Saturday, February 7, 2009
Revision work post
Use this space for revision requests and suggestions. Revisions are still due Thursday.
A Substitute for Learning
Dang...I usually have a regular sub who was an English major, but she was already booked. I can't wait to get more info about your new favorite teacher. You had cake!
As for the details of class and what is due Tuesday: 1.) Questions that follow "To Autumn" in your journal. 2.) Read through Chapter 5 and be familiar with Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Apostrophe, and Metonymy. 3.)"Work" the following poems. Take extensive notes on the poet’s use of figurative language, imagery, and diction in:
• “To His Coy Mistress”
• “To An Athlete Dying Young”
• “Birches”
• “Toads”
• “The Fly”
• “The Fish”
The typed paper will not be due. We will probably quiz on the above.
Be prepared to move at a pretty rapid clip on Tuesday.
As for the details of class and what is due Tuesday: 1.) Questions that follow "To Autumn" in your journal. 2.) Read through Chapter 5 and be familiar with Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Apostrophe, and Metonymy. 3.)"Work" the following poems. Take extensive notes on the poet’s use of figurative language, imagery, and diction in:
• “To His Coy Mistress”
• “To An Athlete Dying Young”
• “Birches”
• “Toads”
• “The Fly”
• “The Fish”
The typed paper will not be due. We will probably quiz on the above.
Be prepared to move at a pretty rapid clip on Tuesday.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
What my Dad refers to as, "The Punies" (pyoonees)
I'm feeling a bit under the weather...well, pretty da*n under the weather, actually. I will in all likelihood be absent from school tomorrow (it's okay, hold back your tears) so I wanted to touch base from the blogosphere and encourage you to be hyper-proactive with the poetry study tomorrow, as the sub can never be entirely up-to-speed. Bring your A-game, as we didn't get to nearly as much as I would have liked on Wednesday, due to our thesis work (though I thought this was valuable - did you?), and tomorrow and Tuesday will be pretty packed.
It's not required, but if you get the chance, use this blog prompt to discuss some thesis and general essay improvement, as the revisions are due on Thursday.
If you read this before tomorrow, look up and be familiar (and share with classmates that didn't see this post) with the following as they apply to the poems listed below: Similes and metaphors, personification, apostrophe, synecdoche and metonymy, hyperbole, and understatement.
That's a full lid - don't terrorize the sub tomorrow and I'll be checking the blog frequently if you have questions and comments.
-RMH
PS - you guys have started the second semester on point and I'm proud of you.
It's not required, but if you get the chance, use this blog prompt to discuss some thesis and general essay improvement, as the revisions are due on Thursday.
If you read this before tomorrow, look up and be familiar (and share with classmates that didn't see this post) with the following as they apply to the poems listed below: Similes and metaphors, personification, apostrophe, synecdoche and metonymy, hyperbole, and understatement.
That's a full lid - don't terrorize the sub tomorrow and I'll be checking the blog frequently if you have questions and comments.
-RMH
PS - you guys have started the second semester on point and I'm proud of you.
Hey Boys and Girls...
...sorry for the late notice. I went home sick yesterday so no formal blog work. Just read and work:
"Spring"
"The Widow's Lament in Springtime"
"Meeting at Night"
"To Autumn" and
"Those Winter Sundays"
A heavy reading load, but no blog requirement. Again, sorry for the late notice...
-RMH
"Spring"
"The Widow's Lament in Springtime"
"Meeting at Night"
"To Autumn" and
"Those Winter Sundays"
A heavy reading load, but no blog requirement. Again, sorry for the late notice...
-RMH
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
"Pathedy of Manners" prompt - Due by 2/4
Per Mrs. Minor:
How does the diction reveal the meaning in Ellen Kay's "Pathedy of Manners"? To intelligently respond to this prompt (and why would you want to respond any other way?), you need to work the poem thoroughly first and ascertain what that "meaning" actually is.
Also, be sure to read chapter three on denotation and connotation. Two of the poems, "Naming of Parts" and "The world is too much with us", are ones we will be returning to at some point this quarter.
How does the diction reveal the meaning in Ellen Kay's "Pathedy of Manners"? To intelligently respond to this prompt (and why would you want to respond any other way?), you need to work the poem thoroughly first and ascertain what that "meaning" actually is.
Also, be sure to read chapter three on denotation and connotation. Two of the poems, "Naming of Parts" and "The world is too much with us", are ones we will be returning to at some point this quarter.
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