Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Tuesday, April 21 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Time to finish Thoreau posters
*Present Posters (main ideas of Thoreau)
*Quick example poem explication/analysis: explicate/analyze four poems
*Find the 4 poems you wrote about and write your insights (just a few of your interpretations) on the posts (Schoology)
*Explicate/Analyze the rest of the packet (4th block), and add more to those you did last night
*Read and analyze/explicate “Because I could not stop for Death-” on page 548/sheet
*In notes/on sheet (these questions are on the back of the poem):
*What is this extended metaphor comparing?  List three specific comparisons you can find in the poem.
*How do the three images (visual images seen during the ride) reflect stages of life? What parts of life is she saying goodbye to?
*How would you describe the overall mood of the poem?  Does this mood reflect the speaker’s attitude toward death? Be specific
*“Because I could not stop for Death” stuff due tomorrow
Link to poem
*Read or journal for BwF if you finish before the class moves on (at any point)

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