Classwork/homework

Classwork
1. Academic Vocabulary
2. Introduced the Spanish Inquisition
3. Began reading "The Pit and the Pendulum"

Homework
1. Finish reading "The Pit and the Pendulum"
2. Answer questions 2,3,4 on page 269

-Read the following link to help you answer question #3 http://www.ehow.com/how_2095782_understand-symbolism-literature.html

For those of you that still do not have a copy of the textbook in your house, the questions are as follows:
2. The setting of this story may be its most unforgettable element. List at least six of its horrible details. Did any of these horrors tap into the fear you described in your homework.
3. Some critics read Poe's text symbollically, as the story of a man who dies and almost loses his soul in the pit of hell but is saved at the end by God. See if the story works with this symbolic interpretation.
- What could the pit symbolize?
- What does a pendulum suggest to you, and what does an old man with a scythe represent? What connection might there be between these two symbols and the scythe on the pendulum iin Poe's story?
- Rats are often used as a symbol of death and decay. How does the prisoner's response to these rats- especially when they crawl over him- suggest that he might see them this way?
- What sounds are usually associated with Judgement Day, at the end of the world? Do you hear these sounds at the story's end?
4. Stories of imprisonment and torture often explore themes of power and its abuse. What comment do you think Poe may be making about the political, religious, and social situation in the historical period in which this story takes place?

If you do not have a textbook you may also need the text so here it is

http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/pit-and-pendulum.html

classwork/homework

Classwork
1. Academic vocabulary- tradition
2. Went over Self-reliance
3. Pop quiz on Romanticism

Homework
1. In your journal write 1/2-1pg about one of your fears.
For example:
spiders
heights
public speaking

Classwork/Homework

Classwork
1. Academic Vocabulary- Document
2. Finished reading Nature
3. Extra credit presentations

Homework
1. Answer questions #2,4,5,6 and 8 related to Nature on page 187.
2. Study for vocab quiz

Classwork/Homework

Classwork
1. Academic Vocabulary- maximum
2. Discussed EXTRA CREDIT assignment
3. Read Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature

Homework
1. Complete the handout for Emerson's Self-Reliance

2. If you signed up to present your extra credit tomorrow make sure you have it on a thumb drive and that you DO NOT FORGET IT AT HOME!!!!

Classwork/Homework

Classwork
1. Academic Vocabulary- Survey
2. Went over poetic device homework (per 4)
3. Shared and worked on romantic poems

Homework
1. Study for Quiz
2. Finish writing poem and TYPE it. (per 5)
3. Have AT LEAST 3 lines written for your poem (per 4)
- we will be sharing them in class

If you are having trouble starting it follow the steps:
1. think about a message/theme for your poem
2. Think about the notes you took out in the field
3. Try to combine what you wrote or saw with what you want to say.
- How can nature be incorporated to help symbolize something that will get your message across?

Classwork/homework

Classwork
1. Academic Vocabulary- Invest
2. Responded to a warm-up/review
3. Went out to agriculture field to gain inspiration

Homework
1. Think about your poem
2. Have, either, notes or a few lines for the poem you are going to complete. (it will be stamped)

Classwork/homework

Classwork
1. Academic Vocabulary
2. Reviewed homework
3. Reviewed poetic devices

Homework
1. Study poetic devices
2. Read poem "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" and identify as many poetic devices as you find by underlining and taking notes on the margin.
3. Read the poem "A sight in the Daybreak Gray and Dim"
4. Fill out the Chart with the three columns.

Thursday Classwork/ Homework

Classwork
1. Academic Vocabulary
a. function
b. culture

2. Finished Presenting Notes!

Homework
1. On the handout that was passed out read Walt Whitman's
a. "Beginning my Studies"
b. "This Compost"

2. Write 1 paragraph describing what you felt as you read the poems/what the tone was and what makes it Romantic.

Classwork/Homework

Classwork

1. Academic Vocabulary

a. Conclude

b. acquire

2. Students presented notes on Romantic Period.

Homework

1. Read the poem “Thanatopsis” on pg. 167 aloud.

2. Examine the lines closely and look for any imagery (images).

3. Draw any pictures that you see in the lines of the poem and cite your picture by writing the lines from which you pulled your image.

Be Creative. Pay attention to words.

For Example:

Lines ?-?