10R
- Notebook: Select one the novels you've listed and write a short summary concentarating on plot, characters and especially theme. We will be completeing summaries of all the books listed in preperation for critical lens essay practice starting next week.
- Two new vocabulary words:
Simile: a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared, as in "she
is like a rose."
iambic pentameter: The most common meter in
English verse. It consists of a line ten syllables long that is accented on
every second beat.
- Discuss the meaning of 'iambic pentameter'.
- Discuss the structure of the english sonnet: three quatrains (abab) and one couplet (cc).
- Review the difference between the narrative and the lyric poem.
- Read through Shakepseare's Sonnet 18 once aloud. Ask for meaning
- Read through again and model how to 'attack' the imagery for meaning
Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And Summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And oft' is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd:
But thy eternal Summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
- For example, what does 'lease' mean in line 4? Think: What do you associate a lease with? Car? Apartment rental contract? 'Too short a date' and 'lease' should lead you to understand that 'summer is limited and ends too soon.'
- HW: study vocabulary
11R
- Continue reading Monster. Finish through 253 for Monday.
English Lit
- Note: Due to time constraints, page three of the research project eliminated.
- Sonnet presentations are potstponed until Monday, as I emphasized that the wuality of the presentation will be a significant part of the grade, so practice, practice, practice!
- I handed out a glossary of terms for Macbeth today.
- We read through scene three. FINISH ACT ONE OVER THE WEEKEND, and each of the following questions should have one complete sentence as an answer:
1. What concerns does Lady Macbeth have about her husband's ambitions?
2. What does Lady Macbeth mean by, "Like the poor cat I' th' adage?"
3. What is Macbeth contemplating at the end of Scene 4?
4. What happens to the thane of Cawdor's titles?
6. What title is King Duncan giving to his son, Malcolm?
7. In Scene 1, who or what is Graymalkin?
8. Who do Macbeth and Banquo battle after defeating MacDonwald?
9. What does Duncan order be done to the thane of Cawdor?
10. What prediction do the witches make about Banquo?
11. Where do the witches agree to meet?
12. What prediction do the witches make about Macbeth?
13. While Banquo speaks to Ross and Angus in Scene 3, what does Macbeth contemplate doing that makes his heart pound?
14. Where does Macbeth live?
