Monday March 16, 2015

Honors 9- Today we went over vocab and began to analyze epic poems and the epic hero cycle. Here are the vocab words for the week:

•Hubris

•Assiduous

•Deleterious

•Demagogue

•Ostentatious

•Prosaic

•Sagacity

•Transient

•Hackneyed

•Enervating  

English 10- Today we started our week long poetry unit analyzing Auto Wreck by Karl Shapiro. Here are the requirements for Friday's poetry project:

•Friday you will be sharing either a poem you have written, or a poem written by someone else that you enjoy.

•All you have to do is read the poem and then discuss the figurative language and theme. So identify the figurative language and how it helps drive the poem. Then make a connection to the theme.