H10+-+October+10+-+14

=Monday, October 10= = = =Tuesday, October 11= = = =Wednesday, October 12= =All-School Testing Day= = = =Thursday, October 13=
 * vocab warm-up
 * ======**Latin Roots Vocab I**======
 * ======//**string or strict: to bind or draw tight**//======
 * ======1. astringent, adj. - 1. shrinking the tissues and slowing the blood flow by drawing together the blood vessels. 2. stern; austere.======
 * ======2. constrict, v. - draw together; bind======
 * ======3. restrict, v. - keep within limits; confine======
 * ======4. stricture, n. - adverse criticism (literally, "tightening"); censure======
 * hand out literary terms/timeline worksheet
 * poetry definitions
 * rhyme scheme
 * exact rhyme
 * meter
 * metric foot
 * alliteration
 * assonance
 * consonance
 * literal meaning
 * figurative meaning
 * metaphor
 * simile
 * Take notes on "The Prize Cat"
 * homework:
 * take notes on "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death"
 * vocab warm-up
 * ======string or strict: to bind or draw tight======
 * ======5. stringent, adj. - strict (literally, "binding tight"); rigid; severe======
 * ======//**vor: eat greedily**//======
 * ======6. carnivore, n. - flesh-eating animal======
 * ======7. devour, v. - 1. eat greedily or ravenously. 2. seize upon and destroy======
 * ======8. herbivore, n. - plant-eating animal======
 * check homework - notes on "An Irish Airman"
 * check out //Leaves of Grass//
 * compare notes on "Irish Airman"
 * definitions:
 * imagery
 * repetition
 * assonance
 * consonance
 * alliteration
 * free verse
 * literal meaning
 * figurative meaning
 * poetry!
 * Whitman slide show
 * take notes
 * Look at "O Captain! My Captain!"
 * vocab warm-up
 * =9. omnivore, n. - person or animal that eats everything (animals and plants) omni=all=
 * =10. voracious, adj. - 1. greedy in eating. 2. insatiable, as a //voracious// appetite=
 * =**//cide: killing, killer//**=
 * =11. genocide, n. - deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group=
 * =12. herbicide, n. - substance that kills plants=
 * finish Whitman slide show
 * finish definitions
 * stanza
 * free verse
 * poetry
 * purposes of poetry
 * figurative meaning of big idea
 * describing a sensation, giving an impression
 * just playing with words!
 * look at Pope's "Sound and Sense"
 * what's he saying?
 * hand out Whitman poetry sheet
 * discuss "The Dalliance of Eagles"
 * discuss "The Noiseless Patient Spider"
 * hand out homework questions

= = =Friday, October 14=