Thursday, October 16, 2014

weeks 4,5, and 6

These last three weeks have flown by. I'll do a quick recap on what happened and give a run down on what is coming up.

week 4:
  •  we learned about the Iambic Pentameter. 
  • What is Iambic Pentameter?
    [a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable,] for example Two households, both alike in dignity.
  • This will come in handy while working on their sonnets for step 7 of The Ten Steps. If they do the sonnet then, they can skip one of their class writing assignments.
  • What is a Sonnet? a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, using Iambic Pentameter.
  • writing assignment: Make a plot chart ( story of your choice) 
  • Scholar presentation- Things that go bump in the night, witches, fairies and ghosts, by Kenny.
week 5: 
  • We learned poetic language; Prose, Blank Verse and Verse
  • worked on vocabulary ( part of their Ten Steps) 
  • writing assignment: How would you feel if your parents hired someone to be your friend?
  • Reminded them to be memorizing the set piece. ( also one of the Ten Steps)
  •  Scholar presentation- Food and Dining customs, by Kaleigh.
week 6:
  • We learned more poetic language; Couplets, Quatrain and Rhyme Royal
  • reviewed Iambic Pentameters
  •  read and named poems as couplets, quatrain, or rhyme royal
  • worked on vocabulary
  • reminded them about the Sonnet. 
  • Scholar presentation- Theater and acting in the 16th century, by David .
  • class discussion on Hamlet's "to be, or not to be"
  • writing assignment: Is there life after death?Describe what it would be like if there isn't or if there is. 
week 7: 
  • Matthew gives scholar presentation on The ruling class.