Weekly Agenda: December 12-15

A Day

Monday, December 12
Finish film
Compare film to novel – Differences? Similarities? Improvements?
HW: None

Wednesday, December 14
Introduction to poetry unit
- lecture (slide notes available in binder)
- overview of unit assignments
- Poetry packet distributed
- Introduction to sound devices
- Read, discuss and locate sound devices in “Fable For When There’s No Way Out”
HW: Read “Fireworks” and label all instances of alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia that you find

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B Day

Tuesday, December 13
Introduction to poetry unit
- lecture (slide notes available in binder)
- overview of unit assignments
- Poetry packet distributed
- Introduction to sound devices
- Read, discuss and locate sound devices in “Fable For When There’s No Way Out”
HW: Read “Fireworks” and label all instances of alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia that you find

Thursday, December 15
Review sound devices
Read, discuss and identify sound devices in “The Writer” and “Listen to the Mustn’ts”
Journal #1: Why use sound devices? What. if anything, do they contribute?
Creative Activity #1: Write a “Where I’m From” Poem that incorporates each type of sound device we’ve studied at least once – and label the sound devices.
HW: Finish creative activity in your poetry journal

Have a safe and relaxing Winter Break!