Slides Explaining Activities
April 23, 2015
Homework Check
• “The Outsiders” Character/Event Summary up to Chapter 4
• Vocabulary Index Cards
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Annabel Lee
• Written by Edgar Allan Poe, explains his love affair with
a woman named Annabel Lee
• What is the prominent theme, rhyme scheme, and
another familiar motif (a story with the same distinct
ideas)?
• What are some of the repeated words or phrases?
• With the poem’s content, and the use of refrains, what
type of poem doe Annabel Lee appear to be?
• Overall impression?
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Figurative Language Exploration
• Page 6, Poetry Packet
• Use Annabel Lee as inspiration for practicing the use of
figurative language
• Annabel Lee is like a…
• Their love is a…
• Last one: free choice
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Poetry Response: Annabel Lee
• Use Annabel Lee to complete page 7 from the Poetry Packet
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Biographic Poem
• You are going to be creating a poem to describe yourself!
• Use the planning boxes on page 10 from your Poetry Packet
• Once you have done your planning, use the template on page
11 to compose your biographic poem
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Poetry Review…
• Page 14 from Poetry Packet
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Poetry Quiz Tomorrow!!
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Homework…
• Study Poetry Terms using pages 1-4 of Poetry Packet
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April 24, 2015
Shall I Compare thee to a Summer’s
Day
• What literary device is used in the title?
• How would you paraphrase the final couplet?
• Two main sections of the sonnet?
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“The Blind Man and the Elephant”
• Page 61-64 from the Anthology
• On a sheet of loose leaf, do the following:
1) List the major rhyme schemes
2) Relate the events from the poem to current events; how could
this poem apply to today’s current events?
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Poetry Performance
• You must turn in a copy of your original poem to me the day
of your presentations
• You must memorize your poem before you preform for the
class
• Your media may be a song, sound effects, small poster, or
another handheld prop
• Final presentations: May 1
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Homework…
• Complete unfinished classwork
• Complete your Character/Event Summary for Chapters 5 and
6 of “The Outsiders”
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April 28, 2015
“The Outsiders” Packet and Chapter
Summaries Folder
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Sizing Up People
• Page 17 from “Outsiders” Packet
• Which qualities in people do you value? What do others
value?
• Why complete an activity like this before talking about “The
Outsiders”?
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Anticipation/Reaction Guide
• We will be talking about how you felt before you read
the book
• Answer the anticipation questions as you would have
before you started reading “The Outsiders”
• Wait to fill out the Reaction side of the sheet
• After completing “Before Reading,” get into groups of 3,
complete the chart described below, according to the
directions
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“The Outsiders” Essay
• Due Date: May 11
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Poetry Performance Reminder
• You must turn in a copy of your original poem to me the day
of your presentations
• You must memorize your poem before you preform for the
class
• Your media may be a song, sound effects, small poster, or
another handheld prop
• Final presentations: May 1
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Homework…
1) Complete and unfinished classwork
2) Chapter Summaries for chapters 7-10
3) Vocabulary Chapter 11 Exercises 1-2
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April 29, 2015
Characterization Activity, page 3
• Who is the main character(s)?
• How do we learn about the main character(s)? Specific
example.
• What can we learn from each example?
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Character Trait Map, page 6
• Ponyboy!
• Choose 3 Traits to describe Ponyboy…
• Find 3 pieces of evidence to support your character trait.
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Chapter Summary
• Time to work on chapter summaries for Chapters 7-10
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Reminders…
• Chapter 11 Vocabulary Test FRIDAY
• Poetry Performances on FRIDAY
• Chapter Summaries for 6-12 due MONDAY
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Homework…
1) Chapter summaries for Ch. 7-10
2) Work on Poetry Performances
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