27 September 2010

English 10 CP
Period 1  Today, the students practiced explicating one poem from their anthologies and then worked in groups to share their thoughts; 10 new vocabulary words
Homework due tomorrow, 9-28-10>write a paragraph of no fewer than 7 sentences in which you use 5-7 of the vocabulary words; also, books will be checked for covers!

Period 4  New vocabulary words; today, after reading "Swift Things Are Beautiful", students brainstormed opposites like black-white, yes-no, light-dark to create their own poems using Coatsworth's symmetrical style.  This exercise is a practice in understanding structure in poetry.
Homework due tomorrow, 9-28-10>write a paragraph of no fewer than 7 sentences in which you use 5-7 of the new vocabulary words; poems due Wednesday, 9-29-10; also, books will be checked for covers!

English 12 CP
Periods 3 & 6  Word of the Day:  morass
Today, read the Prologue to Beowulf
For those of you lucky enough to be reading this post tonight, there may be a "pop" quiz tomorrow on the information we learned about Hrothgar and his ancestry thus far -- questions like, "Who is Shild in relation to Hrothgar?" (his great-grandfather) and "What is the name of Hrothgar's hall?" (Herot).

Have a good night!