1. DO NOW Please complete the Daily Editz! section of your packet. Rewrite the passage in the box provided, proofreading for errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, capitalization and usage.

2. Passage One Robert Frost was a well-loved poet. He was born on March 26, 1874. He spent his first ten years in San Francisco, California. His father, William Frost, died when Frost was ten. After his father's death, Frost moved east to Massachusetts with his mother. At the age of twenty-one, Frost attended Harvard.

3. Passage Two An epic is a long narrative poem or story about a hero who belongs to a noble or royal family. In many epics, there is something supernatural or magical about the hero's birth and death. The hero's central motivation is to perform brave deeds that will protect his people. Many of these brave deeds involve quests, or long difficult journeys, hunting for a rare treasure, a magical sword, or a kidnapped princess.

4. compare and contrast The Y-DiagramThe Venn Diagram A A B B SIMILAR

5. Step By Step 1.Read poems 2.Read prompt 3.Reread poems and take notes 4.Compare/Contrast diagram 5.Compose response