Dickinson Multiple Choice (formative)

On November 27th or 28th, we will be having a multiple choice quiz on Emily Dickinson's "Success is counted sweetest...".

The following terms will appear:
meter (of various forms)
aphorism
homilies
epigrams
axioms
chiasmus
feminine rhyme
half rhyme
double entendre
oxymoron
antithesis
adage

The following vocabulary words will appear:
pedantic
didactic
moralistic

Poetry in a Box (formative)

For next class, print out your Emily Dickinson poem and like Ms. Habegger annotate your poem.

A high-scoring close reading would:
connect form and content to demonstrate their understanding
(i.e, ¨heart¨ and ¨hearth¨ or ¨morning¨ and ¨mourning¨ relate to the aftermath of a funeral)

A mid-scoring close reading would:
demonstrate valid inferences that relate to the overall meaning of the poem

A low-scoring close reading would:
misread or misinterpret various literal elements of the poem

Here's a high-scoring example.

Tell It Slant: The Emily Dickinson Project

For the next few weeks, we'll be studying the dickens out of Emily Dickinson (horrible pun intended).

There will be two summative grades related to it:
- a Dickinson box creation based on one poem (summative) 
- a timed writing exercise of the same Dickinson poem (summative)
- multiple-choice exam on an Emily Dickinson poem (formative)

We'll also be watching some of the Emily Dickinson biopic that came out last year, A Quiet Passion.

You can choose any of the poems hyperlinked in this article about Emily Dickinson. We also have a collection of her poems in H301, should you prefer to peruse a paper copy.

You should choose your poem by the end of this weekend, latest.

Here was Ms.H´s presentation.

PS: Part of this project is to make it easier for athletes in binationals. Whatever we do next week, you can complete upon your return. You will miss some amazing parts of A Quiet Passion.

Altoid Tin Donations

If you have leftover Altoid tins at home please bring them in next week for a new Maker Space project - Poetry in a Box.

Assignment For Next Class

After our lesson on syntax, write a blog post to your group in which you perform a close reading on one sentence that you find to be particularly significant. Why is this sentence significant? How does its syntax relate to its meaning? Remember we´re writing about this informally.

Syntax: Fear Not!

Writers Workshop: Writer´s Choice

Today you can choose which skill you´d like to work on. Please sit with all other students working on the skill that you choose.

Our options are:
- comma splices and run-on sentences
- semi-colon and colon use
- citing text
- transitional phrases


Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences

For practice try here. For some more comma practice, go here.

When finished read one another´s recent blogs. Identify one sentence in which comma use should be revised.


Colon and Semi-colon Review

See noredink.com for exercises.

Share examples and revise Chopin Timed Writing.

Citing Text

See noredink.com and look for the embedding text practice.

Transitional Phrases

Try some exercises.

Now, choose a transitional phrase at the beginning of each paragraph in your Chopin Timed Writing.