After reading, we talked about figures of speech, and how the three most popular forms of figurative language that are found in poetry are the simile, the metaphor, and instances of personification (which actually a metaphor too). Students recorded the definitions of these three words on their poetry terms journal, and then we read two poems -- "I Wandered Lonley as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth and "Seven Ages of Man" by William Shakespeare -- which both contain examples of the three terms we learned. Last, students began working on their 5 senses poem, which they will finish for homework.
English 1 Homework
Finish your 5 senses poem. This is how to do it:
First, think of a setting that you can vividly imagine in your mind (the beach, the mountains, a busy city street, a country cabin, etc.)
Next, write an 11 line poem describing that setting in the following format:
- Lines 1 & 2 begin with "I hear..."
- Lines 3 & 4 begin with "I see..."
- Lines 5 & 6 begin with "I smell.."
- Lines 7 & 8 begin with "I taste..."
- Lines 9 & 10 begin with "I touch..."
- Line 11 begins with "I feel..." **this line should describe an emotion
- Go back and add 1 simile, 1 metaphor, and 1 instance of personification to the poem
English 2 -- Today in class, students read their library books for the first 20 minutes. Then we finally finished Act Two! At this point, Brutus and his faction of conspirators against Caesar have perfected their plan (though Brutus still isn't sleeping any better at night), and Caesar has agreed to go to the Capitol (or actually he's been conned into going by Decius's strategic flattery and appeal to Caesar's pride). If only Caesar had listened to the soothsayer...because the Ides of March are now upon us. We will see what happens in Act Three next class.
English 2 Homework
Pick up the pace on reading your library book. Many of you are probably only reading the book for the 20 minutes each class period, and you only have about three weeks before we begin book talks.
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