Huck Finn Assignment - Download assignment here.

Start going over multiple choice from final exam in small groups.

HW: Start reading Huck Finn.

DGP - [both jake and i forgot the girls names]

Quickwrite: What is poetry?

Introduction to Poetry notes

DGP - Clauses and Sentence Types

Finish notes and read "Slam, Dunk & Hook" and work on response.

Download poetry response here.

Download poem here.

HW: Read "The Road Not Taken" (p.188) in your literature book and answer questions #1-6.

Discuss multiple choice portion of AP Exam.

HW: Huck Finn

Continue going over final exam.

DGP - Punctuation and Capitalization

Poetry Terms sheet: end rhyme, rhyme scheme, speaker, metaphor

Discuss "The Road Not Taken."

HW: Read lyric and narrative poems: Read "Oranges," annotate, and answer questions. Download handout here.

Enjoy your day off!

DGP- diagramming from Friday

Discuss "Oranges"

Read "Casey at the Bat" - page 42 in your book

Write narrative poems in groups. See Mrs. Rumfelt to make up if you were absent.

HW: Brainstorm for narrative poem

Transcendentalism notes

Computer Lab - online research -Emerson and Thoreau

Download web assignment and homework

HW: Read Emerson excerpt in book and complete response.

Discuss Emerson and read Thoreau.

HW: Read packets in preparation for group work.

Work in groups on narrative poems.

Work in groups to prepare for Transcendentalism presentations on Thursday.

If you were absent, see Mrs. Rumfelt to make up the assignment.

Continue poetry unit.

Read poems on handouts: "Papa's Fishing Hole" and "Desert Places."
Download poetry handout.

Figurative Language handout - analyze examples.
Download figurative language handout.

HW: Read "Dreams" and "A Dream Deferred" in your literature book and answer the analysis questions.

Discuss figurative language handout from Wednesday.

Discuss "Dreams" and "Dream Deferred" in your literature book.

Read "Sympathy" and discuss.

Transcendentalism presentations

Read Dickinson and Whitman poetry. Download assignment if you were absent:

Dickinson and Whitman assignment

HW: Read "The Fall of the House of Usher" for Wednesday.

Download files:

The Fall of the House of Usher text

Analysis questions

Today we analyzed the poem "Identity." Please get from Mrs. Rumfelt if you were absent.

HW: Bring in a poem you like on Tuesday!

DGP - Monday and Tuesday

[those are the other childrens toys but yours are in your room]

Introduce Poetry Project and Book Ad Project (BAP).

Get both assignments from Mrs. Rumfelt if you were absent or you can print them out here:

Poetry Packet

Book Ad Project

Discuss Dickinson and Whitman poems

Comparison of two poems.

HW: Finish comparison for Thursday. Get from Mrs. Rumfelt if you were absent. Poe for tomorrow!

Discuss "Fall of the House of Usher"

HW: Dickinson/Whitman comparison for tomorrow

Today we worked in the media center on your poetry projects and your BAPs.

Here are some ideas for your BAP presentations: Book Ad Presentation Ideas

If you are having trouble finding a book, look here: Carnegie Library

I collected your Dickinson and Whitman work.

Synthesis Essay: Sample and Process for Responding

**Please get these materials from Mrs. Rumfelt if you were absent. They are necessary for your timed writing on Monday.

DGP: Capitalization and Punctuation

Media Center: Work on poetry project.

Book for BAP is due MONDAY.

DGP - diagramming

Media Center - last day to work on your poetry project

HW: Work on project; permission slip due Monday!

Finish discussing the synthesis question.

HW: Synthesis Essay - in class on Monday
Huck Finn for Tuesday

Synthesis Essay

HW: Huck Finn for tomorrow

Last poetry workday - go over bibliography format and work on anthology.

Permission slip for book due TODAY.

HW: Work on poetry anthology- due Feb. 1!

Notes on The Odyssey - See Mrs. Rumfelt to make up.

Start reading Part One: Introduction, Sailing to Troy, and the Lotus Eaters (page 980).

HW: Complete reading log: Download file here.

Huck Finn discussion

Turn in Huck Finn assignments.

If you were absent, please have the assignments ready to turn in at the beginning of class tomorrow.

Greek Mythology Research in the Media Center

Presentations tomorrow

HW: Prepare to present your god/goddess to the class. Here are some websites if you need them:

Greek Mythology - http://www.greekmythology.com/
Information on the deities and myths of ancient Greece, with student myth homework help.

Greek Mythology - http://www.messagenet.com/myths/
Devoted to the early Greek mythology from the Iliad to the fall of the last tyrant.

Perseus Project - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Texts/apollod.summ.html
Frazer's summary of Apollodorus' handbook of Greek mythology all aspects of ancient texts, and including a superb image library.

Women in Greek Myths - http://www.paleothea.com
A who's-who on all females in Greek mythology, with a section on Greek Men, and collection of myths.

Greek Mythology - http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/scaffold/GG/greek_myth.html
Introduction to ancient Greek mythology combining information from a number of sources.

Roman Mythology- http://romanmyth.com/-- a good source for websites on Roman mythology

Another site for Roman mythology—http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/

Huck Finn close reading exercise

HW: Chs.12-20 on Friday - Quiz on reading.

Greek Mythology Presentations

HW: Work on poetry project.

Huck Finn style analysis discussion

HW: Chs.12-20 for tomorrow. Quiz!

Huck Finn, Chs. 12-20 Quiz.

Read Chs. 21-31 for next Thursday.

The Odyssey: Cyclops - see Mrs. Rumfelt for make-up.

HW: Poetry project due date moved to Tuesday.