Literature: Poetry - Four of Emily Dickinson's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson set to music by Aaron Copland / Jack Prelutsky's "The Witch"
Grammar: parts of speech, parts of sentence, phrases (infinitive, prepositional, gerund, participial, appositive, and absolute)
Vocabulary: #s 945-964- negligible, pathos, patronize, prerogative, prolific, reconcile, rhetoric, stint, subsidy, uniform, vicissitude, accolade, beleaguer, bias, cynic, deficit, discreet, efficacy, eke, and endemic Literary vocabulary: scansion, enjambment, meter, breve, iamb, blank verse, feminine ending, masculine ending, Alexandria, sound devices, figurative language, details, and diction
Homework: - Vocabulary SAT notes - due every Thursday - Sentences - due Friday *For #s 945-948 - Write a sentence for each with a predicate nominative (PN) or adjective (PA) and a participial, a gerund, or an infinitive phrase. Identify the phrase. * For #s 949-952 - Write a sentence for each word that is either a simple or a compound sentence. Identify the sentence. * For #s 953-956 - Write a sentence for each word that is either a compound or complex sentence. Identify the sentence. Circle the coordinating conjunction and box the subordinating conjunction. * For #s 957-960 - Write a sentence for each word that has a prepositional phrase. Enclose the phrase in brackets and identify whether it is adjective or adverb. * For #s 961-964 - Write a sentence for each word that has an appositive or an absolute phrase. Identify the phrase.
Activities
Monday 1. Quiz #7- Voc #s 925-944/phrases(appositive, absolute, introductory phrase) 2. Go over the quiz. 3. Read and annotate Emily Dickinson's "Nature, the Gentlest Mother." Take note of figurative, rhyme, meter, sound devices, and meaning.
Tuesday 1. Identify phrases in the poem "Nature, the Gentlest Mother." 2. Discuss the poem and listen to the artsong.
Wednesday-Thursday 1. Read and annotate the other three poems and discuss each one. 2. Listen to the artsong. 3. Groupwork: Students will write their own poem and set it to music (own choice).
Friday 1. Groupwork: Students will write their own poem and set it to music (own choice). - Group poem using the CWP Word Matrix (WITS-inspired) - NOTE: The assignment was not finished and will be pursued after Monday's Benchmark test. 2. Perform in class. 3. Read and annotate Jack Prelutsky's "The Witch." -To be read next week.
