Tues. Sept. 17 Poetry Analysis cont

Today, we continued discussing the steps students need to undertake when analyzing poetry. I have pasted the final notes below (the rest appear in the blogger from Wed. September 11). In addition, students needed to address the following jurnal topic in their journals and then put the journal in their portfolio:

September 17, 2013

Have you ever engaged in gossip? Why? What was the outcome? What did you learn?

Poetry steps (final information.

5.  Examine the poem once more. Identify any figures of speech you see (write the type down)  and explain what they mean in literal terms. Also, look for connotations (positive or negative).

6.Ask questions about what you don’t know. Write them on the page if possible.

7.    Summarize and determine topic, theme/purpose.