Wednesday
- Root of the Week: HYPO (sub, under, less)
- Poem of the Week: In-class assignment (notes only!)
- MAKE NOTES ON THE POEM FOR EACH STEP
- Read the poem through
- Step 1: Ask questions for clarification
- Mark off the quatrains and couplet
- Reread the poem
- Step 2: Ask questions for figurative elements and their effect
- Determine the main concept of quatrain 1
- Examine quatrain 2 to see how it responds to the idea presented in quatrain 1
- Examine quatrain 3 to see how it responds to the idea presented in quatrain 1
- Identify repetition of ideas / phrases / words and comment on the connections
- Reread the poem
- Summarize the couplet
- Note how the couplet reflects the 1st quatrain
- Step 3: Ask questions for meaning by looking at the pattern of ideas in the poem
- Note a key topic at the bottom of the page
- Write a poetic idea that explains the point the poem is making about the topic
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