Missing Teacher / New Baby!

Hey guys,

I'm sure you all have figured out by now that I left Sunday night to attend the birth of my new baby.  I arrived in Albany around 3:30 AM and stayed with Jess throughout the 22 hour labor until she gave birth at 6:47 PM, to a beautiful baby girl, Taylor Rae Guthrie.  Everyone is happy, healthy, and a little sleep deprived.  Still, with only a few hours sleep in the last few days, I'm not falling asleep like some people in class.

I hope everything is going well in class and you are all memorizing your poems and working on your recitations until they are clean enough to go on Def Poetry Slam.  I'm working on getting a camera in the room so I can see how hard you've been preparing for these.  Good luck, and have a great holiday break!

D - Annabel Lee

What is the reason Annabel Lee has to die?  What do you make of the repetition in this poem?  How does Poe play with sound?  Can you find examples of alliteration and assonance?  Are repetition and sound related in this poem?  How does tone change throughout the poem?  Please use quotes and list specific examples, (5-8 sentences). 

Look up one word you don't know from this poem and post the definition.  No repeats! 

E - Annabel Lee

What is the reason Annabel Lee has to die?  What do you make of the repetition in this poem?  How does Poe play with sound?  Can you find examples of alliteration and assonance?  Are repetition and sound related in this poem?  How does tone change throughout the poem?  Please use quotes and list specific examples, (5-8 sentences). 

Look up one word you don't know from this poem and post the definition.  No repeats!

F - Annabel Lee

What is the reason Annabel Lee has to die?  What do you make of the repetition in this poem?  How does Poe play with sound?  Can you find examples of alliteration and assonance?  Are repetition and sound related in this poem?  How does tone change throughout the poem?  Please use quotes and list specific examples, (5-8 sentences). 

Look up one word you don't know from this poem and post the definition.  No repeats! 

SURPRISE

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E - Cummings and Dickinson

For this entry, discuss sound in one of the poems.  How is rhyme, rhyme scheme, alliteration, and repetition of sounds used?  How does this contribute to the theme and tone of the poem?  What is the theme and tone of the poem?

What is the overall TONE for the other two poems?
(5-8 sentences)

D - Cummings and Dickinson

For this entry, discuss sound in one of the poems.  How is rhyme, rhyme scheme, alliteration, and repetition of sounds used?  How does this contribute to the theme and tone of the poem?  What is the theme and tone of the poem?

What is the overall TONE for the other two poems?
(5-8 sentences)

F - Cummings and Dickinson

For this entry, discuss SOUND in one of the poems.  How is rhyme, rhyme scheme, alliteration, and repetition of sounds used?  How does this contribute to the theme and tone of the poem?  What is the theme and tone of the poem?

What is the overall TONE for the other two poems?
(5-8 sentences)

D - Frost

Write an analytical paragraph (5-8 sentences) on STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING, discussing the meaning of the poem and interpreting key aspects of the poem (form, rhythm, rhyme, diction, symbolism, imagery, etc.)  Then, using the tone map on the Poetry Out Loud website, find a word you think best captures the overall TONE of the poem.  Your answer will not be accepted if used previously by another classmate.
To be graded. 

(http://poetryoutloud.org/downloads/POL_The_Tone_Map.pdf)

E - Frost Poems

Write an analytical paragraph (5-8 sentences) on THE ROAD NOT TAKEN, discussing the meaning of the poem and interpreting key aspects of the poem (form, rhythm, rhyme, diction, symbolism, imagery, etc.)  Then, using the tone map on the Poetry Out Loud website, find a word you think best captures the overall TONE of the poem.  Your answer will not be accepted if used previously by another classmate.
To be graded. 

(http://poetryoutloud.org/downloads/POL_The_Tone_Map.pdf)

F - Frost Poems

Write an analytical paragraph (5-8 sentences) on FIRE AND ICE, discussing the meaning of the poem and interpreting key aspects of the poem (form, rhythm, rhyme, diction, symbolism, imagery, etc.)  Then, using the tone map on the Poetry Out Loud website, find a word you think best captures the overall TONE of the poem.  Your answer will not be accepted if used previously by another classmate.
To be graded. 

(http://poetryoutloud.org/downloads/POL_The_Tone_Map.pdf)

D - American Poets 12/6

Choose one of the three poems and write an analytical paragraph (5-8 sentences) discussing the meaning of the poem and interpreting key aspects of the poem (form, rhythm, rhyme, diction, symbolism, imagery, etc.)  To be graded.

E - American Poets 12/6

Choose one of the three poems and write an analytical paragraph (5-8 sentences) discussing the meaning of the poem and interpreting key aspects of the poem (form, rhythm, rhyme, diction, symbolism, imagery, etc.)  To be graded.

F Period - American Poets

Choose one of the three poems and write an analytical paragraph (5-8 sentences) discussing the meaning of the poem and interpreting key aspects of the poem (form, rhythm, rhyme, diction, symbolism, imagery, etc.)  To be graded.