Day 115

Objective:  The students will work on their speed.

1.  You have 57 minutes to complete the following:

1.  Analyze "When You Are Old" and write an intro and one body paragraph.  In GC.

2.  Complete a MC Practice on AP Classroom.  "Digital MC Practice 2" 

Day 114

Objective:  The students will outline the last poetry chapter.

1.  Get out your outline.

2.  Discuss my presentation.

3.  Outline:  Chapter 12:  Rhythm and Meter, pages 915-930:  Due tomorrow.

 

Day 113

Objective:  The students will start the last poetry unit.

1.  Get Perrine's book.

2.  Outline:   Chapter 11:  Musical Devices, pages 899-906:  Due: tomorrow

Day 112

Objective:  The students will complete the last MC Practice Group Assignment.

1.  MC Practice:  "Spring."  Last MC Group Activity of the year.

2.  Put together packet:  Cross off One Time , One Night" and Poetic Device Practice Test.  You should have 14 items for 140 points. 

Day 111

Objective:  The students will complete a digital MC Practice.

1.  Get out your computers.

2.  Go to GC and get the link to AP Classroom

3.  Sign in and there is an assignment from me for you to do.

4.  Do the assignment.  You can work with others.  Only 8 questions, but I want to make sure that you take your time and practice using the digital format.  You can work together.  This is 10 points to your grade.

5.  Have a great 4 day weekend. 

Day 110

Objective:  The students will analyze a poem and write an intro and body.

If you decide to take a five day weekend and miss tomorrow, you have an assignment on AP Central.  It's your first use of the AP Testing Practice ON COMPUTER to get you used to the format.

1.  Analyze "The Echoing Green."

2.  Write an intro and body paragraph.

3.  Print and highlight and label:  Thesis and UT.  Textual Evidence.  Analysis. 

Day 109

Objective:  The students will analyze a William Blake poem.

1.  Discuss "Perfectly Poised."

2.  Analyze "The Garden of Love." 

 

Day 108

Objective:  The students will know the types of sonnets and how they are written.

1.  Go over "Mad Girl"

2.  Sonnet Notes

3.  Analyze "Perfectly Poised." 

Day 107

Objective:  The students will analyze a poem by Sylvia Plath.

1.  Analyze the poem for this packet.

Have a great Super Bowl Weekend.  Enjoy Bad Bunny (or Kid Rock) at half time.   

Day 106

Objective:  The students will complete a MC Practice.

1.  Get the handout.

2.  Ten minutes on your own.

3.  Ten minutes in a group.

4.  Go over answers.

5.  Look up terms that you don't know. 

 

Day 105

Objective:  The students will write an intro and one body paragraph.

1. Get out your analyzed poem.

2.  On the back, write two paragraphs for the following prompt:  

In the poem “The Weight of Sweetness” by Li-Young Lee, the speaker reflects on the complex, lingering nature of memory and its connection to his father. Read the poem carefully. Then, in a well-written essay, analyze how Lee uses literary elements—such as imagery, metaphor, and tone—to convey the intricate relationship between sweetness, memory, and loss.

3.  Your body paragraph should have an equal amount of textual evidence and analysis.  Follow my formula:  TS, Fact, Quote, Analysis, Analysis, Fact, Quote, Analysis, Analysis. 

4.  Discuss poem analysis and what you wrote about. 

Day 104

Objective:  The students will go over yesterday's poem analysis and then do another.

1.  Discuss "She Dwelt..."

2.  Analyze "Weight of Sweetness." 

Day 103

Objective:  The students will analyze a great, simple poem.

1.  Let's go over two of last week's chapter outlines:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XcHA-_fyjbHgKCluckGf4SolbiB5Melz/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118430206095467405140&rtpof=true&sd=true

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13tDlkFnR5TL1cb5z_NamHdMLJ9pNPNiS/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118430206095467405140&rtpof=true&sd=true

2.  Analyze "She Dwelt..."  

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