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Monday, November 17, 2008

A Longfellow Shipwreck, Regents Practice continued, Philip Sydney; Sonnet 31

10R

* Writing situation, pg. 600
* Collect poems
* Intro "The Wreck of the Hesperus", pg 600
* Analyze prosody (rhyme scheme and rhythm).
* Start reading, underline or highlight examples of foreshadowing

HW: Interepreting questions 6,7,8 on pg 604

11R

Continue Regents Practice Part B

* Check HW
* discuss nature of planning page
* write planning page
* start essay, finish first two paragraphs for HW

Note: Period 7 played catch up, so the planning page is due for HW tomorrow. Essay will be started in class.

English Lit

* Discuss Renaissance, historical context.
* Intro Philip Sydney, read short bio
* Discuss the sonnet, sonnet cycle
* read Sonnet 31; read once through, ask for reaction. Read again, analyze imagery. HW: pg 224 numbers 3 and 5