Lots of Stuff this Week!

Working up to reading the Shakespeare play: Macbeth!

Feb 25/26

Feb 23/24
Look at this stuff :
Elizabethan Universe
Scotland looks like this
Oxymoron and Paradox Exercise

Read Act One, scene 1
Next Week: Study guide questions

Recitations and Reading are Due

We did our recitations!  Soooooo amazing, you were! If you did not turn in the analysis work you did on your poem, you have and INC grade-- please get that to me ASAP.

Reading: Your grade this week is for keeping track of and reporting exactly how many pages you read-- you are NOT being graded on how many pages you read, but on your ability and willingness to keep track of and report on how many pages you read. If you missed the chance to do some part of that, you have and INC grade.  Please come in and complete the task--thanks!

Keep reading! Keep track of how many pages you read over the weekend! Thanks!
Mrs. Eddy

Get Ready-- Recite!

Here is what we did on Tuesday/Wednesday-- RECITATIONS ARE ON THURSDAY/FRIDAY
Nervous?

Poetry analysis and preparation for Recitation!

We will recite on Feb 18th and 19th-- next Thursday and Friday!
HOMEWORK: Memorize your poem this weekend and we will practice in class next week. Take some time to look up the author of your poem for some background that will help you understand their work a little better.

Here is the week in a nutshell:
Analyze and write analysis paragraphs about your particular poem on the same paper as the poem itself (use the back).:
Monday and Tuesday/Wednesday
Thursday/Friday Please make arrangements to make this up with Mrs. Eddy if you were absent-- must be done in class--thanks!

SEMESTER TWO: START YOUR ENGINES!

We are getting into poetry-- going to memorize and recite it!
Here is what we've been up to this week:
Lesson in class
Article to read
Poetry Out Loud Internet Exploration

ALSO: Reading!
Bring your book to class-- we will keep track of pages read per week this semester--thanks!
Mrs. E