Section outline

  • MONDAY:

    Periods 1-3:

    >Homework: Practice PSAT questions on pages 24, 25 -- answer questions 6-11.

    Poetry -- brief notes and overview (see poweerpoint below);

    Assignment:

    Synonym Poetry: 

    Choose any word.  Write that word in capital letters on the first line.  Using a thesaurus, look up the word and find three to five synonyms for it.  Write the synonyms on the second line.  One the third line, write a descriptive phrase about the word.  The two lines of the poem should rhyme. Write a “final draft” of your poem on the bottom of this page.

    Example #1:

    LOVE

    Attachment, adoration, warmth, adore

    Love is so pure, right down to the core.

    ---Student X (Grade 10)

    Example #2:

    NOISE

    Clamor, uproar, hullabaloo.

    These things can really annoy you.

    ---Student Y (Grade 9)


    Periods 4-6:

    >Homework: Practice PSAT questions on pages 24, 25 -- answer questions 6-11.

    >In-class essay final, Fahrenheit 451.


    TUESDAY:

    > All:

    Review PSAT pages 24-25;

    Notes on parallel structure ( >> NOTES HERE << ); There is an assignment on Google Classroom regarding parallel structure -- have that finished by class time tomorrow.

    Assign: PSAT pages 29-30, #s 23-29.


    WEDNESDAY:

    Vocabulary quiz / new vocabulary;  New vocabulary  >> HERE <<  . 


    THURSDAY:

    > assonance, consonance, alliteration;

    > Similes, metaphors; allusion


    FRIDAY:


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    Handouts for the week: