Schema: SAT
Question: What is poetry?
The Dante essay drafts were due today. The class peer reviewed the draft essays. Please make sure you quickly read the essay to find the thesis and support for the thesis (are the quotes appropriate); make sure that the ideas connect and make sense; check for any mechanical errors (just like looking at the SAT questions); be positive before you begin to make critical comments about the essay. I was concerned with the number of students who came unprepared to class. Not a good idea right before progress reports are due.
The class also began its examination of different types of poetry by looking at Shakespeare's wonderful, lyrical sonnets. Make sure you understand the structure of the sonnet – 14 lines; 3 quatrains ending with a rhyming couplet; the meter is iambic pentameter (unstressed, stressed, 5 feet); rhyme is ababcdcdefefgg; each quatrain is unique and their issues are resolved in the couplet.
The Dante essay drafts were due today. The class peer reviewed the draft essays. Please make sure you quickly read the essay to find the thesis and support for the thesis (are the quotes appropriate); make sure that the ideas connect and make sense; check for any mechanical errors (just like looking at the SAT questions); be positive before you begin to make critical comments about the essay. I was concerned with the number of students who came unprepared to class. Not a good idea right before progress reports are due.
The class also began its examination of different types of poetry by looking at Shakespeare's wonderful, lyrical sonnets. Make sure you understand the structure of the sonnet – 14 lines; 3 quatrains ending with a rhyming couplet; the meter is iambic pentameter (unstressed, stressed, 5 feet); rhyme is ababcdcdefefgg; each quatrain is unique and their issues are resolved in the couplet.
Homework: essay - due on 11/30. Quiz on Wednesday so review your sonnet notes.
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