May 9

Today we started our poetry unit.  We talked about the differences between poetry and prose and I handed out a list of Poetry terms that you will need to learn for this unit.  Then we read a short story and a poem and discussed things like the use of imagery and tone.  Finally, I asked people to try to express the themes.   After this we listened to a song and read the lyrics and did the same thing with the lyrics.  Finally, we looked at some art work and tried to interpret it using the same methodology.  Even though the projector died every few minutes, everyone did a good job.  No homework.