E10+-+Nov.+29+-+Dec.+3

Monday, November 29

 * Poetry Notebook - **page 11**
 * alliteration - repetition of beginning consonant sound
 * ex: **m**any **m**umbling **m**ice
 * consonance - repetition of a consonant sound anywhere in words.
 * ex: He **s**lowly hi**ss**ed his di**s**approval when he **s**poke.
 * assonance - repetition of a vowel sound
 * ex: He looked **o**ver the r**o**lling waves of the sm**o**ky **o**cean.
 * onomatopoeia - a word that sounds like its meaning
 * ex: bang, hush, hiss, pop, crackle
 * repetition - saying something more than once
 * ex: Don't ever, ever, ever say that again.
 * Look at list poems
 * "Things to do Around a Lookout" by Gary Snyder
 * "Good Stuff Cookies" by Anselmo Hollo
 * "Chang McTang McQuarter Cat" by John Ciardi
 * "99 Things to Do Before You Die" by Nila Northsun
 * Poetry Notebook - **Page 10**
 * write a list poem

Tuesday, November 30

 * Poetry Notebook - **page 13**
 * simile - comparison using "like" or "as" or "seems"
 * ex: He is as grumpy as a bear.
 * metaphor - direct comparison
 * ex: He is a bear.
 * imagery - using words to describe any experience of the senses
 * ex: The hamburger was juicy and tasty, piled with trimmings, and all stacked into a fresh, warm seeded roll.
 * personification - giving human characteristics to something that isn't human.
 * ex: When I walked by the river the blackberries tripped me and the branches grabbed my hat.
 * symbol - something that exists in a story but also represents another idea.
 * look at poems
 * "Listening to Baseball in the Car" by Gail Mazur
 * "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by Yeats
 * "Traveling Through the Dark" by Stafford
 * "Water Picture" by May Swenson
 * on **page 12** in the notebook
 * illustrate at least 5 details from the May Swenson poem "Water Picture"

Wednesday, December 1

 * check out Vocab Book E
 * Poetry Notebook - page 15
 * meter - the rhythm of a poem
 * metric feet - the units of rhythm in a poem
 * page 14 - tape in Piet Hein poem:
 * We glibly talk of nature's laws,
 * but do things have a natural cause?
 * black earth turned into yellow crocus
 * is undiluted hocus pocus.
 * record rhyme scheme on the right of the poem
 * record meter with stress marks above the words
 * hand out "Prize Cat"/"Fire and Ice" question handout

Thursday, December 2

 * Work on poem question handout

Friday, December 3

 * **NO CLASS** - English Department Project Day