Class, here is my plan for the week. Of course, it may change, depending upon what we get covered. As you know, I tend to over plan!
Monday
§ Adverb PowerPoint Writing Activity
§ Poetry PowerPoint in class
§ Introduce poetry terms of end rhyme, assonance, alliteration, symbolism, and metaphor
§ Work on Autumn leaf poems
§ Assign students to write two more poems utilizing poetry terms learned in class
Tuesday
§ Introduce Walt Whitman & Emily Dickinson
§ Assign students to read poems by Whitman & Dickinson as homework
§ Read in class
Wednesday
§ Discuss Whitman & Dickinson poems, including poetry devices
§ Introduce Maya Angelou, Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill.
Thursday
§ Research biographies of Maya Angelou, Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill in computer lab
Friday
§ Happy Halloween!!!!
§ Distribute additional handouts on Maya Angelou, Queen Latifah, and Lauryn Hill
§ Discuss Maya Angelou, Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill
§ Encourage discussion of rap music and its lyrics to set guidelines for what will be acceptable o share in the classroom
§ Distribute copies of Angelou’s essay “They Came to Stay.” Read the essay together and discuss the images of black women that Angelou presents. What negative images is she trying to counter? From where do these negative stereotypes come?
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