Wednesday

Check your Beowulf test here

Root of the Week: VERI (true, genuine) Make a sketchnote page in the terms/vocab section of your notebook for this root.

POW: We will have a Shakespearean sonnet QUIZ on Fri. 10/19/18. You can review and prepare by doing the following:

Review your notes on the structure of a Shakespearean sonnet and how that helps us determine meaning in the poem.

Review your annotations on the two Shakespearean sonnets we have covered in class.

Review the process we have practiced for analyzing the sonnet.

Watch the following videos:

My walkthrough of our process using Sonnet 130 (video) (copy of poem)

Tutorial

Crash Course video about sonnets

Notes on fiction elements: CHARACTER
Written Response #7
"Born Bad" by Sandra Cisneros: Notes/discussion/sharing for characterization of Esperanza and her complex relationship with Aunt Lupe.

Assignment turned in: Annotated story with the following analytical sentence written on the page: The relationship between Esperanza and Aunt Lupe is ____ but also ___.

Due Fri. 10/19/18: Brainstorm for essay ideas and begin writing your first draft. Come to class with a physical copy of a complete first draft. You can use traditional methods to brainstorm like webs or lists, but also try some other methods:

Mrs. Ramos | English 4 AP (B)