Last class, everyone wrote a narrative from a prompt. I will be evaluating these using the Ministry of Education Assessment Rubric for Composition, taken from the Provincial Exam. Please see me to write if you missed this class.
Today we began our poetry unit. The goal of today's class was for students to access background knowledge of poetic terms and to practice annotating a poem. We worked on recalling definitions and/or examples for various poetic devices (alone, and then with a small group), and then handed this list in. Then, we listened to a song called, "A Little Bit of Everything" and students were asked to annotate the lyrics. Annotating basically means that you put your thinking on the page. Any questions you have, observations you make, devices you notice...all this gets written on the page. There is a link on the sidebar to the lyrics page if you missed today. Annotated lyrics are due next class.
Listen to the song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqhRK_g7WJc
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