Today: (today’s slides on website) English 8 Weds. 1 /11 Today: (today’s slides on website) Continue exercises When a Horse Hoof Hits the Ground Make a poster Analysis: Acquainted with the Night Due and complete in class HW DUE Thursday: Finish all dodecahedrons 30 points Finish exercises When a Horse Hoof Hits the Ground

Directions (don’t copy this onto your poster) Study the poem, re-read it all Choose three images; your favorite, your 2nd favorite, your 3rd favorite; Make the poster around your favorite Write this: Imagery: (write definitiion beside it, Copy the stanza with your favorite image: from Literary Terms sheet ) _________________________ _________________________ (Highlight the image word(s) in the stanza) Poster Project: begin Weds. 1/11, due in class Thurs. 1/12 Name _______________ Per ________ Date __________ Draw and color the most important detail of your favorite image. If a caption will help the viewer understand your picture, then, write a caption (write this out like this) My choices: My second choice was _________________________________. My third choice was ______________________. My first choice was better because ______________ _______________________________________

3rd per only Quick Write: ½ page. Head it and date it, title it : Acquainted with the night Hand in at the end of the period. If night is a symbol for something, what is it a symbol of? If you could make a story about this speaker, what might the story be? Why is he walking? Why does he feel so bad? Have you ever felt this way?

Responsive Writing: ½ page, 20 points, due this period Proper heading 4th per. only Tues 1/10 Two Young Poets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lgvd6Mk0mc&index=11&list=PLLvdSfZYtsxiVC91Yrx6jdVT399ZABSsO Taking my ball and go home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIAQENsqcuM&list=PLLvdSfZYtsxiVC91Yrx6jdVT399ZABSsO&index=7 Sarah Kay, Love Letter Responsive Writing: ½ page, 20 points, due this period Proper heading What I noticed, what I liked, what I disliked, What was similar about the two poets, What was different about them a question

Notes: Mon. 1/9 3rd finished adjectives, and got them into their notebooks; no acquainted with the night, no cowboy poetry, no binder check; Seating isssus; change seating 4th completed adjectives and did cowboy poetry up through meter; binder check was completed; Tues. 1/10 1st p. Complete adjectives; binder check, show cowboy poem, start worksheet; 3rd binder check, cowboy poetry; start worksheet; 4th show poetry slams: writing: what I noticed, what I liked, what I disliked, a question