Tuesday, April 24th

Happy Tuesday everyone!

9s:
Today we worked on your trailer projects some more, and I wanted you to delve more into character, and how the author creates the character through the use of actions, words and descriptive passage. It was good to see everyone working hard, and I was so happy to be able to collect your scripts to mark them.


Homework: Make sure you finish reading up until Chapter 10, because I can sense a pop quiz somewhere in the future.

11s:
Today's subject was "Gender in Poetry". How do poets write about men and women? Through our study of Marge Piercy's "Barbie Doll", and John Updike's "Youth in Progress", I hope you were able to note our new poetic terms: enjambment, and allusion. Remember to highlight these on your Literary Devices worksheet now that we're done.
To look at poetry in more depth, we are using the "Graffiti Method", which allows us to dig deeper into the poets intentions, as well as look at our own reactions.

Homework:  Finish graffiti-ing John Updike's "Youth in Progress", and finish the compare/contrast worksheet, showing the similarities and differences between the two poems.

12s:
Working on Ideas on Love and Marriage, was a great way to see how other poets and writers have interpreted this topics. We were then also treated to some of 10 Things I Hate About You, and were lucky enough to reach Heath Ledger singing :)

Homework: Make sure you finish the Love and Marriage worksheet questions 1 - 5 for next class.

See you all soon!
Ms. Johnson.