Tuesday, Jan.31 ~ Sooner or later, the Villanelle will get you too.

ROOTS

• Sume, sump – take, use, waste
• Ten, tin, tan – hold
• Tend, tent, tens – stretch, strain

MEMORIZATION

• Work on Stanza 4 of "If." 

POETRY

• Review Villanelle structure on board.
• Go over and finish J8. 

 HW: Write your own Villanelle (20 pts. Due on block day typed in MLA format).

Monday, Jan.30 ~ Are you a Villanelle?

ROOTS

• Stru, struct – build
• String, srict – draw, tight  
• Solv, solu – loosen

MEMORIZATION

• Work on Stanza 4 of "If."

POETRY

• Take notes on the poetic form, Villanelle.
• EQ: How does the repetition give meaning to each poem?
• Journal 8: Villanelle ~ Work with a partner or two on the questions for each poem on this page. Then compose a villanelle of your own.

HW: Finish J8 and write a villanelle.

Block Day, Jan.26-27 ~ Sonnet ICE

MEMORIZATION

• "IF" Quiz - Stanzas 1-3

POETRY

• In Class Essay #1 

HW: NOPE! You have earned a good rest. Thank you for your hard work this week.

Wednesday, Jan.25 ~ Are you a sonnetteer yet?

MEMORIZATION

• Click here to work on the third stanza for block day.

POETRY

• Groups present stanzas. 
• Review prompt below and rubric here.

PROMPT

SAT Style Essay ~ Sonnet Analysis

Directions: Choose ONE of the poems on the back of this paper. As you read the passage, consider how [the author] creates meaning through the elements within the text. Consider that there are many areas that you may examine to find evidence to support your interpretation:

• evidence, such as facts or examples or direct wording.
• stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed.
• structural features such as punctuation or sonnet rhyme schemes/structures.
• rhetorical features such as poetic devices.

Pompt: Write a 3-5 paragraph essay in which you explain what the poem means and how you know what that meaning is. Your essay should not explain whether you agree with the message of the poem, but rather explain how the author clearly makes his/her message.