What is poetry?
Monday, November 18, 2013
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is
understood.
T. S. Eliot
Vocabulary

Today’s Root Word of the Day:
 Gress or grad- step, walk, or go
 Words
derived from today’s root word: (look
them up today!)
Egress
 Gradation
 Transgression
 Transgress
 Retrograde
 Graduate

gradual
regress
graduated
Retrogression
Gradient
words
from yesterday’s vocabulary to
More
Vocabulary
 Choose
complete these sentences.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
If you are habitually late, you will ___ the displeasure
of your employer.
Does your school ___ include a course in driver
training?
The ___ film at the bijou is a western; the war drama is
no longer playing there.
A difficult passage requires more than a(n) ___
reading if it is to be fully understood.
Our conversation, as usual, was ___, ranging from the
latest popular tunes to the prospects of our favorite
teams.
Schedule B/C
group 1
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B
C
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E
F
group 2
group 3
group 4
group 5
Whole Class Lesson Whole Class Lesson Whole Class LessonWhole Class LessonWhole Class Lesson
progression
reflection
inquiry /research
peer share
conference
conference
progression
reflection
inquiry /research
peer share
peer share
conference
progression
reflection
inquiry /research
inquiry /research
peer share
conference
progression
reflection
reflection
inquiry /research
peer share
conference
progression
What are we doing?

Progression – Today you will begin to work
with phrases and clauses, in order to learn
when and how to use, semi-colons, colons,
and commas. Take the pretest on page 295 in
your notebook. Elect a team leader. The
team leader will see me for the answer key
when you have all finished. If we have
computers today, send me your score and
any questions you have about what you are
about to learn using the Google protocol,
keyword :confused.
Reflection

Compose two responses (each a 2 paragraph minimum):
 Compare two poems by the same poet. How are they
recognizable by the poet’s diction and voice? How are the
poems different in theme, style, genre, or mood?
 Differentiate – choose one


Read an online version of the fairy tale, “The Frog Prince,” then read
Adrienne Marcus’s poem, “Annunciation” (Daybook 110) How are
these tales different variations of the same story? What parts of the
story are similar enough to recognize that they are about the same
character? What was the poet’s purpose for altering the story: humor,
theme, moral, something else? Keyword: poemdiff
Read an online version of the fairy tale, “Little Red Riding Hood,” then
read Roald Dahl’s “Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf” off the online
poetry packet (scroll through the poems in my poetry packet on my
webpage under the link “Poetry.” How are these tales different
variations of the same story? What parts of the story are similar enough
to recognize that they are about the same character? What was the
poet’s purpose for altering the story: humor, theme, moral, something
else? Keyword: poemdiff
Inquiry/Research
 Students
will read and investigate “The Weary
Blues” by Langston Hughes (Daybook 19.)
 Students will view the following video link that
encompasses a dramatic reading of the poem
with images from 1920s Harlem nightlife and
music
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyqwvC5s4
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 Students will work as a group to respond to the
prompts on Daybook pages 20 and 21 that
culminate in an original poem.
Peer Share
 Use
this time to read and share as many poems from
the poetry link on my web page as you can. Use the
log to help keep them organized.
What are we doing?
Conference
– I am reading your
mp1 reflection or poetry reflection
for a grade and reviewing your
progress on the Benchmarks. This is
also your time to get one:one help
from me.