Tuesday,+May+24

Bell Ringer
Mix Groups - Compare graphic organizers for style analysis.

Group Practice
With your new group! Read the lyrics to Lady Gaga's song, "Born This Way" Use your style analysis graphic organizers to briefly outline a style analysis essay on this song.
 * I. Introduction - Thesis**
 * II. Topic Sentence**
 * A. Detail**
 * B. Commentary**
 * C. Detail**
 * D. Commentary**
 * III. Topic Sentence**
 * A. Detail**
 * B. Commentary**
 * C. Detail**
 * D. Commentary**
 * IV. Topic Sentence**
 * A. Detail**
 * B. Commentary**
 * C. Detail**
 * D. Commentary**
 * V. So What?**

Timed Writing
Read "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost Using the graphic organizer as a guide, plan and draft an essay analyzing Frost's style, tone, and purpose.

Reminders:

 * 1) All three body paragraphs should have 2 chunks supporting the topic sentence.
 * 2) Detail sentences should contain 2-3 quotations that are INTEGRATED into your sentence structure.
 * 3) Make sure the entire essay works to support your thesis statement!
 * 4) The revised and edited version of this essay will be your semester exam.

Homework Think about the poems we have read. "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost"Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost "'Hope' is the Thing with Feathers" by Emily Dickinson "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou " In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae Write a poem inspired either in form or theme by one of the poems we have read lately. Put the poem on your blog, and link the post to the discussion board. On Thursday, I plan to have a quick poetry slam where everyone reads one original piece. It may be something written recently or something written in the past. Looking Ahead: Thursday- "Working Lunch" with AP Lang peer reviewers, poetry slam, revision time on essays. Friday- (45 min period) revision on essays Turn in journals by Wednesday! Have Goodreads finished by Friday! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Make sure you turn in ALL books that you have checked out this week!!!!!