Happy October! I love fall; don't you? The weather is a little cooler, the leaves are changing colors, and it's football season. It's the time of year when a person starts to think about...poetry. Well, then I guess it's a good thing that we spent today and will spend tomorrow analyzing poetry.
We were a little slow out of the gate on that analysis. We need to look at the poems and come up with four lines from the poem that really establish mood. Use your notes in the language arts notebooks to remind yourself how authors create mood. Try to look at the poem as a whole as well, instead of taking a line or two out of context. Then use those mood ideas to help you arrive at a theme for the poem. Remember what a theme is by reviewing those notes. As a matter of fact, since I keep saying review those notes, I'm going to give you a notebook quiz tomorrow on mood and theme. You'll have to tell me the four ways an author creates mood in a piece of writing. We discussed these in class. You took notes on them. Look them up right now! Don't wait. While you're at it, I'm also going to want you to tell me the three main ideas that help us understand theme. They are in your notes as well. Better go look those up, too. And remember them!
After you analyze the five poems, your group is going to select which poem best fits the pictorial essay on Detroit. You will then write a thorough explanation defending your selection backing it up with evidence from the pictures and the poems. Be thorough and complete.
Keep reading for Wednesday's group meeting. Remember, if you all earn a check plus, you will all get an Archer card signature.
That will keep us busy for tomorrow, but I'll find time to toss in a little simile/metaphor review as well. See you later.
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