So far this week, here's what we have done...
Monday
Pre-AP: We started out our week by turning in the research papers on which we have been working. 1st block turned theirs in today. 4th block spent time peer-editing the rough drafts. Then, we discussed the different kind of sound devices which poets use to enrich their craft, including alliteration, assonance, consonance, rythm, meter, and rhyme. We also discussed several different types of phrasing, including prepositional phrases, appositive phrases, infinitives, gerunds, participial phrases, and nominative absolutes. In tonight's homework, students use these types of phrases to create poems about a topic of their choice.
Homework: 1st block- prepare presentations; work on sound device packet.
4th block- finish research papers
AHSGE Reading Review: Today we went over several test-taking strategies to continue our preparation for the graduation exam. The reading portion of the exam, for which this class helps to prepare the students, will be taken on Wednesday.
Tuesday
Pre-AP: In Tuesdsay's class, 1st block began giving their presentations. 4th block turned in their research papers and covered the grammar material that the first block covered yesterday.
Homework: 1st block: finish phrase poetry
4th block: prepare presentations; work on sound device packet
AHSGE Reading Review: There was an all-out reading blitz today! Using O. Henry's short story entitled "The Gift of the Magi," the class went through all of the graduation exam's standards in reading. Tomorrow, the students will be taking the reading portion of the graduation exam.
Wednesday
Pre-AP: In today's class, 1st block finished their presentations. We also introduced the question which is at the forefront of the Odyssey: "What role does fate play in our lives?" Considering our class's essential question, we also posed this idea: "Does the Greek's understanding of fate contain an element of prejudice as it is defined for this class?" (Prejudice- thinking about someone or acting a certain way toward someone based on factors that person cannot control.) 4th block began their presentations today.
Homework: 1st block: Finish phrase poetry; read The Odyssey, Part 2; study for WOD and The Odyssey
test
4th block: Finish sound device packet and phrase poetry; read The Odyssey, Part 2; study for
WOD and The Odyssey test
AHSGE Reading Review: Today's class was positively medieval. We discussed Sir Thomas Mallory's Le Morte d'Arthur, focusing on the plot and action of the story. Then, we began watching The Princess Bride, in an effort to compare and constrast the two stories.
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