AUGUST 8
2nd, 3rd and 6th Period:
(1) Return to the groups you were in yesterday.
(2) Research the person your group chose yesterday.
Remember that tomorrow you must have completed your visual aid.
It must explain (in detail) who you chose and why you chose them.
Your work must be NEAT and visually pleasing.
IF you need to print something let me know.
4th Period:
You will complete the same steps listed above only you will be going to the library for
research and printing. You are an honors class and will be expected to footnote your
sources. If you quote, paraphrase, or summarize a source you must cite it.
5th and 7th Period:
(1) Start / Complete Art Discussion
(2) Discuss Poetry Responses; receive first quarter poems.
(3) Handout Calendar
Poems for Discovery
Today you will work with ONE partner.
Please choose one.
“The World is Too Much With Us”
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Now read the rest with your partner 
Close reading means we:
o Read CAREFULLY
o Do not skip or bypass details
o Seek out a relationship with writer’s craft and
meaning
o Identify speaker
o Identify situation
As you read:
o Annotate
o Paraphrase
o Identify Sections
o Note Literary Devices
o Ask Questions
Poems for Discovery #2
“Elegy for Jane” Roethke
(1) Read closely and annotate.
(2) Pair/Share with your partner.
(3) Who is the speaker? What is the situation?
Writing the Chunk of Analysis:
(1) Now in a paragraph or two address the following prompt:
1970 Poem: “Elegy for Jane” (Theodore Roethke) Prompt: Write an
essay in which you describe the speaker's attitude toward his former
student, Jane.
ANALYSIS
Claim
Data
Thesis Statement
Direct Quotes
Topic Sentence
Paraphrase
What will you
prove?
Commentar y
Opinion, Insight,
Analysis
Reaction,
Explication, Feelings,
Reflection
Data and Commentary should be
presented in a 1:2 ratio