Wednesday, November 6th

Goals: 

• I can analyze rhetorical devices to interpret texts from different perspectives and cultures (Close reading)
• I can reflect on my learning and self-assess my progress. 

 WeiWei & Leo say: ​​​

• Friday: Dependent Clause Quiz & 10 on 1 Analysis of a Blake poem. 

1. Dependent Clauses: AAAWWUBBIS:  Practice 


2. 50 Things about Blake

• What research questions would help us to understand the work better? 
• Together, find 50 relevant pieces of information that help us understand the work! 

3. "The Lamb" and "The Tyger" 

• In your Writer's Notebook, take the image and analyze it. 
  • Describe it-what do you notice in the image? 
  • What mood or tone is set up in the image? What visual techniques are creating that mood? 
• Analyze the poem
  • On your own:  Start by annotating it, reading closely and looking for techniques. 
  • Share ideas with your table.  As a group, come up with a thesis that you could all agree on. 
  • Find one technique that you would discuss to support that thesis. 
  • Pairs, switch groups.  Teach your poem to your new group.  
    • What is similar with the tone poems?  Be specific about technique, tone, lines, purpose? 
    • Taken together, what themes or ideas do you notice? 

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