February+1-5


 * Monday, February 1**
 * return Semester One final
 * first 10 vocab words from Vocab G, Unit 2
 * Harlem Renaissance slide show and notes


 * Tuesday, February 2**
 * 2nd 10 vocab words from Vocab G, Unit 2
 * copy word, part of speech, and definition
 * 5 points for correct list
 * due before vocab quiz, Friday, February 12
 * finish HR slide show
 * notes from Claude McKay slide show
 * hand out sonnet worksheet
 * notes on sonnets
 * read through "A Primitive Canoe" - apply notes
 * read through "America"
 * which parts match sonnet rules? (rhyme scheme)
 * which parts are different? (division of sections, some meter - "Darkly")

Chinese teachers visiting and teaching during 4th! **
 * Wednesday, February 3
 * students need to get teachers at Main Office
 * hand out McKay poetry
 * hand out McKay questions
 * 14 points - due February 9th 


 * Thursday, February 4**
 * federal bus safety rules
 * Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers
 * discuss McKay
 * hand out sonnet assignment -
 * possible 20 out of 14 points, due February 9
 * ==== Write me a sonnet! Due 2/9 ====
 * ==== Must be 14 lines: ====
 * ==== first 8 lines (ababcdcd) ====
 * ==== define the issue = 8 points ====
 * ==== third quatrain (efef) ====
 * ==== provide a response = 4 points ====
 * ==== final couplet (gg) ====
 * ==== essence of sonnet = 2 points ====
 * ==== 14 lines! = 14 points ====
 * ==== + iambic pentameter + 6 points ====
 * ==== possible 20/14 points ====


 * Langston Hughes slide show and notes


 * Friday, February 5**
 * Duke Ellington record-making Youtube short
 * Hand out Langston Hughes poetry
 * go over "Harlem", "Dream Boogie", and "Dream Boogie Variation" in class
 * Hand out poetry questions - Due Tuesday, Feb. 9 - 10 points
 * Minnie the Moocher Cab Calloway/Betty Boop cartoon youtube video
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