Day 53 - R&J Act1, Participles, and poetry packet week 2

Objectives 1.Analyze and evaluate figurative language in Poetry. 2. Demonstrate a mastery of Romeo and Juliet Act I. 3. Identify Verbals and Analyze sentences for their effect Homework: Vocab 6 due Thursday Research- 4 sources and annotations due Tuesday (chunk information write a gist of what its about) Notebook check on Tuesday!!!!!  Remember: You will have a quiz after each Act in Romeo and Juliet

warm up: instructions: Do not write the sentences. Write down the participial phrases and draw an arrow to word they modify. 1. The man running slowly still finished the race. 2. The boy having been scolded finally did his work. 3. The teacher, having retired, could now travel widely.

Vocabulary: Lesson 6 English I Get your vocab out to check your syn/ant.

Review Participles

The Participial Phrase A participal phrase consists of a participal and any modifiers or complements the participle has. The entire phrase is used as an adjective.

Examples: Then, disgusted with the other duck, it pecked the mirror. – The participal phrase modifies the pronoun it. The adverb phrase with the other duck modifies the past participle disgusted.

Computer Time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get a computer Log into your google account. Find my wiki and download the Participles change the color worksheet. Share it with me ONLY when you are finished Complete the worksheet- ask questions when needed

 The first person in each row must come up to retrieve the poetry packets.  Get into your 4 person groups and discuss “A narrow Fellow in the Grass” and “When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer”.  You must have a rationale. If you do not have an answer sheet or it is not filled out, raise your hand.  Compare your answers and explain why your choice is correct.

A narrow Fellow in the grass Occasionally rides— You may have met Him—did you not? His notice sudden is— The Grass divides as with a Comb— A spotted shaft is seen— And then it closes at your feet And opens further on— He likes a Boggy Acre A Floor too cool for Corn; Yet when a Boy, and Barefoot— I more than once at Noon Have passed, I thought, a Whip lash Unbraiding in the Sun When stooping to secure it It wrinkled, and was gone— Several of Nature's People I know, and they know me— I feel for them a transport Of cordiality— But never met this Fellow Attended, or alone Without a tighter breathing And Zero at the Bone— "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" by Emily Dickinson 1.Annotate similes and personification. Paraphrase their purpose in the margin. 2.Annnotate examples of alliteration. 3.Define unfamiliar terms in the margins. 4.Annotate line which provides information about the speaker. Paraphrase this information in the margins 5.Annotate personification. Paraphrase the purpose of the personification in the margin. 6.Compose a sentence which communicates the theme of the poem.

" When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman 1.Annotate diction used to establish tone. Define unfamiliar terms in the margins. 2.After examining the tone of the author/speaker, compose one tone statement below the poem. 3.Highlight the repetition in lines 1-4. Compose a short statement in the margin analyzing the impact of the repetition on the tone. 4.Annnotate examples of alliteration. 5.Highlight the line which most contributes to the theme of the poem. Compose a theme statement below the poem.

R&J with Figurative Language We will read R & J for figurative language. How does it affect the meaning of the work? Identify different uses for figurative language in the work.

Act I Quiz Absolutely no talking or communicating. You may use your study guide to help you. When finished, Complete your vocabulary lesson.

Closure 3, 2, 1 Write three things you learned about poetry today. Write two examples of figurative language usage in R&J Write one question you still have about poetry.