We will complete the poetry readings we missed last class.
You should have read pages 15-30 for homework. If you didn't, that's your loss. Today, get into groups of 4 and analyze the poems on pages 30-50. As a group of 4, each person should read at least 2 times, out loud, while other students read along. After reading, discuss what you noticed about the poems you are reading? How does the poet Edgar Lee Masters:
LAB: Read about how to write a character sketch here. Using your writing and the prompts from last class, write a 300-500 word character sketch of your character. Along with your physical, mental, social & personality traits we wrote about last time, add information about key or important events in this character's life. What did your character never tell anyone else? What secrets did your character keep? Who or what did your character love? What important decisions or actions shaped your character? Why did your character do these actions or make these decisions? What does your character want from society, from his/her family, from his/her spouse or friends, or from him/herself?
Write your character sketch and turn in for credit.
HOMEWORK: Read Spoon River: pages 50-126 for MONDAY, Dec. 14.
You should have read pages 15-30 for homework. If you didn't, that's your loss. Today, get into groups of 4 and analyze the poems on pages 30-50. As a group of 4, each person should read at least 2 times, out loud, while other students read along. After reading, discuss what you noticed about the poems you are reading? How does the poet Edgar Lee Masters:
- Create authentic VOICE in the poems? Examine TONE & DICTION.
- How are these poems typical poems; how are they different or unusual from the normal form of poetry we expect?
- Use literary elements such as metaphor, simile, alliteration, assonance, personification, allusion, or imagery?
- What does Edgar Lee Master's do in his poetry that you do not? How is his style of writing different from yours? Discuss. Make sure everyone in the group has contributed to this conversation.
LAB: Read about how to write a character sketch here. Using your writing and the prompts from last class, write a 300-500 word character sketch of your character. Along with your physical, mental, social & personality traits we wrote about last time, add information about key or important events in this character's life. What did your character never tell anyone else? What secrets did your character keep? Who or what did your character love? What important decisions or actions shaped your character? Why did your character do these actions or make these decisions? What does your character want from society, from his/her family, from his/her spouse or friends, or from him/herself?
Write your character sketch and turn in for credit.
HOMEWORK: Read Spoon River: pages 50-126 for MONDAY, Dec. 14.
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