English 10 - 12/5/11• Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

~Plato, Ion• What do you get when you cross a polar

bear with a seal?• Wonk – slang for someone who studies

excessively. “Know” spelled backwards.Goals –Discuss reasons and purposes for

memorizing and reciting poetry. Homework Find three lines from three

separate poems for three separate purposes.

English 10 - 12/6/11• Proper words in proper places, make the

definition of style. -Jonathon Swift• The old farmer tried fish farming once, but

had to give it up when his combine kept getting stuck in the lake.

• Autology – the scientific study of oneself.Goals –Use a quote in a short piece of writing. Learn

about tone and how to memorize.Homework – Pick your poem to recite for the contest.

You will receive extra credit If I approve it tomorrow.

English 10 - 12/7/11• There is nothing good or bad, but

thinking makes it so. Shakespeare, Hamlet.

• Why did the atoms cross the road?• Ululate – to howl or hoot.Goals –Recite or read your poem for a

classmate. Evaluate recitations. Write out your poem with punctuation.

Homework – Write your poem from memory on your daily work paper a second time. Recite it before going to bed.

English 10 - 12/8/11• Poetry should... should strike the reader as a

wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. ~John Keats

• Did you hear about the corduroy pillows?• Tintinnabulation – The sound of bells ringing.Goals –Recite your poems with partners.

Evaluate poetry recitations. Check for accuracy.

Homework – Write your first poem from memory on your daily work paper. Recite it before going to bed. Don’t forget to study for quiz #15 tomorrow.

English 10 - 12/9/11• Poets are the unacknowledged

legislators of the world. ~Percy Bysshe Shelley

• Why did the cookie visit the doctor?• Tinnitus – a ringing sound in the head.Goals –Complete vocabulary study #15.

Recite your poem with partners. Evaluate poetry recitations. Check for accuracy.

Homework –Write your second poem from memory on your daily work paper. Recite it before going to bed. Be ready to recite for a grade Monday.