E10+-+Dec.+6+-+10

Monday, December 6

 * Look at
 * "Casey at the Bat"
 * "Jabberwocky" - how can a story be so clear with words that are made up?
 * "Delicious Death"
 * hand out a copy to paste into page 16
 * page 17
 * story poem definition: a poem that tells a story
 * "Casey at the Bat" - rhyming poem about an imagined baseball game
 * "Jabberwocky" - Imaginary story using nonsense words
 * "Delicious Death"
 * memory of mixed feelings
 * hunting
 * son growing up
 * spirituality is clear
 * multiple cultures
 * world of Native American/Mexican/white cultures
 * teaches her son a lesson: you kill it, you eat it
 * she also acknowledges that she's a killer
 * she's eating the prey, too.
 * pages 18 - 19
 * write your own story poem
 * 1 - 2 pages
 * line length doesn't matter
 * story that involves someone learning a lesson
 * homework: Bring two poems you like, or lyrics of two songs you like, to class on Thursday, Dec. 9

Tuesday, December 7

 * Vocab E - Unit 1 - first 10 words
 * notes on Tupac - on page 21
 * "Prize Cat"/"Fire and Ice" worksheet due

Wednesday, December 8

 * Vocab E - Unit 1 - 2nd 10 words
 * Poetry Notebook - on page 20 - myths of Tupac
 * get Tupac packet
 * take notes on poems
 * figurative vs. literal meanings
 * answer questions on Tupac poetry
 * homework: bring in lyrics to 2 songs or poems you really like

Thursday, December 9

 * go over "The Rose that Grew from Concrete"
 * answer Tupac questions

Friday, December 10

 * 1st vocab exercise - due before vocab test - Dec. 16
 * choose a copy of one Tupac poem not gone over in class
 * paste in into **page 22** of Poetry Notebook
 * circle, underline, etc. what's there
 * list literal and figurative meaning of the poem
 * write about that poem on **page 23**
 * paste in lyrics/poems to **pages 24 and 26**
 * take notes on lyrics, identifying poetic devices
 * areas that highlight
 * figurative meaning
 * note
 * literary meaning
 * figurative meaning
 * **pages 25 and 27**
 * write about each poem/song lyric
 * use notes you have taken on the poem on the preceding page
 * explain how the poet uses poetic devices to reveal the figurative meaning of the poem
 * Tupac questions due Monday, Dec. 13