Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Sunday, September 23, 2018
This Week in MzT's Classroom 9/24-9/28 2018
Outside Reading Check
Introduction to Poetry
Poetry Terminology
Seniors: Intro. to Beowulf
HW: Learn Elements of Poetry
Grades 12-7
Journaling
Study of Poetry
POETRY TERMS
Quiz: Elements of Poetry
Outside Reading Check
Introduction to Poetry
Notation: Figurative Language
HW Grade 11 Survey of English Lit :
Packet
Olaudah Equiano
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15399/15399-h/15399-h.htm
HW: Learn Elements of Figurative Language
Wednesday
Grades 12-7 Study of Poetry
Outside Reading Check
Poetry
Robert Frost
The Road Not Taken
Thursday
Grades 12-7 Journaling
Study of Poetry
Poetry
Longfellow
The Rainy Day
HW Compare 'The Road Not Taken' to 'The
The Rainy Day
Compare and Contrast Rough Draft
Friday
Grades 12-7 Study of Poetry
Poetry
Grades 7, 8, 9 10
Write Compare and Contrast Essay with collaboration
Grades
Grades 11 and 12
Write Literary Analysis Essay with collaboration
Edutopia Rubric Literary Analysis
https://backend.edutopia.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-yesprep-rubric-literary-analysis.pdf
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Study of Poetry-Let's begin
Poetry is a type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions. The poet does this by carefully choosing and arranging language for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.
Let's start with two poems everyone should be familiar with.
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
Robert Frost 
The Rainy Day
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1842
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1842
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
My thoughts still cling to the mouldering Past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast,
And the days are dark and dreary.
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/henry-wadsworth-longfellow
Don't Like Poetry? Betcha do.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Reviewing for the Usage Test
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| Thank you, Word Art https://wordart.com/ |
Finishing out Grammar and V.ocabulary Week
In some cases, notice if you are examining the subject of the sentence or the object of the sentence.
Simply put- here are hints for the Usage Test:
ridden rode
We Us
drank drunk
rang rung
came come
was were
don't doesn't
I me
rang rung
was were
he him
Monday, September 17, 2018
Sunday, September 16, 2018
Saturday, September 15, 2018
This Week in MzT's Class 9/16-9/20
Grades 9. 10, 11, 12
Parts of Speech (Grammar Lesson) - Noun, Verb, Pronoun, Adjective, Adverb, Conjunction, and More
M. English Grammar Guidebook Packet
Parts of Speech (Grammar Lesson) - Noun, Verb, Pronoun, Adjective, Adverb, Conjunction, and More
Section 1 Parts of Speech, Prepositional Phrases, Correct Usage Study Guide
HW pages 1-6.
T. Section 2 Usage Connected with Prepositions
Section 4 Developing Sentences by Adding Prepositional Phrases, Word Study
HW pages 7-12.
W.
Prepositional Phrases
1. incessant- continual
2. inevitable- unavoidable
3. catastrophe- disaster
4. intricate- complicated
5. fascinating- captivating
6. turbulent- tumultuous
7. (to) discriminate- to differentiate
8.opportune- favorable
9. (to) contrive- to devise
10. (to) facilitate- to make easier
11. placid- calm
For Further Progress
1. enervating- stimulating
2. dilapidated- Partially ruined from neglect
3. ovation- acclamation of popularity
4. (to) extricate- to disentangle
5. casualty- accident
6. versatile- able to do many things well
7. reticence- reserve in speech
8. insipid- uninteresting
Review Vocabulary list, using Thesaurus.com for synonyms
HW study for test
F Test
Usage
Vocabulary
Grades 7 and 8
Grammar Book and Words Introduced Into Early English
M.
Where did English come from? - Claire Bowern
Introduced Words from Early English Language Development
Wordlist
Celtic
Latin
Anglo-Saxon
Norman
HW Study Latin roots
T Review Words from Early English Language Development
HW Study French roots
W Practice matching words to appropriate source
Th Practice Test for Root Words
HW Study Root Words for Test
F Test on Words from Early English Language Development
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Authors from Our Reading List: Marguerite Henry
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| Wesley Dennis (illustrator) and Marguerite Henry, author of Kind of the Wind--Newberry Award Winner. |
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Authors for Our Reading List: David McCullough
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| Notice the typewriter. |
And so many more to choose from!
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