Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Today, you wrote a personal response for the poetry unit. Tomorrow you will write your comprehension exam.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Today, we discussed writing the personal response to texts assignment. I presented students with the June, 2009 poem and we discussed how to create a response from it. If you were not here, keep in mind that you can go to http://education.alberta.ca/admin/testing/diplomaexams/examples.aspx to find examples of student writing and bulletins to help you. Your in class poersonal response exam for the poetry unit is tomorrow. The Multiple choice exam is on Thursday.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Today, we marked the questions for "Gifts" and then went over the questions for "To Certain Friends".
Friday, April 13, 2012
Monday, April 16 to Friday, April 20, 2012
I am away this week. You will be engaged in poetry analysis. If you are absent, you will have to speak to the sub in order to find out what you missed. I am hopeful that you will keep in mind that you have to put in more effort (not less) when a teacher is out of the room. The reality is that the tests will still arrive at the same time.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Today, you were given along form qeustions for "Nothing is Like Nothing Else" to complete independently. These are to be completed by the end of class.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Today, we examined your homework (analyzing the poem "Nothing is Like Nothing Else"). I put the steps up on Blogger yesterday, but think this might need to be reviewed. I then handed out the multiple choice questions for this reading which you had to do on your own and hand in.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Today, I introduced the poetry unit. This involved giving you a list of terminology as well as instructions on how to read poetry (I have put the booklet in your portfolio if you were absent). Your homework is to define the following terms on the back of the terms booklet (or on a sheet of paper if you weren't here) and come up with one example for each:
personification
paradox
metaphor
imagery
simile
onomatopoeia
In addition, I gave you notes on how to read poetry (see below):
How to Read Poetry
1. Look at the title. Interpret what you THINK it means and write this down in one or two words on the page
2. Count the stanzas and write this number down at the bottom
3. Count the lines in each stanza and write this down at the bottom in brackets.
4. Do an end rhyme scheme for each stanza starting with “a”).
5. Read the poem through highlighting punctuation to aid in reading (I use yellow).
6. Highlight unfamiliar words and define them on the page in your own words.
7. Read the poem again and highlight literary devices used (I use green).
8. Write down the device used on the side – also, if plausible, identify what it means
(ie: allusion… to the bible)
9. Read again and paraphrase the stanzas or thoughts.
10. Determine who the speaker is
11. Summarize the poem on the back
12. Summarize the theme at the bottom(what is the message the author is trying to get across?)
You then had to analyze the poem "Nothing is Like Nothing Else" (see below):
NOTHING IS LIKE NOTHING ELSE
When I was young and knew no better
I was always wanting to compare this to that:
Hearts might be cold as ice cream cones;
Water shone like flashlights;
5 Autumn leaves were mustard
On the sky's blue china plate.
But now I know different.
Now I know that nothing is like nothing else.
A white plate is a white plate, smooth, glossy;
10 Snow is another whiteness: not powdery,
Not like wool or silk or feathers,
But like itself, cold, dense, soft,
And yet sometimes hard, sometimes pointed,
Reflecting the sky, which is not like blue nylon,
15 But has its own special colour, texture, absence of texture.
And there are so many objects,
So many whites, blues, transparencies,
That the eye and the mind must be careful,
Must work very hard not to be confused by them.
20 And when I get beyond objects
(Seashells, mirrors, bottles of ginger ale,
Daisy petals, and all the rest)
And try to consider minds and motives
And poetry and politics
25 And work and friendship-
Then language is difficult indeed,
Since minds are never alike
And never like snow.
personification
paradox
metaphor
imagery
simile
onomatopoeia
In addition, I gave you notes on how to read poetry (see below):
How to Read Poetry
1. Look at the title. Interpret what you THINK it means and write this down in one or two words on the page
2. Count the stanzas and write this number down at the bottom
3. Count the lines in each stanza and write this down at the bottom in brackets.
4. Do an end rhyme scheme for each stanza starting with “a”).
5. Read the poem through highlighting punctuation to aid in reading (I use yellow).
6. Highlight unfamiliar words and define them on the page in your own words.
7. Read the poem again and highlight literary devices used (I use green).
8. Write down the device used on the side – also, if plausible, identify what it means
(ie: allusion… to the bible)
9. Read again and paraphrase the stanzas or thoughts.
10. Determine who the speaker is
11. Summarize the poem on the back
12. Summarize the theme at the bottom(what is the message the author is trying to get across?)
You then had to analyze the poem "Nothing is Like Nothing Else" (see below):
NOTHING IS LIKE NOTHING ELSE
When I was young and knew no better
I was always wanting to compare this to that:
Hearts might be cold as ice cream cones;
Water shone like flashlights;
5 Autumn leaves were mustard
On the sky's blue china plate.
But now I know different.
Now I know that nothing is like nothing else.
A white plate is a white plate, smooth, glossy;
10 Snow is another whiteness: not powdery,
Not like wool or silk or feathers,
But like itself, cold, dense, soft,
And yet sometimes hard, sometimes pointed,
Reflecting the sky, which is not like blue nylon,
15 But has its own special colour, texture, absence of texture.
And there are so many objects,
So many whites, blues, transparencies,
That the eye and the mind must be careful,
Must work very hard not to be confused by them.
20 And when I get beyond objects
(Seashells, mirrors, bottles of ginger ale,
Daisy petals, and all the rest)
And try to consider minds and motives
And poetry and politics
25 And work and friendship-
Then language is difficult indeed,
Since minds are never alike
And never like snow.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Today, you wrote an in-class essay ont he film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I will also be positng an appointment list on the corner of my desk if you want to meet with me to go over your essay. If you make an appointment and miss it, however, I will not have time to reschedule so be sure to write it down!
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