Wednesday: How to Read a Poem

Today we SIFT/SQUID the poem “Teacher” by Carol Ann Duffy.  The result was a bunch of notes and what is, hopefully, a workable thesis to start a IOC.

Also, you met Ms. Macdonell today.  She and I will be splitting the class for the poetry unit and we will continue to split you for the FOAs that need to start ASAP.

Assignment: SIFT/SQUID the poem “Head of English” by CAD and create a thesis like we did in class today.

Hint: sift_ppt and this tone-words-list-for-ib

Friday: More Poetry

Today we split into Team Johnson and Team Macdonell to work on poetry in smaller groups.

Team Johnson– Covered “Head of English” and worked on crafting comparative thesis statements with “Teacher” and “Head of English”.

We also worked to start understanding the STYLE of CAD as a poet.  We are starting to see some of the elements that are consistent across her poetry that makes her, her.

Assignment: Figure out who the author is and learn about her life.

Assignment: “A Crow and A Scarecrow” SIFT/SQUID for Tuesday.

Team Macdonell– Covered “Warming Her Pearls” in-class.

Assignment: Figure out who the author is and learn about her life.

Assignment: