Today in English III we continued working on the Imagist Poetry Packet that we started yesterday (posted yesterday).  For each Imagist poem, students got a new partner and spent 7-10 minutes drawing the image in the poem, listing the words used to create that imagery, and analyzing the emotional impact of the image on the reader.

Most classes have completed 3 of the 6 poems, so please make sure you are keeping up if you missed class today.  These poems appear on pgs. 734-738 in your text book.

Tomorrow we will do our best to complete this packet before moving on to the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance.

:) EHock

Today in English III, we started our class by reviewing the definition of the word "imagery" and applying it to Imagist poetry. 

After our discussion, I passed out a packet on Imagist Poetry (posted below).  We will be working through these poems for the next few days.  For each poem, each student will get a new partner, draw the image that is presented, list the imagery in the poem, and describe the emotional impact of that imagery.  At the end of the process, we will have read and discussed six different Imagist poems.

If you were absent today, please print the packet and complete the first poem in the packet (that is what we finished today).  Tomorrow we will pick up with our discussion.

:) EHock

P.s. If you are taking the Literature Keystone tomorrow, good luck!!!

Today in English III, we started our class by discussing a few Keystone Testing Tips (posted below).  Please take a look at this hand-out before you take the test on Wednesday.

After discussing these rules, we continued working on the writing assignment that we started on Friday (assignment slide in PowerPoint).  We spent most of the period working on this assignment.  If your class finished the writing, we spent the remainder of the period discussing our responses.  Please get your writing and your Imagist Criteria List to me as soon as possible.

Tomorrow we will be looking at more Imagist poetry.  Good luck on your test if you are testing tomorrow!

:) EHock

Today in English III we started our class by ranking the rules on our Imagist Criteria List, looking in particular at the rule we thought was most important.

After our discussion, we broke into pairs and started a joint writing assignment.  I asked students to evaluate Ezra Pound's poem "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter" according to the rules that Pound established in "A Few Don'ts by an Imagist."  The complete assignment is in today's PowerPoint. 

Most pairs did not complete the short essay assignment, so we will use the beginning of class on Monday to complete this writing.

:) EHock

Today in English III we started our class by finishing up the "A Few Don'ts by an Imagiste" questions that we started in groups of 3 yesterday and discussing the answers to these questions as a full class.  I collected this assignment at the end of the period.  Please get it to me as soon as possible if you were absent.

After our discussion, we moved back to our groups and created a list of rules for Imagist poetry.  Please complete the assignment using the slide in today's PowerPoint if you were absent.

Some classes had time to discuss their lists, but not all.  Either way, we will be using this list to analyze Ezra Pound's poetry in class tomorrow.

:) EHock

Today in English III, we started our class by reviewing how the Imagists and Ezra Pound changed poetry in the early 20th century. 

After discussing the bell ringer, we finished our notes on the Imagists (posted yesterday).  Please use today's PowerPoint to complete the guided notes.  After taking notes, we split into groups of 3 to read the excerpt from Pound's "A Few Don'ts by an Imagiste."  The questions for this passage are on the back of the notes.  I asked each group member to take 1 section (2 questions) and complete that section after the group finished the reading together.  Group members should then explain their sections to each other before we discuss these questions as a full class.

We will discuss the answers to these questions tomorrow at the beginning of class before we take a look at some of Ezra Pound's poetry.

:) EHock