam Study Guide: Annotated poems due the day of the final exam. You will need two copies, but only one must be annotated. Remember that annotations include commentary. Why did you include that figure of speech? What did you intend with that imagery? What did you want that alliteration to suggest?

• Final Exam Schedule

  • Tuesday: 2nd and 3rd

  • Wednesday: 4th and 5th

  • Thursday: 1st and 6th

Friday, May 29, 2009 May 29, 2009

• No Jumpstart: Turn in May Jumpstarts. Each stamp is worth 5 points. Entries that are five sentences long without a stamp are 3 points. Entries that are one sentence long are 1 point. Write the total on the sticky note, place the sticky note on the entry you want me to read, and turn in to the basket. Don’t forget to write your NAME!

• Summer Reading

  • 2009 Summer Reading List

  • 2008 Summer Reading Assignment

• 2009 Final Exam Study Guide

Thursday, May 28, 2009 May 28, 2009

SWBAT describe and write a sonnet by reading, annotating, and prewriting.

Vocabulary: couplet, quatrain, sonnet, iambic pentameter, iamb

Essential Questions: What is a sonnet and how does it incorproate couplets and quatrains?

• Homework Review/turn in homework (write 9 couplets and 1 quatrain)

• Jumpstart: Author’s Choice

• Sonnets

  • Define the vocabulary words.

  • Read the sonnet.

  • Discuss and annotate the poem.

  • Write your own sonnet.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 May 27, 2009

SWBAT describe and write couplets and quatrains by annotating and writing.

Vocabulary: couplet, quatrain, iambic pentameter

Essential Questions: What are couplets and quatrains? How do you write them?

• Review haikus and odes.

• Jumpstart: What is a haiku? What is an ode? What are some similarities and differences between the two forms of poetry?

• Couplets, Quatrains, Sonnets

  • Couplets: Definition, Reading and Annotating,  Writing

  • Quatrains: Definition, Reading and Annotating,  Writing

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 May 26, 2009

SWBAT annotate and analyze an ode by writing concrete details and commentary.

Vocabulary: ode, concrete detail, commentary

Essential Questions

• Review homework about odes

• Jumpstart: Listen to Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”. What is the mood of this piece of music? What emotions are conveyed through the music? At what occasions should (or is) this music played? Explain.

• Odes by Pablo Neruda

• • Definition: What is an ode?

  • Read and annotate “Ode to a Sock”

  • Independent annotating: Choose from “Ode to a Book” or “Ode to an Artichoke”.

  • Write your own ode.

Monday, May 25, 2009 May 25, 2009

Memorial Day: No School

Friday, May 22, 2009 May 22, 2009

No School