AGENDA 3/20

TPS-FAST analysis for two poems:
"A Clear Midnight" by Walt Whitman
"The Fly" by William Blake
"The Parakeets" by Alberto Blanco, trans. by W.S. Merwin
"Spring is like a perhaps hand" by e.e. cummings


HW: For Monday, write a poem relating to an aspect of nature in which you use one or more of the following techniques: unusual punctuation, repetition of verb endings (-ing or -ed), rhetorical questions, or apostrophe.

AGENDA 3/19

TPS-FAST Analysis as a class: "Grass" by Carl Sandburg

HW: For tomorrow, write a poem in which you EITHER
1) compare two people
OR
2) reflect on an event from the perspective of an inanimate object
AND
use personification, metaphor, color symbolism, and/or repetition

AGENDA 3/18

Finish satire presentations

HW: None :-)

AGENDA 3/17

GOOD LUCK ON THE CAHSEE!!!
No class today- periods 2, 4, and 6 meet on the special schedule.

AGENDA 3/16

SATIRE TEA PARTY!!!

Enjoy tea, muffins, scones, and cucumber sandwiches while we celebrate the end of our satire unit: turn in satire projects with reflections and three satire terms entries (with all earlier terms entries drafts).

Thanks for a terrific unit and good luck on the English portion of the CAHSEE tomorrow!

AGENDA 2/20

Finish watching The Importance of Being Earnest
Read Act III of The Importance of Being Earnest

HW: Write a 3-Step Introduction paragraph and a body paragraph for the new practice CAHSEE prompt about success and failure, due Monday. Make sure your introduction has all 3 steps and that your body paragraph has all 4 elements--refer to yesterday's handouts for guidance.

AGENDA 2/19

CAHSEE Preparation: Review a partner's introduction and label the three steps

Tips for Body Paragraphs
Practice writing a body paragraph in class on the "arts, music, drama" prompt

View next segment of The Importance of Being Earnest in preparation for reading Act III tomorrow.

HW: read independent book :)