All classes: We went over words 5-8 of the Restoration Vocab #2 list. We then did about half the group presentations of your mini-research projects! We will finish them tomorrow.
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2, 3, 4: We went over the first four words of the Restoration Vocab #2 list. Then we finished reading "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell and turned in the corresponding questions about it.
5, 7: We went over the first four words of the Restoration Vocab #2 list. Then we continued reading "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell and worked on the corresponding questions about it. These questions will be due on Wednesday. DON'T FORGET: Group presentations tomorrow over your mini-research projects! All classes: We took the Restoration Vocab Quiz #1. Then we continued reading "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell while answering corresponding questions about it.
All classes: We went over words 13-15 on the Restoration Period Vocab #1. We received topic questions for our groups and then we went to the library to work on our Mini Research Projects which are due on Tuesday, January 31.
All classes: We went over words 9-12 on the Restoration Period Vocab #1. We took a pop quiz over John Donne's bio and his poems "The Flea," "Song," "Holy Sonnet X," and "Holy Sonnet XIV," and turned in the annotations on all four of those poems. Mrs. Firth assigned groups for a project we'll begin working on tomorrow and showed an example. We then began reading "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell while answering corresponding questions about it.
All classes: We went over words 5-8 on the Restoration Period Vocab #1. We finished the annotation of Donne's "Holy Sonnet IX," which is also well-annotated here, and the full page (front and back) of annotated poems is due TOMORROW. The forecast for a pop quiz tomorrow over John Donne and his work is likely. Mrs. Firth began her lecture on The Restoration Period, which we did not and will not have time to finish in class. A recording of said lecture is below; you are responsible for the material contained therein. All classes: We went over the first four words of the Restoration Period Vocab #1. We then read/discussed/annotated John Donne's "Holy Sonnet X," which is well-annotated here. We also went on to annotate about half of Donne's "Holy Sonnet IX," which is also well-annotated here.
All classes: Between the FBLA field trip, the JanFest field trip, the stomach flu, the inauguration, and the anticipation of the upcoming Falcons game, we did not get a whole lot accomplished in class today. What we did manage was an annotation of John Donne's "Song," a screenshot of which is posted below. (DO NOT GET ACCUSTOMED to such luxury; this is an exception because of very high absenteeism.)
All classes: We read John Donne's poem "The Flea" (Sparknotes analysis here) and annotated the poem on the paper copy of the poem. The seven steps to annotation for Donne's poems are:
1 - Read poem 2 - Define unknown words or weird usages 3 - Write the literal sense of the poem line by line in the margins 4 - Identify the "conceit(s)" of the poem 5 - Label the rhyme scheme 6 - Scan at least the first four lines; identify the meter 7 - Summarize the poem in a sentence 2, 3, 4: We watched the video below about Shakespeare's Original Pronunciation, and then Mrs. Firth delivered the most fascinating and intellectually challenging lecture about John Donne's life that anyone has ever heard. 5, 7: Did the same except we did not watch the video below because our classes are ALWAYS behind because SOME PEOPLE make impertinent remarks and Mrs. Firth has to repeat herself 10x. This is more true for 5th than 7th, but nevertheless, 7th is slow too. |
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