Today, students received a hard copy of their progress reports. We discussed how assignments are weighted and I explained that alternatives are available upon request.
We then discussed the multiple choice questions provided for "Coal Days."
The concerns I noticed were some kids are crossing out three of the four answers (instead of two) which doesn't allow me to see their second choice (and award them a mark if the second choice was the right one). I also stressed that the answer needs to be circled and that the students' first and last name, date and class need to be in the upper right hand corner (as indicated on the course outline and every time an assignment has been passed out).
After discussion of the multiple choice questions (and rationales), I handed out the next poem for analysis "My Parents Kept me From Children who were Rough" by Stephen Spender.
We determined that the words students have had instruction in from their figurative devices sheet are as follows:
personification, consonance, metaphor, simile, assonance, alliteration, repetition, euphemism, imagery, connotation, onomatopoeia.
When they do the "during" activities for this poem, these are the devices they should look for and identify (if present).
The poetry analysis will be due at then end of class tomorrow (they should have been able to do the "before" activities today).
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