Hi All,
Here are the assignments for the week. It should go without saying that you should be working independently on your research project,but, there, I said it.
Monday night 9/8/08
Using this link, http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms
create flashcards for 10 terms and bring them in Tuesday.
Tuesday: annotate the paper copy of the poem and write a journal entry for "The Lanyard." Anyone who wants a head start on this, the poem can be found here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4990320. You can also listen to a radio interview with Billy Collins if you are interested. All of this information will help you to write a better journal entry. Oh, and here he is reading the poem
http://asset.teachersdomain.org/resource/pe08.rla.genre.poetry.collinyard
Wednesday: Write a journal entry from your anthology. Try to choose a DWG and make sure it is from the 16th century this time.
Thursday: Compare and contrast the Keats and Wordsworth poems. Have both annotated and be ready to use your annotated copies for the in-class essay on Friday.
Friday: Create 6 (six) multiple choice questions in the AP format and style based on any poem we have read in class. Be prepared for your classmates to answer them and make sure you can justify and explain your answer.
Telephone Conferences: Let's rotate this way until further notice...
Mondays: Manny, Frank, Katherine
Tuesdays: Jeriel, Estefany, Stephanie
Wednesdays: Nadege, Kyle, Matthew
Thursdays: Chris, Elizabeth, Jennifer
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I was a bit unsure where to post this, so I posted it here. Anyways...
My Journal Entry
The author uses distinct imagery in the first stanza, to indicate a severe and melancholy tone. The author is currently mourning the loss of his love, and he shows definite loyalty to her. Then, his love awakes, and speaks to him. I found evidence of imagery again in the fifth stanza with lines like: "You crave one kiss of my clay-cold lips" and "But my breath is earthly strong".
The author uses imagery to convey the fidelity one has to another, and how that fidelity has no bounds. Even though the author's love is dead, he still treasures her spirit, and the bond they share in a relationship. This is particularly evident in lines 7 and 8 when the author wrote: "I'll sit and mourn all at her grave" and "For a twelvemoth and a day".
Finally, one other thing that the author used to illuminate his message was use a rhyme scheme. The author uses the rhyme scheme to show a somewhat rhythmatic flow of the mourning to the realization of continuing with life. His love expilcitly stated in line 27: "So make yourself content, my love". She's saying that she wants her love to move forward with his life, and that when he dies, they can be together again. This is somewhat alluded to in line 28: "Till God calls you away".
Kyle, what poem is this? The journal entry is a big improvement...more specific! One thing though, "convey fidelity?"
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