Homework due 3/30

Read and answer questions for the following poems in Roberts and Jacobs text: "Naming of Parts" (670), "I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly Great" (672), "Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock" (673),  "Eating Poetry" (674).

2nd Period -Question 1 from "Jabberwocky".
4th Period - Decode all jargon from "Jabberwocky".

Homework due 3/29

Read pp. 654 - 662 in Roberts and Jacobs. Take all necessary notes on Diction, Syntax and any relevant literary terms. TPCASTT "The Naked and the Nude" and then answer the questions following the poem.

Homework due 3/28

2nd Period - Answer questions and TPCASTT Thomas Gray's "Elegy . . . " p 634.

4th Period - Answer questions and TPCASTT Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess . . ." p 632.

Be prepared to share and present your COMPLETE observations.

TPCASTT comparison

Create a three column anchor chart and use the TPCASTT model from your notes to compare the three "Shepherd " poems side by side. If you missed the notes, they are in a power point on the school website.http://lhs.lancasterisd.org/apps/classes/show_assignment.jsp?classREC_ID=423500

DUE Monday 3/26

Read and Take Notes on pages 623 - 630. There will be a quiz at the beginning of class. Then read poems "Song" (p640), "The Passionate Shepherd" (p640), "Poem" (p 642) and  "The Nymph's Reply" (p643); answer all questions following these four poems.

Homework due 3/21

Read Sonnet 55 by William Shakespeare on p. 614.
On a separate sheet of paper answer all the questions on the "Unbderstanding a Poem" worksheet. Please be thorough.

AP POETRY

Homework for 3/20
Read pp.599-607 in Roberts and Jacobs; answer questions for "Schoolsville" and "Here a Pretty Baby Lies".

Brainstorm: what questions and problems do you forsee with this unit? How should we address them?